Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr. E.W. Rosen Jacobson
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1293
- e.w.rosen.jacobson@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson's expertise lies at the intersection of migration history and the decolonisation period in a comparative perspective: in particular, the consequences of the independence of Asian colonies for so-called 'in-between groups' such as people of mixed European-native descent (such as Indo-Europeans, Indische Nederlanders, Anglo-Indians) and Jews. This includes both the situation in the former colony, just after independence, and the reception and integration in the European motherland. Her current research is about whether and how the arrival of postcolonial migrants influenced the professionalisation of social work led by a number of incisive women, in both the Netherlands and England.
More information about Liesbeth Rosen Jacobson
Fields of interest
- Late colonial history, decolonization and postcolonialism, specifically from the perspective of Eurasians
- Migration and social history in general
- Literary and discourse analysis as a method for historical research
Research
Specific fields of research interest are (late) colonial historyin Asia, the decolonization period and postcolonial history as experienced in Europe and Asia, specifically viewed from the perspective of so-called 'hybrid' people in-between like Eurasians or Jews. Migration and social history in general and literary and discourse analysis as a method of historical (comparative) research.
Curriculum Vitae
2007-2010
Bachelor in social history at Leiden University
2010-2012
Research Master History: Migration and Global Interdependence at Leiden University (cum laude)
2013-2018
PhD-project ‘The Eurasian Question The colonial position and postcolonial options of colonial mixed ancestry groups from British India, Dutch East Indies and French Indochina compared, 1900-1975’ published as a book with Verloren in 2018.
From 2018-2019: Teaching at Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam
Postdoc
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Economische en Sociale geschiedenis
- Jacobson L.R. (2024), Forever an Isolated Caste? Mainstreaming’ of Repatriate Care in General Dutch Bodies of Social Work, 1960–1967 , Journal of Migration History 10(2): 175-201.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (19 May 2023), Refugee and migration history. Bloomsbury History: Theory and Method. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [web essay].
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2023), ‘The withuiden were worth their contempt, the Iraqis not’: Jewish experiences in the Dutch East Indies during the Second World War and Japanese occupation, 1939-1945, Studia Rosenthaliana 49(1): 119-137.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2023), Tussen twee geschiedenissen in: gespecialiseerde versus gewone organisaties in de opvang van Indische gerepatrieerden, Indies Tijdschrift : .
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2023), Review of: Boonstra O. & Hüttenberger F. (2021), Gelukzoekers gestrand: 500 Duitse landverhuizers op een tocht vol tegenslagen naar Brazilië 1827-1829. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review 138(1) (7).
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2022), Review of: Doolan P.M.M. (2021), Collective memory and the Dutch East Indies: unremembering decolonization. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies = Revue Canadienne des études Néerlandaises 42(1): 229-234.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2022), Resolutie Metissen, Indies Tijdschrift.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2022), Gewetenskwestie, Indies Tijdschrift.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2022), Joden in Indië tijdens de Japanse bezetting, Indies Tijdschrift : .
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2022), Review of: Steinberg S. & Grenville A. (2020) Refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe in British overseas territories, Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History 22(2): 208-211.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2021), 'A welcoming refuge?’: the experiences of European Jewish refugees in the Dutch East Indies, set against other Asian destinations, 1933-1965, Jewish Culture and History 22(2): 154-173.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2021), Review of: Oostindie G. (2020), Het koloniale verleden van Rotterdam. Amsterdam: Boom. Indies Tijdschrift .
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2021) Métis. Review of: Firpo C., The uprooted: race, children and imperialism in French Indochina. Indies Tijdschrift 2021(2).
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2020), 'Carved in stone?’: The role of written and unwritten information in solving the Eurasian question after 1945. In: Nijenhuis I., Faassen M. van, Sluijter R., Gijsenbergh J. & Jong W. de (Eds.), Information and power in history: towards a global approach. Abingdon: Routledge. 238-253.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2020), A Eurasian New Guinea? The attempt to build a common homeland for people of mixed ancestry in the 1930s and 1940s unravelled, Leidschrift. Historisch Tijdschrift 35(3): 75-93.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2019), Review of: Heynssens S. (2017), De kinderen van Save: een geschiedenis tussen Afrika en België. Kalmthout: Polis. BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review 134(2) (44).
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2018), The 'Eurasian Question’, solved by migration?, Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies 8(3): 74-99.
- Rosen Jacobson L. (30 May 2018), 'The Eurasian Question' : the colonial position and postcolonial options of colonial mixed ancestry groups from British India, Dutch East Indies and French Indochina compared (Dissertatie. Institute for History, Humanities, Leiden University) Historische Migratiestudies no. 6. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren BV. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Schrover M.L.J.C., Glynn I.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2018), 'Preparing children of colonialism for a postcolonial future’: A comparison of orphanages for Eurasians in the Dutch East Indies, British India and French Indochina during the decolonisation period, 1945-1965, Journal of Migration History 4(1): 1-26.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2018), Review of: Blom H., Wertheim D., Berg H. & Wallet B., Geschiedenis van de Joden in Nederland. BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review 133.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2017), Review of: Buettner E. & Edwards M.K., First book: Europe after Empire. Decolonization, Society and Culture (Cambridge 2016), Second book: Contesting Indochina. French Remembrance between decolonization and Cold War (Oakland 2016).. Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis = The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History 14(1): 135-138.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2017), "The Eurasian Question”, negotiated by paternal knowledge? - The Loving Day conference. Power, Intimacy and the State: Mixed Families in Europe and Beyond, (12/06/2017-13/06/2017, Amsterdam). the Loving Day conference. Power, Intimacy and the State: Mixed Families in Europe and Beyond, 12 June 2017 - 13 June 2017.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2017), The Eurasian Question, solved by written proof of paternal ancestry? - Information and Power in History conference, VU University, Huygens ING (16/03/2017-17/03/2017, Amsterdam). Information and Power in History conference, VU University, Huygens ING 16 March 2017 - 17 March 2017.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2016), ‘Blacky-whites, cheechees and eight-annas.’ The stereotypical portrayal of Eurasians in colonial and postcolonial novels, Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis = The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History 13(2): 25-49.
- Rosen Jacobson E.J., Wiarda-Rosen Jacobson E., Rosen Jacobson E.W., Rosen Jacobson P. & Van der Torren W. (Eds.) (2015), De Sprong. Herinneringen 1940-1945.
- Rosen Jacobson E.W. (2014), ‘A colonial elite in a postcolonial world’ A literary analysis of the identity of the Parsis after decolonisation of the British Indies, Acta Historica : Platform voor beginnende historici 3(1): 13-19.