Review: Surviving and resisting in Timor-Leste Conway presents a collection of oral histories that brings to the forefront the role of women in the resistance movement Read more
Review: A complicated life Jemma Purdey reveals the inner torment behind the charisma, generosity and enigma of the public man that was Herb Feith Read more
Review: Picturing Indonesian modernity Karen Strassler shows how modern photographic practices played a role in the making of national subjects in postcolonial Java Read more
Review: Analysing Indonesian politics after the New Order Two recent edited collections on Indonesian politics assess its democratic merits Read more
Review: Elite perceptions and Indonesia’s foreign policy Daniel Novotny attempts to expose the ‘inside’ story on Indonesian foreign policy-making Read more
Review: Falling into the Lesbi world Blackwood gives insight into a little-understood group in Indonesian society Read more
Review: Surviving against the odds Ann Dunham’s study of village life reveals a deep understanding of Indonesia Read more
Review: Becoming Dutch, staying Indo Van Leeuwen’s book considers the struggles and ironies surrounding Indies heritage in Holland, as the outcome of an absurd colonial history Read more
Review: Indonesian post-colonial theatre Evan Winet’s study of teater reveals a rich and ethnically diverse history Read more
Review: My Friend the Fanatic Dhume’s efforts to understand Islam in Indonesia are coloured by his own anxieties Read more
Review: Muslims in Southeast Asia This new collection of essays details the ever-changing relationships between Muslims in Southeast Asia, their nations and the Middle East Read more
Review: Modern family Leila S. Chudori’s latest novel raises poignant questions about family, home and belonging Read more
Review: Remembering everyday life A film opens a window into an extraordinary documentary film and sound archive of contemporary Indonesia Read more
Review: Independent Nation A new book sees Australia’s engagement with the Indonesian struggle for independence as a turning point in the history of its own nationhood Read more
Review: Colonial Jakarta remembered Mrazek’s collection of oral histories evoke a by-gone age Read more
Review: How genocide was avoided in East Timor Robinson’s analysis and insight into the period surrounding the independence ballot makes for authoritative and gripping reading Read more
Review: From soil to God Chris Wilson bares the dynamics of conflict behind the violence in North Maluku Read more
Perempuan Papua Review: Petrus Tegeke presents a detailed account of the position of women in West Papua Read more