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  • 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…

  • Poem: Homeland By Muhammad Yamin 1920

    “Oh Andalas, island of Sumatra, Make sweet the name, from north to south!”

  • Face of a Hero

    By Kosim Pohan, December 1945 The sudden thought passes, the intangible transforms, In the mind, and makes the faces take form, Going deep into the feelings, to the gates of the soul, The spirit of the heroes of ancient times. In ages past, among the islands, in mother earth, Spilling blood flowed flooding the earth,…