| 1, 4-5 | A pre-colonial language in a post-colonial world Sheldon Pollock, interview by Gijs Kruitzer |
| 2 | Asia, what Asia? Director's note |
| 3 | Some thoughts on how knowledge on Southeast Asia came to be Shamsul A.B. |
| 3 | Cultural diversity and exchange within globalization? Raul Pertierra |
| 5 | Poems from Amsterdam J. Neil C. Garcia |
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| 6 | Introduction: piracy in the Asian seas John Kleinen & Manon Osseweijer |
| 7 | Piracy in early modern China Robert Antony |
| 8 | Sailing in dangerous waters: piracy and raiding in historical context Esther Veltoen |
| 9 | From ‘piracy' to inter-regional trade: the Sunda Straits zone, c. 1750-1800 Ota Atsushi |
| 10 | Piracy in the Malacca Straits: notes from the field Eric Frécon |
| 11 | Local pirate gangs, strategic waterways Adam Young |
| 12 | Piracy: a critical perspective Stefan Eklöf |
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| 13 | Opium: building block of empire Anne L. Foster |
| 14 | Can personal names be translated? Charles Macdonald |
| 15 | Sisterhood in saffron: women of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti Namrata Ravichandra Ganneri |
| 16 | Social stratification in contemporary China Ravni Thakur |
| 17 | International supply chains and labour standards in China Gemma Crijns and Frans Paul van der Putten |
| 18 | Dutch enterprise in independent Indonesia: cooperation and confrontation, 1949- 1958 Jasper van de Kerkhof |
| 19 | Decolonization and urban labour history in Indonesia, 1930-1965 Ratna Saptari and Erwiza Erman |
| 20 | Vedic studies: texts, language and ritual J.E.M. Houben |
| 21 | Dravidian studies in the Netherlands part 2 (1860s-1970s): classical India
rediscovered Luba Zubkova |
| 22 | Shamanism in contemporary Siberian music Larissa Burnakova and
Liesbet Nyssen |
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| 23 | Srib Leb Rgad Po translated by Simon Wickham-Smith |
| 24 | Recovering from crisis: more than just survival? Elizabeth Morrell |
| 25 | Thailand’s rice bowl: perspectives on agricultural and social change in the Chao Phraya Delta Graeme MacRae |
| 26 | The guns of February: ordinary Japanese soldiers’ views of the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore, 1941-42 Chandar S. Sundaram |
| 27 | Strange parallels: Southeast Asia in global context, c. 800-1830 Volker Grabowsky |
| 28 | Books received |
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| 29 | IIAS fellows |
| 30 | Asian and European perspectives on old age vulnerability Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill and Ruly Marianti |
| 31 | China's need for soft power Zhai Kun |
| 32 | IIAS research programmes |
| 33-35 | Projects / events / call for papers |
| 36-37 | International conference agenda |
| 38-39 | Arts agenda |
| 40 | Colophon |
