Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815
Biographical note
Alicia Schrikker (1976) obtained her MA in History at Leiden University in 2001 and received her doctorate in History at the same university in 2006. Her main interests include the history of the Asian-European interaction and colonial state formation. She is currently employed at Leiden University as coordinator of the ENCOMPASS (Encountering a Common Past in Asia) programme.
Readership
all those interested in Sri Lankan history, the history of the VOC, Dutch colonial history, British imperial history, and colonial administrations, policy and ideology in general.
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