Curriculum Vitae

Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Mellichamp Professor in Global Studies and Sociology,
University of California at Santa Barbara

Email jnp@global.ucsb.edu

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is the Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology in the Global and International Studies Program at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He specializes in globalization, development studies and cultural studies. Jan was born in Amsterdam and received his doctorate from University of Amsterdam and his PhD from University of Nijmegen. He speaks Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian and is a noted scholar in the area of globalization and culture, particularly globalization and cultural hybridity. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Brazil, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and Thailand. He is associate editor of various journals (including Futures, Globalizations, European Journal of Social Theory, Ethnicities, Third Text, Journal of Social Affairs ) and has written numerous books, including:

• Is there hope for Uncle Sam? Beyond the American Bubble (Zed, 2008)

• Ethnicities and Global Multiculture: Pants for an Octopus (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

• Globalization or Empire? (Routledge, 2004).

• Global Mélange: Globalization and culture (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).

• Development Theory: Deconstructions/ Reconstructions (Sage, 2001).

• White on Black: Images of Africa and blacks in western popular culture (Yale UP, 1992)

• Empire and Emancipation: power and liberation on a world scale (Praeger, 1989; Pluto, 1990; 1990 Award of the Netherlands Society of Sciences).

• Racism and Stereotyping for Beginners (Dutch, 1994)

• Politics of Globalization (co-edited, Sage 2008)

• Globalization and Social Movements (co-edited, Palgrave, 2001).

• Global Futures: Shaping Globalization (edited, Zed, 2000)

• Humanitarian Intervention and Beyond (edited, Macmillan/St Martin's, 1998)

• The Decolonization of Imagination (co-edited, Oxford UP, 1997; Zed, 1995)

• Emancipations Modern and Postmodern (edited, Sage, 1992)

• Christianity and Hegemony (edited, Berg, 1992).

Nationality

Dutch

Marital status

Single, two daughters

Languages

Dutch, English (fluent), French, German 3, Italian 4

 

Education

University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
PhD social science cum laude , 1988

State University of New York at Binghamton
Postgraduate studies in sociology of development, 1981-83

University of Amsterdam
MA Cultural anthropology/nonwestern sociology cum laude, 1972 (Dutch Drs degree)

University of Amsterdam
BA Cultural anthropology, 1969

 

Appointments

2009

Mellichamp Professor in Global Studies and Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara

Maastricht University, professor of globalization (part time)

2001-2009

Professor, Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

I chaired the Transnational Studies graduate specialization in sociology and served on advisory committees (Global Studies, International Studies 2003-06) .

Joint appointments with International Studies, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and area studies (East Asia and Pacific, South Asia and Middle East, and African Studies).

Courses: Globalization Dynamics and Debates; Development Theories/Strategies; Empire and War; New Modernities; Culture and Politics; Power and Empowerment (mostly graduate level and Honors)

2001- 2009

Associate Professor of Sociology, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

At this international graduate school—Europe's oldest and largest school of development studies—I taught the General Course on Development Theory for five years, a required course for all MA students (ca 150 each year).

As Director of Research and Projects I was part of the Executive Committee with the Rector and Dean, in charge of planning, budgets and personnel. My portfolio included planning, budgets and coordination of the Institute's consultancy unit with large research and externally funded projects (1994-95).

I served as Research Director of the States, Societies and World Development faculty group and was a member of the PhD committee. I organized several international conferences including the conference for the Institute's 45 th anniversary.

Courses taught: Development Theories; Globalization; Sociology of Alternative Development; Power and Empowerment; Politics, Media and Culture; Religion and Development.


1995-2001

Senior Lecturer, Politics of Alternative Development Strategies, Institute of Social Studies (I was convener of this MA program several times).

1990-95

Project Expert, Royal Institute of the Tropics, Amsterdam

Responsible for developing the agenda and framework for a major international exhibition at the Ethnological Museum [Museum of the Tropics] in Amsterdam (and later in Brussels and Copenhagen) and for writing the book that accompanied the exhibition, White on Black: Images of Africa and Blacks in Western Popular Culture.


1989

Senior Research Fellow, Boekman Foundation, Amsterdam

Conducting research on a large transnational collection of black memorabilia in preparation for the Museum of the Tropics exhibition.


1988

Research fellow, Third World Centre, University of Nijmegen

1984-87

Graduate studies at SUNY Binghamton

Fellow at Fernand Braudel Center, member of the Long Waves Working Group and lecturer in sociology (on Ethnic and Race Relations). Co-author with I. M. Wallerstein and T. K. Hopkins of a world-scale study of national and social movements for UN University, Tokyo.


1981-83

Lecturer, Sociology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Joint appointment as development expert with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Courses taught: Social Theory, World System Studies, Development Studies, Revolution in Africa.


1978-81

Lecturer, Anthropological Sociological Centre, University of Amsterdam

1974-76

Researcher, Universities' Joint Social Science Research Centre (SISWO), Amsterdam

1973

Publicist: Pop music critic for Elseviers Magazine (Dutch equivalent of Newsweek) and social science reviews for Elseviers Literary Supplement

1969-73

 

Visiting Professorships

FLACSO Buenos Aires, Global Studies Program, 2009

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, 2006

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok: MA International Development Studies, 2003, 2006

Yunnan University, Kunming, China, International Studies, 2006

Stockholm University, Bonnier Professor, Journalism Media Communication, 2006

Freiburg University, Global Studies www.global-studies.de & Sociology, 2005, 2006

University Stellenbosch, South Africa: Sustainability Institute, www.sustainabilityinstitute.net , 2005, 2006

Malmö University, Communication for Development, 2005

Indiana University, Bloomington, Institute of Advanced Studies: Visiting Fellow, 2004

Polish Academy of Sciences Graduate School, Warsaw, 1998

National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka: MA Economics, 1996

University Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Sociology, 1995

Institute of Developing Economies Advanced School, Tokyo, 1994

University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa: Anthropology, 1993

Indian Social Science Research Council: Lecture tour of 8 universities, 1991

Guest Lectures

Over 400 invited lectures, keynote addresses and lecture tours (in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UK, US) and presentations and panels at some 180 international conferences in many countries.

 

Conference Organization

•  Co-organizer annual Global Studies conferences , www.GlobalStudiesConference.com

•  Global Rebalancing: East Asia and Globalization, Busan, South Korea, with Pusan National University, 21-23.6.2010

•  The Middle East and 21st century globalization, with Zayed University, Dubai, 5.2009

•  Globalization and the United States, University of Illinois Chicago, 5.2008

•International Sociological Association , Futures Research, Gothenburg 7.2010: convener of Future Moves: New Trends in Globalization panels

• American Sociological Association , San Francisco, 8.2009: convener of Globalization sessions

• International Institute of Sociology 39 th Congress, Yerevan, Armenia, 6.2009: New Trends In Globalization

• Co-organizer Global Studies conferences www.GlobalStudiesConference.com

• East Asia and Globalization: Crisis and Response, Busan, South Korea, with Pusan National University, 6.2010 (in preparation)

• The Middle East and 21C Globalization, with Zayed University, Dubai, 5.2009

• Globalization and the United States, University of Illinois Chicago, 5.2008

• International Sociological Association panels, Barcelona, 9.2008: New Trends in Globalization

• Panels at International Studies Association, San Diego and Global Studies Association, Chicago, 2006.

• Transnational Seminar UIUC Sociology, Geography, Global Studies in Education, Center for Global Studies, Women and Gender in Global Perspective, Urban and Regional Planning; initiator/coordinator 2002-2005, 2007

• Transnational Workshop UIUC Sociology, co-organizer 2003, 2007.

• Global Futures , major international conference for the Institute of Social Studies 45 th anniversary, 1997

• The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention , international workshop, ISS, 1996

• The Columbus Complex , Lecture series of Association for Culture & Development, 1992

• The Decolonization of Imagination: Europe in Reverse Video , major international conference organized with the Transnational Institute and University of Amsterdam, 1991.

• Rethinking Emancipation : with ISS and Institute of Philosophy, Groningen U, 1991.

 

Research and Fieldwork

2007
Emerging Powers, with U Freiburg, JNU New Delhi, Fundaçao J Nabuco, Recife (grant applications pending)

2006
Globalization the next phase: research in six Asian countries (sabbatical)

2005-06
Research on multiculturalism in Germany, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand

1999-2001
Corporate Citizenship and European Small and Medium Enterprises with CERFE, Progressio Foundation and EU-Leonardo

2000
Social Capital and Collective Action, with ISS and Bergen U (Convener)

1996
Islam in the Netherlands: interviews with imams

1979-81
Military coups by lower ranks in Ghana, Liberia, Suriname: interviews with coup makers, junior military, politicians, and activists in Ghana, Liberia, Suriname

1972
International youth tourism in Amsterdam, with University of Amsterdam

1971
Urban networks in Ben Arous, Tunisia, with University of Amsterdam

 

Grants


Research
Corporate Citizenship (with CERFE, Progressio; EU-Leonardo $50K), Social Capital (ISS and LOS Bergen University $20K)

Conferences
Global Futures ($100K, corporations and foundations)

Decolonization of Imagination ($50K, Dutch development cooperation) Rethinking Emancipation ($20K, ISS and Groningen University)

Research travel
Numerous small grants (e.g. Sri Lanka 2005 UIUC $2K; lecture tour Palestinian universities 1997 Euromed $3K; Indonesia 1995 ISS $4K; India 1991 IDPAD and India SSRC $4K. Most travel paid for by hosts.

Course development
Globalization 2003 (UIUC CGS $12K), 2006 ($12K); Southeast Asia and faculty exchangewith Thailand (UIUC East Asia Studies $20K)

Visiting prof
U Freiburg 2005-06 (German exchange program DAAD $50K)

Seminar series
Transnational Seminars 2001-present (annually dean $2K, CGS $3K)

 

 

Consultancies and Advisorships (sample)

Consultant, UNDP Evaluation Office, New York.

Netherlands Development Assistance Research Council (RAWOO); Theory Culture & Society Centre, Nottingham-Trent University; Founder-member of ATTAC Netherlands; Prince Claus Foundation for Culture and Development, The Hague; Centre for Cultural and Media Studies, University Natal, Durban; Coordinator of Latin America Solidarity Committee, Binghamton, NY, 1982-83.

Supervisor PhD/ External examiner

University Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Queen's University, Belfast; University College Cork, Ireland; Aarhus University, Denmark; Cairo University, Egypt; University Stellenbosch; unisa , Pretoria; University Western Australia, Sydney; National College of Arts, Lahore; University of Amsterdam; Free University, Amsterdam; Institute of Social Studies, The Hague.

 

Professional service

Co-editor
Review of International Political Economy (1997-2004)
Clarity Press (human rights publisher, Atlanta, GA, 1997- )

Member editorial board
Journal of Global Studies (e-journal, 2007), Globalizations (2006- ), Futures (1999- ), European Journal of Social Theory (since foundation), Ethnicities (since foundation), Third Text (1999- ), Sociological Analysis (1997- )
Rose Series of American Sociological Association and Russell Sage Foundation (2004- present )
Contributor to Global-E (e-journal of global studies centers of UIUC, University Wisconsin-Madison, University North Carolina).
Past: Culture & Society , Tokyo; New Community (1994-95), Semiotext(e) (1982)

 

Reviewer

Journals Current Sociology, Development and Change, Economic Systems, Ethnicities, European J for Development Research, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Int J of Comp Sociology, J of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Futures, Globalizations, Historical Materialism, Human Organization, Rev for International Migration, Social Identities, Signs, Society and Space, Sociological Quarterly , Sports & Social Issues, Theory Culture & Society.
Publishers Cambridge UP, Clarity Press, CODESRIA, EPO, Hawaii UP, Kumarian Press, Lexington, Liverpool UP, Macmillan, Minority Rights Group, Palgrave, Paradigm, Pearson Customs, Pluto, Routledge, Rowman & Littlefield, Sage, Temple UP, Westview, Yale UP, Zed Books.

Institutes National Science Foundation, New York; Netherlands Science Organization (NWO); RAWOO; Indo-Dutch Program on Alternatives in Development; South Africa-Netherlands Program on Alternatives in Development; International Inst of Asian Studies, Leiden U; Leverhulme Trust, Marsden Foundation; Netherlands Inst of Advanced Studies; Von Humboldt Stiftung; UIUC Research Board; Fulbright scholarships; Inst for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Albanian Institute of Sociology, Tirana: honorary member.

 

Academic service

Member UIUC faculty senate, 2007-09
Promotion reviews for University Western Australia; Sydney University; Queen's University Belfast; York University, Toronto; National University of Ireland, Maynooth; National University Singapore; Macalester College, MN; University of Toledo; UIUC; Institute of Social Studies.
Coordinator of cooperation among Bir Zeit University, University of Western Cape and ISS.
Convener of the national Globalization Working Group of development researchers in the Netherlands, CERES, 1995-96.

 

Board memberships

Global Studies Association North America, 2007 ( www.net4dem.org/mayglobal)
Research committee Future Studies, International Sociological Association (2006).
International MA in Development Studies, Chulalongkorn U, Bangkok (2003- ).
Graduate program in Cultural Studies, National College of Arts, Lahore (1998- ).
Centre for International Borders Research, Queen's University, Belfast.
National Institute for Spatial and Regional Research, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Laboratory of Citizenship Science, CERFE, Rome.
Review of International Political Economy, Trust.
Netherlands-Palestine Friendship Association (1995-2000).
Netherlands Association for Culture and Development (1989-1998).

 

Professional organizations

Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science, www.worldacademy.org ; International Sociological Association; American Sociological Association; International Studies Association; International Forum on Globalization; World Futures Studies Federation.

 

Awards

JC Ruigrok Award for Social Sciences of the Netherlands Society of Sciences for Empire and Emancipation, 1990 .
Citation: Ranked among top ten publishing sociologists in the Netherlands (weighted by SSCI, 1996-97 and other years).

 

 

 

 

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