The 19th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies was held from 27 till 30 June 2006 in Leiden, the Netherlands.

The European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (ECMSAS) is held every two years. The last edition was held in June 2004 in Lund.
The next edition will be held in 2008 in Manchester, UK.

The ECMSAS is one of the largest gatherings of South Asia oriented researchers in Europe, covering all fields from the humanities and social sciences to technology, natural sciences and medicine.

The Organizing Committee

The 19th ECMSAS 2006 conference is hosted and organized by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) [1]

The Organizing Committee consists of the following persons:

Prof. Dirk Kolff - Convenor
Mr G.A. Nadri - Assistant to Prof. Kolff
Ms Marloes Rozing - IIAS Seminar Coordinator
Ms Chaveli Ulitzsch- IIAS Project Assistant
Ms Marise van Amersfoort - IIAS Project Assistant

The Academic Committee

The Organizing Committee is supported by the Academic Committee (in alphabetic order:

Prof.dr. I.S.A. Baud, Department of Social Geography, University of Amsterdam

Dr. Th. Damsteegt, Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University

Dr J.J.L. Gommans, Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University

Prof. Dr. A Griffiths, Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University

Prof.dr. D.H.A. Kolff, Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University (retired)

Dr. D. Kooiman, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrij Universiteit, Amsterdam

Prof.dr. G.C.M. Lieten, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam

Dr. A.G. Menon, Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University

Dr. J.E. Mooij, Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Dr. G. Oonk, Department of History, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Prof.dr. C.I. Risseeuw, Department of Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University

Prof.dr. M.A.F. Rutten, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam

Prof.dr. H.W. van Schendel, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam

Dr. H.J.H. Tieken, Department of Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia, Leiden University

Dr. O.G.A. Verkaaik, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam