You are cordially invited to a special seminar by Dr. Peter Borshberg. The seminar is open to the public. The details are as follows. Date: September 24th, 2014 Time: 14:00 - 18:00 Place: Tonan-tei (Room No.201) on the 2nd floor of Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University Speaker: Dr.Peter Borshberg, Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore Title: Admiral Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge and the First Dutch Empire, c.1600-1620 Abstract: This paper reconstructs the vision of commercial empire staked out by Dutch Admiral Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge in his memorials and letters penned between 1607 and 1616. In May 1605 Matelieff was [ Read More ]