We are organizing a public seminar on an integrated approach towards the early modern history of Kerala on the basis of sources from multiple languages. The event initiates a dialogue between specialists in Dutch, Malayalam, Syriac and Arabic sources produced in/on Malabar during the so-called “Dutch period” between the late-seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Speakers would explore how diverse sources with arguably different cultural provenances could potentially construct or deconstruct different epochs in regional and global histories.

The seminar follows three masterclasses-cum-workhop led by Prof. Jos Gommans, Dr. Lennart Bes and Dr. Binu John Mailaparambil on using the Dutch archives to study Kerala’s past. In the workshop, 13 researchers from different Indian and international universities would participate.

Please join us today and tomorrow in Mattanchery!