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Han ten Brummelhuis   
Country Coordinator Cambodia 
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E-mail H.C.F.tenBrummelhuis@uva.nl; han@hcf.demon.nl 
Han ten Brummelhuis is an anthropologist who also studied psychology and sociology. Most of his work is related to Thailand. He has published about the relations between Thailand and the Netherlands, the history of modern irrigation in Thailand, Dutch VOC sources about Thailand, and the Thai community in the Netherlands. In the last years his interest has been expanded to Cambodia and Burma. In the 1990s he was involved in research and teaching about sexuality and aids. Has been the founder and co-director of the Amsterdam Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society. His present work is focused on old Dutch sources about Southeast Asia and on the comparative study of recent Southeast Asian history.  
Selected publications

  • ‘Migratie, diaspora en identiteiten,’ Tijdschrift voor psychotherapie 30 (2004):311-319.

  • King of the waters : Homan van der Heide and the origin of modern irrigation in Siam.
    Leiden : KITLV Press, 2005 (2007 reprint, Singapore/Chiang Mai: ISEAS/Silkworm Books).

  • Culture and sexual risk: anthropological perspectives on AIDS, (co-editor). Newark, NJ: Gordon & Breach. 1995.

  • Merchant, courtier and diplomat: a history of the contacts between the Netherlands and Thailand. Lochem: De Tijdstroom, 1987.