The file contains the minutes of the meeting (chairman: Bernard Pottier). Included are the agenda and working documents for the meeting such as the annual reports (1982-1983) of the Byzantine studies activity, and of the project Tao-Tsang and of the project ‘The State in China: Concepts and realities’; minutes of the meeting of the ad hoc Committee on Computers and Dictionaries; letters; project outlines; minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee for Social Sciences (17-18/06/1983) and other minutes of meetings.

Topics discussed include: structure of Dutch research on the humanities; membership of the Committee; additional activities on Byzantine studies and on Chinese Studies; proposals of additional activity on Ethnic Groups; the sub-committee for Archaeology, the ad hoc committee on Computers and Dictionaries, Archives of International Organisations; the project ‘Manuscripts and Technology’; three seminars organised by the Committee in 1983; future conferences; ESF sponsorship of projects; activities of the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences and the report on the annual meeting of the Union Académique Internationale.

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