Social and Policy Sciences
Jan Nederveen PieterseProfessor of SociologySociology329 Lincoln Hall (217) 333-1210 jnp@uiuc.edu |
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| Education |
BA Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, 1969;
MA Cultural Anthropology/Nonwestern Sociology, University of Amsterdam, 1972 cum laude; PhD Social Sciences, University of Nijmegen, 1988 cum laude. |
| Experience | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Overseas Experience |
Assistant professorship in sociology in Ghana 1978-81; Visiting professorships in Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Thailand. Research in urban studies, Tunisia, 1971; Research in military coups, Ghana, 1978-80, 1982; military coups, Liberia, 1980; military coups, Suriname, 1981; tour of countries, Central America, 1982; Extended stays/ lecture tours in India, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, Palestine, Pakistan, Denmark, Poland, UK, Ireland
Foreign Countries - Japan, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand; Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco; Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast; Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana; UK, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, former Yugoslavia; Canada |
| Publications |
Globalization or Empire? New York, Routledge, 2004
Asian-European dialogue after Enron, Asian Journal of Social Science, 32, 2, 2004 Neoliberal empire, Theory Culture & Society, 2004 |
| Research & Teaching | Globalization, development studies, social theory, crosscultural studies, conflict studies, ethnicity. |
| Courses (with global content) |
Globalization Dynamics Debates; New Modernities South; Empire and War; Power and Empowerment; Development Theories Policies; Intercultural studies: image and power |
| Honors & Distinctions |
1990 JC Ruigrok Award given by Netherlands Society of Sciences for Empire and Emancipation;
2001 elected Fellow of World Academy of Art and Science (select body of no more than 500 members worldwide, many Nobel Prize winners); Co-editor of a leading international journal in international political economy, two US publishing houses, advisory editor of six international journals, reviewer for others. |
| Dissertation & Thesis | 25 MA, 3 PhD and 10 PhD Committees Theses Directed; 14 PhD Committees; 5 Graduate Advisees |
| Languages | Dutch 3; French 3; German 3; Italian 2; Spanish 1 |
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