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Curriculum Vitae Alicia Schrikker

Personal Details

Date of birth 4 December 1976
Place of birth Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nationality Dutch

 

Education

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Period 2002-present
Degree Ph.D. Candidate

 

Edinburgh University, England

Period 1999-2000
Degree Student exchange project (six months)

 

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Period 1996-2001
Degree Bachelor of Arts & Master of Arts (Doctorandus)
Subject History of the European expansion overseas. Subjects varied from slavery and slave trade in the 18th century to decolonisation in Asia and the non-alignment movement in the post WW II period. The study included research at the National Archives of Sri Lanka (in 2000).

 

Work Experience

 

1998-present Ph.D. student (AIO) at the CNWS, University of Leiden, in the framework of the TANAP research project

 

Academic Presentations

"Dutch colonial attitude on Ceylon in the late eighteenth century: the memoranda of Thomas Nagel and Jacob Burnand." The 3rd TANAP workshop, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2003.

"Dutch and British source-material and the construction of Sri Lankan history. Some reflections on historical heuristics." The 2nd TANAP workshop, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-26 October 2002.

Selected Studies

"Krijger of koopman? Middelen en motieven van de VOC tijdens de oorlog met de koning van Kandy op Ceylon, 1760-1766." (Warrior or tradesman? Means and motives of the VOC during the war with the king of Kandy on Ceylon, 1760-1766). Master thesis, Leiden University, The Netherlands, 2001. Unpublished.

Selected Publications

"Een ongelijke strijd? De oorlog tussen de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie en de koning van Kandy, 1760-1766." (An unequal battle? The war between the Dutch East India Company and the king of Kandy, 1760-1766.) In Gerrit Knaap en Ger Teitler, De Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie tussen oorlog en diplomatie. Leiden, 2002.


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