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DESCRIPTION:My paper explores the trans-imperial nature of interwar Asian p
 ort cities through the colonial culture of a network of Dutch expatriate c
 ommunities in Manila\, Kobe\, Shanghai\, and Singapore. Their formation of
  a ‘Cosmopolitan Dutchness’ serves as a case study of how the experien
 ce of global (dis)connectivity between empires can help elucidate historie
 s of race and colonial identity.\n\nInterwar Asia was characterized by an 
 interconnected web of mobility and exchange through port cities. Within th
 e global circuits of European imperialism\, these cities were key localiti
 es of cultural transformation across imperial jurisdictions. Yet\, by the 
 interwar period\, Asian port-cities were also key sites in the rise of ant
 i-colonial nationalism and economic autarky. \n\nDutch consular and corpor
 ate archives reveal the operations of an informal imperial network across 
 these port cities. Employees of Dutch colonial companies and their familie
 s migrated to further and represent Dutch imperial interests far beyond th
 e boundaries of the Netherlands Indies but found this exercise increasingl
 y difficult. Their ego-documents show how the experience of life in trans-
 imperial port cities led this diaspora to constitute a particular colonial
  ‘Dutchness’ through frequent exposure to different imperial cultures 
 and increasing economic and nationalist opposition. \n\nA study of their d
 aily lives\, community institutions and domestic life helps supersede the 
 tired question of Dutch colonial identity as determined by class versus ra
 ce. By examining colonial identity through the lens of global (dis)connect
 ivity\, it becomes clear that colonial identities were crucially shaped by
  globalized forms of European racial identities mediated through the trans
 -imperial Asian port city.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140532Z
LOCATION:Room 302 (Seats 48)
SUMMARY:Transimperial (dis)connectivity in Asian port cities: Dutch expatri
 ate communities and ‘Cosmopolitan Dutchness’ along the Asian littoral\
 , 1919-1941. - Maarten Jonker
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/BPKXZT/
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