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  • Short Story: The Poetic Journey of a Contract Hit Man By Surya Gemilang

    “..the person who needs my services this time is a teenage high school boy, not a government official, or someone like that, quite apart from how he finds out where I live, or where he gets the sort of dough he needs to pay me..”

  • Short Story: Funny Story About Gun Shots By Surya Gemilang

    …Sarimin’s gun suddenly pumped a bullet into the back of his head. Pajenong collapsed instantly.

  • Short Story: Sandalwood Fan by Gerson Poyk

    Sandalwood Fan By Gerson Poyk I live completely alone, but I can still live well enough because I don’t depend on anyone else. I can eat three meals a day. I can live in one rented room where there’s a couch, a bathroom and a kitchen. At the back outside, there’s a covered roof that…

  • Poem: Language, Nation By Muhammad Yamin, 1921

    Language, Nation By Muhammad Yamin, 1921 “What you have inherited from your fathers, earn over again for yourselves or it will not be yours.” Goethe While still small and young in years The little child nestles in her mother’s lap, Singing soft songs and lullabies her mother Beams over her child overflowing with joy; She…

  • History: The Bugis Kingdom of Bone, Sulawesi By The British Library

    “To what extent does this collection of manuscripts now in the British Library represent the contents of the royal library of Bone? The answer is probably: only partially…”

  • History: Maria Ullfah, Mother of Indonesia’s National Women’s Day

    Dutch East Indies Students in Holland, 1932. Maria Ullfah (right) would go on to become the first woman bachelor of laws from the Dutch East Indies. (Source: @Potretlawas)

  • Poem: Mother Indonesia By Sukmawati Soekarno Putri

    Mother Indonesia By Sukmawati Soekarno Putri Although I am no expert in the law of Islam What I do know is the chignon of mother Indonesia is very beautiful More elegant than your chador So perfectly folded is the hair As perfect as the fabric that enfolds your form Her endlessly diverse creative senses Fuse…

  • The Tendrils of Memory

    The Tendrils of Memory By Tintajemari the tendrils of memory punish me so harshly, the tightness in my chest feels like being stabbed in the heart, I burst into sobs breaking the silence of regret, while I know that you will not be arriving to wipe away my tears, the memory now cuts me to…

  • We Met

    We Met By Tintajemari We met, not at the right time, I think, or perhaps the universe is trying to say that love has never really ever existed? for us     Source: Kita bertemu Featured image Journey To East Java (Yogjakarta) by Rahiman Madli https://flic.kr/p/aa6bpp Don’t forget to check out: https://www.instagram.com/tintajemari/

  • UoM Podcast: Media and Elections

    The latest from the UoM’s “Talking Indonesia” podcast. The Indonesian media is heavily politicised. Many TV stations are owned by political power brokers or party leaders. During elections, these ownership structures place significant restrictions on the independence of journalists and media freedom more broadly. But how exactly do media bosses interfere in the daily lives…

  • Asumsi Podcast: Indonesian Bombing Update

    The bombing of Medan Police Headquarters on Wednesday 13 November 2019 added again to the list of terrorist acts in Indonesia. Police have already identified that the suicide bomber was affiliated with JAD, the same organization as the attacker who stabbed Indonesia’s then coordinating minister for security Mr. Wiranto. In this episode, we speak to…

  • The Next Sunset

    The Next Sunset By Tintajemari i console my sadness at sunset that is so fleeting when night falls let my longing stay strong till the next sunset when our meeting begets gazes And that if God still takes pity and eases my worry that’s reached the point of exhaustion.   Source: Aku Menulis Lagi blog,…

  • Event: Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia, 1945-1950

    Public Seminar Invitation Research in progress: Behind the scenes of the research programme Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia, 1945-1950 On Saturday November 2, 2019, a public seminar will take place in cooperation with the National Archives. During this seminar we will focus on (archival) research: what does research look like in practice? Which…

  • Event: Two films on transgender issues in Indonesia

    07 February 2017 Film screening The first screening of the ‘Framing Asia’ film series will focus on transgender issues in Indonesia. Two short films Renita, Renita and Accross Gender  will be followed by discussion with Intan Paramaditha, Indonesian author and lecturer in media and film studies and one of the filmmakers, Anouk Houtman. Films Renita, Renita (15min)…

  • ‘Adat law 100 years on: Towards a new interpretation?’ – KITLV

    ‘Adat law 100 years on: Towards a new interpretation?’ – KITLV REMINDER: The Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society (VVI), in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), organize an international conference on the continued importance of adat law in present day Indonesia on 22 May 2017.…