History and the inequality predicament in South Asia

16th WERTHEIM LECTURE

by Prof. David Ludden (University of Pennsylvania)
Friday May 12th, 15.00 - 18.00 p.m.
Waalse Kerk, Walenpleintje 159, Amsterdam
(for directions please refer to: http://www.waalsekerk-amsterdam.nl/locatie.htm)

David Ludden specialises in comparative world and South Asian history. His research and teaching explore social, economic, cultural, and political change from ancient times to the present. He is particularly concerned to connect historical studies with contemporary debates and struggles in South Asia, and to extend geographical routines of historical studies beyond the boundaries of national states.

Programme:

15:00-15:30 arrival; coffee and tea

15:30-15:50 Prof. Dr. Anita Hardon, Scientific Director ASSR: "Asia research at the ASSR" ;
Prof. Dr. Willem van Schendel: "ASiA/IIAS, Mission and goals" and Introduction of the Wertheim-lecture

15:50 Wertheim-lecture by Prof. David Ludden
History and the inequality predicament in South Asia

17:00 Borrel/reception with information about ASiA/IIAS and ASSR

The Wertheim Lecture

Starting 2006, the annual Wertheim-lecture will be jointly organised by the ASSR and ASiA/IIAS. The Amsterdam School for Social science Research (ASSR) is a national research school and a research institute of the University of Amsterdam in which social scientists cooperate in multi-disciplinary research programmes. At present 75 PhD candidates are working at the ASSR, of which 15 conduct field research in Asia. Over the coming years, the ASSR plans to further extend her programmes in the fields of teaching and research with partners in Asia in close cooperation with ASiA and IIAS. The ASSR is also home to two large integrated research programmes on Asia: "Genomics" and "Illegal but Licit". Additional information pertaining to these two programmes is included/attached.

Asian Studies in Amsterdam (ASiA) is an initiative of the Board of the University of Amsterdam and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden. ASiA's goal is to stimulate, facilitate and broaden research activities pertaining to Asia in Amsterdam, and also aims to make the outcomes and insights generated by this research accessible to a wider audience. The IIAS is a postdoctoral research centre based in Leiden and Amsterdam. Its main objective is to encourage the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and to promote national and international cooperation in the field.

R.S.V.P. to ASSR/UvA, Kloveniersbrugwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam

For more information, please surf to the website of Asian Studies in Amsterdam