Apr 23, 2019 Last Updated 7:31 AM, Apr 18, 2019

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Revolution

Review: History wars in the Netherlands

Review: The ideology of the family state

David Reeve reviews David Bourchier’s important contribution to understandings of political thinking in Indonesia

Review: Recounting the revolution

Two recently republished memoirs illustrate the divergence of experiences during the Indonesian Revolution

Review: Witnesses to Holland's war in Indonesia 1945-49

Joost Coté

My eyes may be blue, but I am Indonesian

My eyes may be blue, but I am Indonesian

The different and difficult experiences of Eurasian Indonesians

Amri Yahya and the Sydney University Labor Club

Amri Yahya and the Sydney University Labor Club

A link to Australia’s support of the Indonesian revolution

The spirit of Sudirman

The spirit of Sudirman

A mural competition in Yogyakarta sees Indonesians reinterpreting their revolutionary past in the light of present concerns

Gus Dur’s 100 days

Gus Dur’s 100 days

Abdurrahman Wahid’s life deserves serious and critical reflection

Driving under the New Order

Driving under the New Order

The tumultuous events of 1965 thwarted Liong Tjie Tjong’s writing aspirations

Gerindra and 'Greater Indonesia'

Gerindra and 'Greater Indonesia'

Prabowo’s party has deep roots in Indonesian political mythology

Fighting over the land and forest

Fighting over the land and forest

Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest

W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)

W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)

The peacock is no more

Beyond terrorism and martyrdom

Beyond terrorism and martyrdom

People in West Java hold diverse memories of the Darul Islam rebellion and its leader Kartosuwiryo

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Obituary - Mohammad Jusuf Ronodipuro

Obituary - Mohammad Jusuf Ronodipuro

30 September 1919 – 27 January 2008

Remembering Ong

Remembering Ong

About cooking, studying Java, and other serious pleasures

The romance of K'tut Tantri

Timothy Lindsey, The Romance of K'tut Tantri and Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1997, 362pp, Rrp AU$65. Reviewed by RON WITTON

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Itinerant scholars

Sep 30, 2007

Written by Karel Steenbrink

Hinduism and Islam were born so far away. How did Indonesians learn of them? KAREL STEENBRINK traces a long history of religious scholars travelling overseas.

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Women and the nation

Jul 30, 2007

Written by Susan Blackburn

Throughout its history, outsiders wanted the women's movement to be nationalist first of all. Now women are finding their own voice

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Merdeka!

Jul 30, 2007

Written by Harry Aveling

Prajurit jaga malam

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Latest Articles

Timotius and Freeport
Apr 17, 2019 - JEREMY MULHOLLAND & ABDUL FICKAR HADJAR
Elite politics and Freeport Indonesia’s non-compliance continue to deny Timotius Kambu his owed wages

Review: Landscape of the soul
Apr 01, 2019 - RON WITTON
An exhibition of wall-hangings and mixed-media depicts the experiences of European Dutch and Eurasian people in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation, the Revolution and after

Review: Revisiting the colonial wars
Apr 01, 2019 - JOOST COTE

Review: Short Film 'KTP'
Mar 17, 2019 - AVERY MORROW
A census worker’s village visit reveals the absurdities of identity card data

Adolescent pregnancy in Manggarai
Feb 27, 2019 - AGHNIA JOLANDA PUTRI & ARTRICIA MARINA RASYID
Premarital sex must be acknowledged as unavoidable, to end a vicious cycle of lost potential

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