1. Henk Wesseling is professor emeritus of contemporary history at Leiden University. Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study from 1995 to 2002, he is currently editor in chief of “European Review,” the journal of the European Academy. His books translated into English include “Divide and Rule” (1996), “Imperialism and Colonialism” (1997), and “The European Colonial Empires, 1815–1919” (2004).