Halle an der Saale, Germany, 13 May 2004 Venue: Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle Historisches Waisenhaus Franckeplatz 1, Haus 1 06110 Halle an der Saale Germany International Workshop Celebrating Jacob Haafner’s 250th Birthday (1754-2004) Programme Convenor: 12 May Paul van der Velde 18.30 Reception at the Town Hall offered by the City of Halle Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology 13 May To celebrate Jacob Haafner’s 250th 9.00 Registration and coffee Chair: Dr. Thomas Müller-Bahlke (Director Franckesche Stiftungen Halle) birthday a workshop will be 9.30 Word of welcome Prof. Dr. Keebet von Benda-Beckmann (Max-Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle) organized in his town of birth, Haafner Society 9.40 Biographical snapshot of Jacob Haafner Dr. Paul van der Velde (Senior policy advisor, Universiteit van Amsterdam / Senior consultant, Halle an der Saale in Germany on International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden) 13 May 2004. Jacob Haafner 10.10 Jacob Haafner’s journey in a palanquin: A passionate farewell from a colonial Ancien Regime Dr. Dirk Kolff (Professor emeritus of Indian history, Leiden University) (1754-1809) was a well-known 10.40 Bayaderes and Devadasis Dr. Joep Bor (Director CODarts, Research College for Music and Dance, Rotterdam) travel story writer, whose works, 11.10 Coffee break written in Dutch, were translated Chair: Dr. Rahul Peter Das (Professor, Institut für Indologie und Südasien-wissenschaften, Martin- Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg) into German, French, English, 11.30 Voices of Germans in the service of the United Dutch East India Company Dr. Roelof van Gelder (Historian and editor of the book section of NRC Handelsblad) Danish, and Swedish. 12.00 Critics of colonialism in Europe: From Bartholomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) to H.F. Tillema He was very critical about (1870-1852) Ewald Vanvugt (Author, Amsterdam) colonialism, which makes him an 12.30 Haafner’s anti-colonialism and his criticism of missions: Exception or part of an early modern tradition? Remarks on eighteenth century colonial and missionary thought interculturalist avant-la-lettre. In Drs. Hanco Jürgens (Staff, Science and Society, University of Nijmegen) the workshop specialists from a 13.00 Lunch Chair: Dr. Dirk Kolff wide variety of disciplines will 14.00 A literary perspective on Jacob Haafner Dr. Jacqueline Bel (Director education, Faculty of Arts, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) discuss the meaning of his work 14.30 Dutch publishers and German translators of Haafners books from different angles. Dr. Thomas Kohl (Mainz) 15.00 Official opening Jacob Haafner exhibition by Ferdinand Kiderlen (MA, Franckesche Stiftungen) Registration and information: Chair: Dr. Paul van der Velde Ferdinand Kiderlen 15.30 A missing link: Haafners’ youth in Emden and his fathers involvement in the Royal Prussian Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle East India Company Franckeplatz 1 Dr. Cord Eberspacher (Historian, Universität Oldenburg) The workshop is funded by the Max Planck 06110 Halle an der Saale 16.00 Traces of the Dutch past in the surroundings of Madras and Sadras Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle/ Drs. M. Peters (Historian) Germany Saale) and is supported by the Haafner [email protected] 16.30 Discussion Society (Amsterdam), the Franckesche 17.00 Guided tour of the Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle followed by a reception T +49-345-212 7431 Stiftungen zu Halle, the City of Halle, and 18.00 Guided tour of Halle including visit to the birth house of Jacob Haafner F +49-345-212 7418 19.30 Speakers Dinner hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and the International Institute for Asian Studies www.francke-halle.de the Haafner Society (Leiden).