Alex van Stipriaan Luïscius (1954), author's name Alex van Stipriaan, is professor of Caribbean History at the History Department of Erasmus University's School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC) at Rotterdam. Since 2005 he combines this with a curatorship of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam. He teaches courses on Caribbean migrations, diversity and cultural heritage, as well as on Diversity in Dutch History, and teaches also on Slavery in the Black Atlantic as well as on Caribbean arts.