Despite having written three monographs featuring Islam in Indonesia, I still hesitate to call myself an Indonesianist, mainly because of the way I have entered the field. Against the background of my academic
Javanese constructions in masonry from the early Modern period are outstandingly absent from Indonesian Modern building historiography. This gap is significant as it covers about two centuries and a half,
Typhoons have killed more than a million people in Asia in the twentieth century. Their associated storm surge floods low-lying coastal areas. In Japan, it was Typhoon Vera of 1959, which killed over 5,000
Islamic scholars often employ the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammed (hadith) to construct or confirm the norm of female obedience and subservience to male authority, both in the
Expansion of the mining industry, plantations, forest concessions for industries, and infrastructure projects for national economic development have led to land grabbing at a large scale, leading to conflicts
In this paper Kate McGregor will draw on research conducted for her ARC Future Fellowship to examine which factors led to an escalation of activism in Korea and Japan from the late 1980s onwards
After the fourteenth general election in Malaysia in May 2018, a new coalition known as Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) came to power. It replaced Barisan Nasional (the National Front) that had ruled at
Throughout modern Indonesian history, Islamic rhetoric has been used by both elites and nonelites to prohibit and constrain the social existence of sexual and gender minorities. It is a recent phenomenon
This seminar-cum-book launch will discuss a new book on Indonesia's democracy as well as reflect on the outcome of Indonesia's national elections held on 17 april. A panel with Yance Arizona (PPI Nederland
Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia is the result of Andreas Harsono’s fifteen year project to document how race and religion have come to be increasingly prevalent within Indonesia’s politics.
