Alexander van der Meer is a lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History. In 2025 he defended his PhD, Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in Batavia, c. 1700–1850, which traces how Dutch Reformed ministers and missionaries articulated and enacted colonial ideology through their encounters in the Indies and interactions with local communities. His research and teaching continue to focus on the colonial and religious history of the Dutch East Indies, church and charity, and the social history of empire.

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Alexander van der Meer is a lecturer at Leiden University’s Institute for History. In 2025 he defended his PhD, Colonial Calvinism: Colonial Ideologies of Dutch Clergymen in Batavia, c. 1700–1850, which traces how Dutch Reformed ministers and missionaries articulated and enacted colonial ideology through their encounters in the Indies and interactions with local communities. His research and teaching continue to focus on the colonial and religious history of the Dutch East Indies, church and charity, and the social history of empire.

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