Leonard Blussé (born 23 July 1946 in

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) is a Dutch

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concerned with the field of Asian-European relations. Blussé has a prolific written output in his field, having authored, co-authored or edited more than twenty books since 2000. He was elected a member of

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in 2010.

Selected bibliography

* The 2006 Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures. * * * * * *

References

1946 births Living people 20th-century Dutch historians Historians of the Dutch East India Company Leiden University alumni Academic staff of Leiden University Members of Academia Europaea Artists from Rotterdam 21st-century Dutch historians {{Netherlands-historian-stub