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Publications

David R. Saunders
In Chasing Archipelagic Dreams, David R. Saunders demonstrates that the withdrawal of the British imperial state from Sabah did not result in the decolonization of the territory.

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Brian Arnold
A catalogue of the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the emergence of photography as an art form in Java, Indonesia, which was on view at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University from…

Southeast Asia Program

Kirsten E. Schulze
Contesting Indonesia explains Islamist, separatist and communal violence across Indonesian history since 1945. In a sweeping argument that connects endemic violence to a national narrative, Kirsten E.

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Rudolf Mrázek
Amir Sjarifoeddin explores the experiences of a central figure in the Indonesian revolution, whose life mirrored the idealism and contradictions of the anti-colonial and post-war world of twentieth century…

Southeast Asia Program

Chie Ikeya
In InterAsian Intimacies across Race, Religion, and Colonialism, Chie Ikeya asks how interAsian marriage, conversion, and collaboration in Burma under British colonial rule became the subject of political…

Southeast Asia Program

Neil Loughlin
In The Politics of Coercion, Neil Loughlin explains the persistence of Cambodia's authoritarian regime for more than four decades.

Southeast Asia Program

Tiffany Rae Pollock
Fire Dancers in Thailand's Tourism Industry explores the evolution of fire dancing from informal community jam sessions into the iconic, tourist-oriented performances at beach parties and bars, through a…

Southeast Asia Program

Joshua Baker and Eric Tagliacozzo
Indonesia is a semi-annual journal devoted to the timely study of Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy, and society. It features original scholarly articles, interviews, translations, and book reviews.

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By Our Faculty
Marcus Mietzner
In The Coalitions Presidents Make, Marcus Mietzner explains how Indonesia has turned its volatile post-authoritarian presidential system into one of the world's most stable.

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Elizabeth F. Drexler
In Infrastructures of Impunity Elizabeth Drexler argues that the creation and persistence of impunity for the perpetrators of the Cold War Indonesian genocide (1965–66) is not only a legal status, but…

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