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Review: Separating fact from fiction in Conrad’s Eastern Voyages

Joseph Conrad is known as being the famous English author of books such as Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness

Review: A narrative of denial

An indictment of Australian policy on East Timor during the Fraser years

Review: Hello says the mountain

Review: The USA, the CIA and Suharto’s coup

Book review: The journey of Australia’s first Asian language

Review Essay: Banishment and belonging

Essay: Seeking solace in the midst of COVID-19

Book clubs and creative communities have headed online where they provide Jakartans with vital connections and solace during the pandemic

Book Review: Man of Contradictions

Review: Diponegoro's biographer

Review: China, Indonesia and the Cold War

Book reviews: Telling the Dutch colonial wars in Aceh and South Sulawesi

Review: Bridges of Friendship

An excellent reminder of the strength and importance of relationships between people of different cultures

Review: Revisiting the colonial wars

Review: Ricklefs on Islamisation

More than 50 years on, mis-truths about the 1965-66 killings and what motivated them prevail in Indonesia. Geoffrey Robinson's and other books and films on the issue, based on archival research and analysis, continue to be of utmost importance to counter this movement against the truth.

Obituary: The Danarto I knew

Review: Bicultural leader Siauw Giok Tjhan

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