Dr Alfons van der Kraan
Snr.Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
BA(Hons) (York), MA (Carleton), PhD (ANU)
Contact
| Email: | avanderk@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W040 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2524 (or +61 2 6773 2524 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3596 |
Research interests
Research for the Doctoral thesis was carried out in the following archives and libraries:
- Nationaal Archief, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Arsip Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Chifley Library, Canberra, Australia
- Departement van Binnenlandse Zaken, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Hulpdepot van het Algemeen Rijksarchief, Schaarsbergen, The Netherlands
- Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden, The Netherlands
- National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
- Menzies Library, Canberra, Australia
Current Research
Project 1. Rijckloff van Goens (1619-82): His Life and World. A book-length biography of Van Goens who rose from humble origins to the highest office in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and who, at different times, fulfilled the functions of diplomat, admiral, field commander, governor, magistrate, director of trade, and finally, that of Governor-General of the Indies. In addition to tracing his eventful life, this biography will address such issues as the dynamics of 17th Century European expansion in Asia, the changing pattern of Asian trade, and Dutch trade policy in general. (This is a long-term project. However, three Chapters in this biography have already been published, or are about to be published, as journal articles).
Project 2. Anthony van Diemen (1593-1645): Patron of Discovery and Exploration. A monograph about Van Diemen, emphasizing his role as organizer of geographical discovery and exploration. As I envisage it now, this monograph will consist of two parts, each of about 8,000-10,000 words in length. The first part will take the form of a biographical essay that tells the remarkable story of Van Diemen's rise from relative obscurity in the Netherlands to his accession, in 1636, the Governor-Generalship of the Indies. The second part will focus on Van Diemen's period as GG, the years from 1636 until his death in 1645. It will deal in the main with the five voyages of discovery that Van Diemen conceived and organized, namely, the three voyages in search of the Great South Land (Pool, 1636; Tasman, 1642-43, and Tasman, 1644), and the two voyages in search of the Gold- and Silver Islands that were believed to be situated in the North Pacific, somewhere to the east of Japan.
Project 3. A Clash of Cultures: Jeremias van Vliet and the 1636 Incident at Ayutthaya, Siam. A monograph about an incident at Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam, in which 12 members of the Dutch trading post there, after offending against the customs of Siam, were sentenced to be trampled to death by elephants. Although Van Vliet, the Director of the trading post, after many bribes and public humiliation before the King, managed to have the sentences commuted, the incident led to a clash between Van Diemen, the Governor-General at Batavia, and Prasat Thong, the King of Siam, a clash which revealed a vast chasm between Western and Eastern conceptions of justice and due process. Prospective publisher: The Siam Society, Bangkok, 2000 or 2001.
Publications
BOOKS and MONOGRAPHs
Van der Kraan, Alfons, Lombok: Conquest, Colonization and Underdevelopment, ASAA Southeast Asian Publication Series, Singapore, 1980, pp.xii + 277.
Van der Kraan, Alfons, The Development of Underdevelopment 1900-40, Southeast Asian Monograph Series, no. 6, Townsville, James Cook University, 1980, 76 pp.
[Translation] Van der Kraan, Alfons, Lombok: Panaklukan, Penjajahan dan Keterblakangan, 1870-1940, Penerbit Sianar Harapan, Jakarta, 1985, 354 pp.
Van der Kraan, Alfons, George Pockock King: A Merchant Adventurer in Nineteenth Century Lombok, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Occasional Papers Series No. 22, University of Hull, 1993, pp. xii + 46.
Van der Kraan, Alfons, Bali at War: A History of the Dutch-Balinese Conflict of 1846-49, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Monographs on Southeast Asia, Monash University, Melbourne, 1995, pp.x + 240.
Van der Kraan, Alfons, Contest for the Java Cotton Trade, 1811-1840: An Episode in Anglo-Dutch Rivalry, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, Occasional Papers Series No. 32, University of Hull, 1998, pp. xi + 67.
Chris Baker, Dhiravat na Pombejra, Alfons van der Kraan and David Wyatt (eds.), Van Vliet's Siam, Silkworm Books, 2005, pp. x + 346.
BOOK CHAPTERS
'Bali: Slavery and Slave Trade' in Anthony Reid (ed.), Slavery, Bondage and Dependency in Southeast Asia, University of Queensland Press, 1983, pp.286-315.
'Trade, Rajas and Bandars in South Bali', in H. Dick and J. Butcher (eds.), The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming in Southeast Asia, Macmillan, 1993, pp. 103-124.
'The Rise of the House of Karangasem', in Reid, A. (ed.), Early Modern Indonesia: Spicery to the World, Edition Didier Millet, Singapore, 1996, pp. 114-15.
'Lombok under the Mataram Dynasty, 1834-1894', in Reid, A. (ed.), The Last Stand of Asian Autonomies: Responses to Modernity in Diverse States of Southeast Asia, 1750-1900, Macmillan, London, 1997, pp. 389-410.
'Bali: Slavery and Slave Trade', in Anthony Reid (ed.), Slavery, Bondage and Dependency in Southeast Asia, University of Queensland Press, 1983, pp. 286-315. Reprinted (in part) in Stanley Engerman, Drescher, S. and Paquette, R. (eds.), Slavery, Oxford Readers, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, pp. 193-196.
'Lombok', in Ooi Keat Gin (ed), Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 2004, pp. 790-91.
'The Birth of the Dutch Cotton Industry, 1830-40', in Jeremy, D. and Douglas Farnie (eds), The Fibre that Changed the World: The Cotton Industry in International Perspective, 1600-1990's, Oxford University Press, London, 2004, pp. 283-306.
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
'The Nature of Balinese Rule in Lombok', Monographs of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, no. 6, Kuala Lumpur, 1975, pp. 91-107.
'The Fall of the House of Karangasem', Kabar Seberang, No. 1, Townsville, 1977, pp. 44‑59.
'Human Sacrifice in Bali: Sources, Notes and Commentary', Indonesia, No. 40, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1987, pp. 89-121.
'Bali: 1848', Indonesia Circle, The School of Oriental and African Studies, Oxford University Press, No. 62, London, 1994, pp. 1-57.
'Bali and Lombok in the World Economy', Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, University of Sydney, Winter/Summer, 1993, pp. 91-105.
'Anglo-Dutch Rivalry in the Java Cotton Trade, 1811-30', Indonesia Circle, The School of Oriental and African Studies, Oxford University Press, 1996, No. 68, London, 1996, pp. 35-64.
'On Company Business: The Ryckloff van Goens Mission to Siam, 1650", Itinerario, European Journal of Overseas History, Leiden University, Leiden, 1998, pp. 42-84.
'A Baptism of Fire: The Van Goens Mission to Ceylon, Vengurla and Surat, 1653-54', UNEAC Asia Papers, no. 2, 1999, pp. 1-50 + map.
'A Merchant Armed: The Van Goens Mission to Ceylon and India, 1653-54', Part 1, The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History, 1999, Vol. 21, no 1, pp. 46-62.
'A Merchant Armed: The Van Goens Mission to Ceylon and India, 1653-54', Part 2, The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association of Maritime History, 1999, Vol. 21, no 2, pp. 73-108.
'The Dutch in Siam: Jeremias van Vliet and the 1636 Incident at Ayutthaya', UNEAC Asia Paper, no 3, 2000, pp. 1-14.
[Translated, Edited and Annotated] 'At the Court of King Prasat-Thong: An Early 17th Century Account by Jeremias van Vliet', UNEAC Asia Paper, no 3, 2000, pp. 15-51.
'The Dutch East India Company, Christiaan Huygens and the Marine Clock', Prometheus, Journal of Issues in Technological Change, Innovation, Information Economics, Communication and Science Policy, Vol. 19, no 4, 2001, pp. 1-20.
'Anthony van Diemen: From Bankrupt to Governor-General, 1593-1636', The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association of Maritime History, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2004, pp. 3-23.
'Anthony van Diemen: Patron of Discovery and Exploration, 1636-45', The Great Circle, Journal of the Australian Association of Maritime History, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2005, pp. 3-33.
Book Reviews
Book reviews in the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Review, Journal of Asian Studies (JAS), Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Inside Indonesia, The Great Circle, contributions to Peace Studies Magazine (Melbourne), occasional newspaper articles and ABC radio broadcasts. Contributions to Keat Gin Oei (ed), Encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, ABC-CLIO, New York, 2002.
Guest Lecturing
Guest-lecturing at the University of Sydney, Monash University, Flinders University, University of Newcastle, University of Western Australia, University of Amsterdam, Leiden University, University of Utrecht, University of Basel, University of Zürich, Erasmus University.