The Girmitiya Peasants in Suriname: Agrarian and Economic Transformations in a Plantation Society

Ruben Gowricharn is professor of Indian Diaspora Studies at the VU University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Along with three edited volumes about the Indian diaspora (all Routledge) and numerous scholarly articles, his recent books include Miskend Verleden. Hindostaanse boeren in Suriname 1880-1980 (2020), Multiple Homemaking. The Ethnic Condition in Indian Diaspora Societies (2021), De Goudsmid (2022) and Ongezien Ongehoord. Hindostanen in de Nederlandse koloniale geschiedenis (2023, co-authoredwith Jaswina Elahi). Since 2005, Gowricharn is also managing director of a doctoral program for adult migrant students in the Netherlands, geared at enlarging the capacity of communities and organizations.