Hans Walther van Santen

1953 –
colonial history, diplomatic service
South Asia/India

Curriculum vitae

1953born in Weesp
1982PhD in history under the supervision of J.C. Heesterman, Leiden University
works at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Publications

1979 De vestiging van de VOC in Agra, 1624-1640, Leiden, 166 p.
& D.H.A. Kolff (eds), De geschriften van Francisco Pelsaert over Mughal Indië, 1627: Kroniek en Remonstrantie, ‘s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 361 p. (Werken uitg. door de Linschoten-Vereeniging 81).
1980 Review of: Ann Bos Radwan, The Dutch in Western India 1601-1632: a study of mutual accommodation, Calcutta 1978. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 9,1: 82.
1982 De Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie in Gujarat en Hindustan, 1620-1660, s.l.: s.n., 289 p. – PhD thesis Leiden University.
1983 “India na Afghanistan: een heroriëntatie van de buitenlandse politiek.” Internationale Spectator 37,2: 74-78.
1991 “Trade between Mughal India and the Middle East and Mughal monetary policy.” In: Karl Reinhold Haellquist (ed.), Asian trade routes: continental and maritime, London: Curzon, pp. 87-95. – Reprinted in 1997.
1995 “Monuments to decay and neglect: VOC sites in India.” IIAS Newsletter 6.
& Sanjay Subrahmanyam, “Money and the market in India 1100-1700.” The Indian Economic and Social History Review: a quaterly journal 32,4: 491-492.
1997 “Trade between Mughal India and the Middle East, and Mughal monetary policy, c.1600-1660.” In: Om Prakash (ed.), European commercial expansion in early modern Asia, Aldershot etc. (An expanding world 10), pp. 167-176.
1998 “India komt nog steeds niet goed uit de verf.” Buitenlandse markten 5,7: 9-11.
2001 VOC-dienaar in India: Geleynssen de Jongh in het land van de Groot-Mogol, Franeker.
“Meesters ter zee: de VOC in Mughal India.” In: Arend Huussen et al. (red.), Cultuurcontacten: ontmoetingen tussen culturen in historisch perspectief, Groningen, pp. 99-106.
2003 “Shah Jahan wore glasses: remarks on the impact of the Dutch East India Company on northern India and some suggestions for further research.” In: Jos Gommans & Om Prakash (eds), Circumambulations in South Asian history: essays in honour of Dirk H.A. Kolff, Leiden [etc.] (Brill’s indological library 19), pp. 47-68.