Curriculum Vitae

Personal

Nationality: Dutch
Born: 20-12-1946, married, two children (1976, 1979)

Education and Professional Career

Since 2017
Associated Principal Investigator at Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies - BIGSAS - der Universität Bayreuth

Since 2008
Member of the Advanced Executive Board of the German Association for the Sociology of Law.

Since 2008
Associated Member of the Centre for Advanced Study at the University of Leipzig - Postgraduate Programme 'Critical Junctures of Globalization'.

Since 2004
Honorary Professor for Legal Pluralism at the University of Halle ( Saale ).

Since 2003
Honorary Professor for Ethnology at the University of Leipzig .

Since 2000
Head of the Project group Legal Pluralism of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle.

1998-2006
Professor in Anthropology of Law, Faculty of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Since 2004
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Law & Society Association.

1992 - 1997
Vice-Director of the Sanders Research Institute and Dean of Ph.D. students of the Faculty of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Associate Professor in anthropology of law.

Since 1992
member of the CERES research school.

1982-1992
Lecturer and from 1990 associate professor in sociology of law and social law, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

1987-1988
Fieldwork on Emancipation of Moluccan women in the Netherlands.

1985, 1986
Fieldresearch in Ambon on "Law and local forms of social security in islamic Ambon".

1984
Ph.D. at the Faculty of Law, Catholic University Nijmegen, with a dissertation titled, "The Broken Stairways to Consensus - Village Justice and State Courts in Minangkabau".

1980-1982
Research fellow at the Research Institute of Law in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean at the Faculty of Law, University of Leiden.

1978,1979 - 1980
Part-time lecturer in anthropology of law at the Agricultural University Wageningen.

1974 - 1975
Field work in West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Legal pluralism and conflict management in rural Minangkabau.

1973 - 1974
Assistant in sociology of law, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich.

1972
Law degree University of Amsterdam.

1965 - 1966
Exchange student Lindenwood College, St.Charles, Mo., USA.

Papers presented at workshops and conferences, lectures

2017
Anthropological Roots of Gobal Legal Pluralism. Paper presented at The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, Leiden Law School, Universiteit Leiden, 13 November 2017.

2017
Anthropological Roots of Legal Pluralism. Paper presented at German Anthropological Association Conference 2017, Freie Universität Berlin, 4 - 7 October 2017.

2015
Land, development, and legal pluralism. Paper presented at the Conference Launching the European Joint Doctorate in Law and Development EDOLAD, Edinburgh, 21-23 January 2015.

2012
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Places that come and go: A legal anthropological perspective on the temporalities of space in plural legal orders. Paper presented at the panel Critical Legal Geographies, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Honolulu, 5-8 July 2012. (A first draft of this paper was presented at the Legal Geography Workshop in Buffalo, 19-20 April 2012).

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Places that come and go: A legal anthropological perspective on the temporalities of space in plural legal orders. Paper presented at the workshop 'Where now? Moving beyond traditional legal geographies', University of Buffalo, 19-20 April 2012.

2011
Competing conceptions of democracy: West Sumatra after the fall of the Suharto regime. Paper presented at the Research Colloquium: 'Taking Possession of Democracy 2', Faculty of Sociology, University Bielefeld, 23 November 2011.

Studying disputes. Paper presented at the Jubilee Congress of the Commission on Legal Pluralism (1981-2011), Cape Town, South Africa, 8-10 September 2011.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Ethic identification through legal pluralism in West Sumatra. Paper presented at the Workshop on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Günther Schlee, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany, 10-12 July 2011.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) The many faces of decentralization in Minankabau, West Sumatra. Paper presented at the Workshop on Decentralization and Democratization in Southeast Asia - with a special section on 10 years of decentralization in Indonesia, Freiburg Southeast Asia Group, 15-17 June 2011.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Staat, Religion und Tradition: dynamische Interdependenzen in Westsumatra. Paper presented at Institutskolloquium Sozialanthropologie, Universität Bern, Institut für Sozialanthropologie, Bern, Switzerland, 9 March 2011.

2010
Renegotiating state, Islam and adat in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Paper presented at the Colloquium 'Anthropology of Colonial and Postcolonial Orders', Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, 4-5 February 2010.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Why not using 'legal' culture? Paper presented at the International Workshop 'The Uses of Legal Cultur', Venice, Italy, 20-21 May 2010.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Perspectives on religion in disputes: an introduction. Paper presented at the Workshop on Religion in Disputes, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle(Saale), Germany, 27-29 October 2010.

Konstitutionelle Erneuerung und die Transformation von sozialen Strukturen in West Sumatra, Indonesien. Paper presented at 'Sozialanthropologisches Kolloquium zur Rechtssoziologie', Free University Berlin, Germany, 16 November 2010.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) The struggle over inheritance law in colonial West Sumatra: Reflections on the significance of the past for understanding the present. Paper presented at an International Workshop on the 'Dynamics of Muslim legal pluralism under colonial rule' at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle(Saale), Germany, 9-10 December 2010.

2009
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Kesan-kesan dan impresi-impresi tentang otonomi daerah dan proses reorganisasi pemerintahan lokal di Sumatera Barat. Talk and discussion with Minangkabau migrants in Jakarta, 17 March 2009

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Religion and law in disputes - some analytical clarifications. Paper presented at the International Workshop on Religion in Dispute and Conflict Resolution: Cases from Post-New Order Indonesia, Lembang, Indonesia, 18-21 March 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Pluralismus kesejahteraan sosial dalam kontext globalisasi (Pluralism of social security in the context of globalisation). Guest lecture given at University Hasanuddin, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 25 March 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Pluralismus hukum dilihat dari perspektif antropologi hukum (Legal pluralism from a legal anthropological perspective). Guest lecture given at Law Faculty, University of Aceh / Seminar for the Islamic University (IAIN) of Banda Aceh, 3 April 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Kembali ke nagari: Beberapa kesimpulan sementara (Back to the nagari: Some preliminary conclusions). Guest lecture given at University Andalas, Padang, 14 April 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Peradilan adat dalam negara hukum (Adat justice in the rule of law state). Seminar with Ford Foundation, Jakarta, 7 May 2009.

Über die Grenzen sozialer Sicherheit in pluralen Rechtsräumen. Vortrag im Rahmen des DFG Graduiertenkollegs 'Transnationale soziale Unterstützung', Universität Hildesheim, 18 June 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Law and identity in plural legal orders. Paper presented at the workshop 'Behind the rule - law and identity' Graduate School Society and Cultur in Motion, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 3-4 July 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Law in motion. Paper presented at the Joint Institutes Colloquium, MPI for Social Anthropology and Seminar for Social Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 7 July 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Transforming traditions: Myths and stereotypes about traditional law in a globalizing world. Paper presented at the Conference of the Commission on Legal Pluralism, University of Zurich, 31 August-3 September 2009.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) The turbulent history of the Sharia in West Sumatra. Paper presented at the Islam workshop of GSHS, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany, 18 December 2009.

2008
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Traditional law in a globalising world. Myths, stereotypes, and transforming traditions. Lecture given at Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development, Leiden University, 16 May 2008.

Führt das Zeitalter der Globalisierung zu einer weltweiten Rechtsvereinheitlichung? Mittwochsgespräche im Oberlandesgericht Naumburg, 21 May 2008.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Transforming traditions: Myths and streotypes about traditional law in a globalizing world. Paper presented at the 10th biennal conference EASA on Experiencing Diversity and Mutuality, University of Ljubljana, 26-29 August 2008.

2007
Destined for each other: Islam, adat and the state in West Sumatra. Lecture given at the Law-Anthropology Dialogues, Kent Law School, 6 March 2007.

2005
The contexts of law. Paper presented at the Conference on Polarisation and Convergence in Socio-legal Studies. Oñati, 22-24 June, 2005.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Towards an anthropological geography of law in society. Paper presented at the International Conference on Developing Anthropology of Law in a Transnational World: Territoriality and Time. Edinburgh University, 9-11 June, 2005.

2002
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Recreating the nagari: Decentralisation in West Sumatra. Paper presented at the Workshop of the Dutch-Indonesian Cooperative Project “Coping with Crisis ”, February 13, 2002, Leiden. The Netherlands.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Changing governance in West Sumatran villages. Paper presented at the EASA Conference 2002, August 14-17, 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Democracy in flux: Time, mobility and sedentarization of law in Minangkabau, Indonesia. Paper presented at the Workshop on Mobile People, Mobile Law: Expanding legal relations in a contracting world, November 7-9, 2002, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) How bleak is the picture? Towards constitutional liberties in Indonesia. Paper presented to the Conference of READ-AGERE, November 14-16, 2002, Rostock, Germany.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Between global forces and local politics: Decentralisation and reorganisation of village government in Indonesia. A contribution to the MPG 2000 + Workshop on Globalisation and Decentralisation, November 28-29, 2002, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Köln, Germany.

2001
Dezentralisierung und Reform der Lokalverwaltung in West Sumatra. Paper presented at the conference on Globalisation and Decentralisation, June 8-9, 2001, Bonn, Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte.

Komplexe Systeme der sozialen Sicherung: Fragen dort und hier. Paper presented at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht, München, February 9, 2001.

Recht, Kultur und Gesellschaft im Prozess der Globalisierung. Paper presented at the Werner Reimers Stiftung/Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, June 12, 2001.

Global discourse, local action. Discussion paper presented at the Workshop on Post Socialist Property Rights on Natural Resources, May 25-26, 2001, Lund.

Water, human rights and legal pluralism. Paper presented at the workshop on Water and Human Rights in Nepal, 22 - 28 February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal.

1999
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Legal complexity, resource management and social security in Indonesia; regional comparison. Paper presented at the seminar on Legal Complexity, Natural Resource Management and Social (In)Security in Indonesia. Padang, September 6-9, 1999.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Legal complexity, resource management and social security in Indonesia; regional comparison. Paper presented at the seminar on Legal Complexity, Natural Resource Management and Social (In)Security in Indonesia. Padang, September 6-9, 1999.

1998
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Gendered rights to land and water in Nepal, in: M.G. Wiber (ed.): Proceedings of the XIIth International Symposium Williamsburg, USA, of the Commission on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism, July 26 - August 1, 1998, 52-80.

1997
(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) “Community-based tenurial rights ” in theory and practice. Paper presented at the congress on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism: Societies in Transformation of the Commission on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism and the Institute of Ethnology and Antropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, August 18-22, 1997.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) “Community-based tenurial rights ” in theory and practice. Paper presented at the congress on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism: Societies in Transformation of the Commission on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism and the Institute of Ethnology and Antropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, August 18-22, 1997.

1995
The other face of social security institutions: Normative complexity in social security. Paper presented at the International Working Group on Social Policy and Rural Social Security in Third World Countries. Bielefeld: Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung. January 5-8, 1995.

1994
The practice of care: Social security in Moslem Ambonese society. Paper presented at the Third International Maluku Research Conference. Ambon/Poka: Universitas Pattimura. June 27- July 1, 1994.

1993
On multiple cultural identities. Introduction to the Unesco Conference on Cultural Identity and Development in Europe. Middelburg, June 10-12, 1993.

Environmental protection and human rights of indigenous peoples: A tricky alliance. Paper presented at the Conference of the Commission on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism/IUAES, Mexico City, July 29 - August 3, 1993.

Ouderdom komt met geschiedenis; Molukse bejaarden in Nederland. Bejaarden Symposium van de Jan van Arkel kliniek, ‘s Hertogenbosch, October 1, 1993.

1992
Cultural identity and development in Europe. Introduction to the Unesco Conference on Cultural Identity and Development in Europe. Middelburg, November 18-20, 1992.

1989
Social security in comparative perspective: Moslim Moluccans in The Netherlands and on Ambon. Paper presented at the Seminar Antropologi Hukum. Jakarta, January, 10-12, 1989.

Social security in Ambon and among the Moluccans in The Netherlands: A comparison. Paper presented at the 1989 Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Group. Edinburgh, April 11-13, 1989.

(with F. von Benda-Beckmann) Where structures merge: State and ‘off-state ’ involvement in rural social security. Paper presented at the Eidos Conference. Amsterdam, April 1989.

1988
Streit ohne Ende? Zu einer vernachlässigten Einheit der Analyse des Rechts. Paper presented at the Conference of German and French anthropologists of law. April 1988, Freiburg i.B.

1987
with F. von Benda Beckmann) Verwantschap tussen dorp en staat. Paper presented at the 6th Konferentie Tropisch Azië, June 1987, Amsterdam.

1986
Verslag Symposium “Formal and Informal Social Security ”, Tutzing, Germany, June 2-6, 1986, Sociaal Recht 1986/6: 193-196.

Other Scientific Activities

Member of the Editorial Board of Soziologus, Journal for Social Anthropology
Member of the curatorium for the chair "Recht en Samenleving van Indonesië"
Member of the Advisory Board of the Van Vollenhoven Institute
Member of the Executive Body and Board of the Commission on Legal Pluralism and past President
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Legal Pluralism
Member of the Consultative Committee of the Australian Journal of Asian Law.
Member of the Editorial Board of Focaal, Tijdschrift voor Antropologie
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Law & Society Association
Member of the Editorial Board of Law and Policy
1997 - 2003 Member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs; Vice-chairperson of the committee on Human rights of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation and Defence and the State Secretary of Europe
1998 - 2000 Member of the Board of the Dutch Society for the Social Scientific Study of Law
1994 - 2000 Chief editor of the SI-EUR publication series of the Faculty of Law, EUR
1983 - 2000 Editor of the Dutch journal of sociology of law 'Recht der Werkelijkheid'
1994 - 1997 Member of the Scientific Board of the International Institute of Asian Studies
1992 - 1996 Member of the Advisory Council on Development Cooperation of the Minister of Development Cooperation
1990 - 1996 Member and from 1994-1996 vice-chairperson of the Advisory Council on Human Rights of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
1988 - 1994 Member of the Board of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology