Jan
Breman is Emeritus Professor at the Amsterdam Institute of Social
Science Research, University of Amsterdam and Honorary Fellow at
the International Institute of Social History, both in Amsterdam. His research interests
span employment and labor relations in contemporary Asia (focusing mainly on India
and Indonesia), the history of colonialism, labor migration, conditions of
poverty and the social question in a global perspective. Breman has held
numerous visiting professorships worldwide, including at: the Institute of
Economic Growth, Delhi; the School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University,
Xiamen; and Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor. His many books include: Profit from Unfree Labour in Colonial Java (In
press), Outcast Labour in Asia (2013);
At Work in the Informal Economy of India
(2013), Taming the Coolie Beast (1989);
and Of Patronage and Exploitation (1974). He is also on the editorial board
of journals such as Development and Change, The Indian Journal of
Labour Economics, The Journal of
Agrarian Change, and The Journal of
Southeast Asian Studies. In addition to his scholarly work as an anthropologist and
sociologist, Breman has carried out consultancy missions for a variety of
international organizations in both Asia and the Netherlands. Breman lives
and works in Amsterdam. [Last updated 2015]