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Photography: Exhibition of Colonial Photography

Images from the Dutch East Indies have been legitimizing Dutch colonial activity since the 17th century…

British ‘Islamic’ style seals from the Malay world – Asian and African studies blog – The British Library

The presence of an inscription in Arabic script is such a defining characteristic of seals used by Muslims that it tends to mask the fact that similar ‘Islamic’-style seals were also used by myriad other groups, including Christians in Ethiopia and Syria, Samaritans in Palestine, Hindu subjects of the Mughal emperor, European scholars of Arabic…

7. Manchester by the Sea

Originally posted on Melangit Merah: Kenneth Lonergan Drama “If you could take one guy on an island with you and you knew you’d be safe because he was the best man, that he was going to keep you happy, if it was between me and your father who would you take?” – Lee Lee Chandler…

Berjalan ke Barat Waktu Pagi Hari / SDD

Originally posted on RFUN: Arif bijaksana. Itulah, kesan yang pertama muncul di benak setelah selesai membaca bait-bait syair di sajak Sapardi Djoko Damono ini. Opa Sapardi, sungguh sangat piawai bersajak. Beliau pandai merangkai kata-kata sederhana menjadi kalimat yang seutuhnya bermakna. Duh, puisi ini yang paling saya suka dari sajak-sajak SDD. Entah mengapa pilihan kata yang…

Elections: The politics of Islam in Indonesia: 2017 Jakarta elections and beyond

KITLV / Amnesty International Seminar 2017 The Politics of Islam in Indonesia: 2017 Jakarta Elections and Beyond By Sidney Jones & Chris Chaplin (From KITLV) Is conservative Islam gaining ground in Indonesia? The gubernatorial elections in Jakarta have convinced many that the political clout of Islamic organizations has grown. Demands that the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja…

Decolonisation, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945-1950: KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies

Decolonisation, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945-1950 is a large-scale, joint inquiry carried out by KITLV, the Netherlands Institute for Military History (NIMH) and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The project has been made financially possible by the Dutch government, due to its decision on 2 December 2016 to lend its…

KITLV / Amnesty International seminar ‘The politics of Islam in Indonesia: Jakarta elections and beyond | By Sidney Jones & Chris Chaplin | 9 March Leiden University

KITLV / Amnesty International Seminar ‘The Politics of Islam in Indonesia: Jakarta elections and beyond’, By Sidney Jones & Chris Chaplin Is conservative Islam gaining ground in Indonesia? The gubernatorial elections in Jakarta have convinced many that the political clout of Islamic organizations has grown. Demands that the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama – a Christian of…

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)…

Film: Where Do We Want to Take Our Cinema? Reblog from Melangit Merah

“..I find it so hard to find any good Indonesian films..”

Poem: Request By Muhammad Yamin

Request By Muhammad Yamin, 1921 Listening to the waves close to me Pounding to the left and to the right Chanting a song full of compassion A longing for the place of my birth is awakened. In the East on my side Shrouded in cloud-billowed skies Appears the island full of marvels That assuredly is…