The Newsletter's first editor

Paul van der Velde is the founding father of The Newsletter. As editor-in-chief from 1993 to 1998 he produced 17 issues. He left IIAS at the end of 1998 to work at the University of Amsterdam until, at the beginning of 2006, he returned to IIAS as senior consultant. For this special 50th issue, we profile the man and reveal what his plans in Asian studies are.