ON THE 19TH WERTHEIM LECTURE

IBRAHIM ISA
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010

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Subject - ON THE 19TH WERTHEIM LECTURE
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Dear friends,


The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, ASiA and
IIAS will hold on Thirsday 10th of June 2010, the 19th WERTHEIM LECTURE,
by Prof. dr Alfred W. McCoy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Are you interested?


R.S.V.P. to IIAS Branch Amsterdam: iias@fmg.uva.nl

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I will attend the Wertheim Lecture on June 10^nd

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REMINDER

The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, ASiA and IIAS have the honor to invite you to the

19th WERTHEIM LECTURE

by

Prof. dr Alfred W. McCoy

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thursday 10th of June 2010

15.30-17.00

(reception afterwards)

Location: Agnietenkapel

Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam

Surveillance State:

U.S. Colonial Conquest of the Philippines &

The Rise of America's Internal Security Apparatus

Alfred W. McCoy is the J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Over the past forty years, his writing about Southeast Asia has focused on two topics--the political history of the modern Philippines and the politics of opium in the Golden Triangle. The first edition of his book, published in 1972 as The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, sparked controversy, but is now regarded as the “classic work” about Asian drug trafficking. Now in its third revised edition, this book has been translated into nine languages, including, most recently, Thai and German. Three of his books on Philippine historiography have won the Philippine National Book Award--Philippine Cartoons (1985), Anarchy of Families (1994), and Lives at the Margin (2001). In 2001 as well, the Association for Asian Studies awarded him the Goodman Prize for a “deep and enduring impact on Philippine historical studies.” His latest book, Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State (2009), draws together these two strands in his research--covert operations and Philippine political history--to explore the role of police, information, and scandal in the shaping both the modern Philippine state and the U.S. internal security apparatus.

Agnietenkapel: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam 1012 EZ

Programme:

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

15:30-16:00 Introduction

16.00-17.00 Wertheim lecture by Prof. dr Alfred W. McCoy
17:00-18.00 Borrel/reception with information about AISSR, ASiA and IIAS

The Wertheim Lecture

The annual Wertheim-lecture is a joint endeavour of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR, formerly ASSR), Asian Studies in Amsterdam (ASiA) and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS).

The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research is a research institute of the University of Amsterdam in which social scientists cooperate in multi-disciplinary research programmes. At present 152 PhD candidates are working at the AISSR, of which more than 15 conduct field research in Asia. Over the coming years, the AISSR 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 AISSR is also home to three large integrated research programmes on Asia: "Genomics", "Illegal but Licit" and "Provincial Globalisation".

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.

Our apologies for cross mailing.

R.S.V.P. to IIAS Branch Amsterdam: iias@fmg.uva.nl

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I will attend the Wertheim Lecture on June 10^nd

Name ……………………………………………………………………………….

Address ……………………………………………………………………………….

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