New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature (Research Group Reunion Conference)
Tue, 08/11/2022 to Thu, 10/11/2022
New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
Bhima Purified: Puppet Shadow Show
Wed, 29/05/201919:00-21:00
Location:
The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram
Java in Jerusalem: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature and Culture (Research Group conference)
Mon, 17/06/2019 to Wed, 19/06/2019
Siti Muslifah
FELLOW
Sebelas Maret University Surakarta
Siti Muslifah is from the Faculty of Literature and Fine Arts at the Sebelas Maret University Surakarta.
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2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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Willem van der Molen
FELLOW
Universitas Indonesia
Willem van der Molen is a senior researcher at KITLV and professor of philology and Old Javanese at Universitas Indonesia in Depok, Indonesia.
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Within the field of his interest, the languages and literatures of Indonesia, his focus is on the history of Javanese literature. He participates in the Tokyo-based project ‘Transformation of religions as reflected in Javanese texts'.
2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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Ronit Ricci
FELLOW
The Hebrew University
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Ronit Ricci is a professor at the Department of Asian Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests include Indonesian history and culture, Javanese and Malay manuscript literatures, Translation Studies, Islamic literary traditions in South and Southeast Asia, and exile and diaspora in colonial Asia. Her current project is a study of the literary history of the Sri Lankan Malays.
2018-2019 Organizer: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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George Quinn
FELLOW
Australian National University
George Quinn is a professor at the School of Culture, History & Language at the Australian National University.
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His research focuses on the literature and popular culture of contemporary Java; patterns and sites of pilgrimmage in Java and Madura; and the Catholic Church in East Timor.
2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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Els Bogaerts
FELLOW
Independent Scholar
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Els Bogaerts is an experienced lecturer and researcher, and coordinator of academic programmes on Indonesian culture. She performs classical Javanese dance, and has given talks on Indonesian performing arts at the main fora in the Netherlands.
2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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Nancy K. Florida
FELLOW
University of Michigan
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Nancy K. Florida is a professor of Javanese and Islamic Studies at the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. She is a historian of colonial Java and postcolonial Indonesia. Her current and future research concerns problems of history, politics, and Islam in the manuscript literature of colonial Java along with narratives of violence and trauma in postcolonial Indonesia.
2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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Bernard Arps
FELLOW
Leiden University
Bernard Arps is a professor of Indonesian and Javanese Language and Culture at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
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His research centres on Indonesia and the Malay world, with a core interest in Java and its diasporas. He teaches about Southeast Asia. He has particular interests in the theory and methods of philology (conceived as the artefact-focused study of worldmaking); the theory and methods of Area Studies; narrativity in culture; Islam; audio media and audioscapes; and the relevance of the past in and for the present.
2018-2019: IIAS Fellow in Research Group New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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J. Anthony Day
FELLOW
Independent Scholar
Anthony Day teaches world literature and Southeast Asian history, and writes scholarly articles on Southeast Asian literature and film. Formerly a faculty member at Yale-NUS College Singapore, Dr. Day is now an independent scholar.
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2018-2019 Fellow: New Directions in the Study of Javanese Literature
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