Jan nederveen pieterse biography of christopher

Dutch-born scholar

Jan Nederveen Pieterse is a Dutch-born scholar whose work centers on global political economy, development studies and cultural studies.^[1] He currently serves as the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Distinguished Professor of Global Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[2]

Background

Jan received B.A.

and M.A. degrees from the University of Amsterdam in cultural anthropology, and completed his Ph.D. in social science at the University of Nijmegen in 1988.^[3] He has previously held professorships at Maastricht University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; University of Cape Coast, Ghana, the University of Amsterdam and Malaysia National University.

In addition, he has served as visiting professor at universities in Argentina, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri