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Jul 12, 2024
Interpreting pandemics through history, text and performance
Featuring translations and analysis of rare texts, including the revival of an early 20th century Javanese wayang play, this edition illustrates the multi-faceted ways in which pandemics affect us and...
By SIDDHARTH CHANDRA
Jul 12, 2024
Beware the disease of influenza
An anonymous Javanese text written in response to the flu epidemic of 1918-19, offers its audiences eerily familiar lessons for surviving a pandemic
By NANCY K. FLORIDA
Jul 12, 2024
Petruk 1920 confronts Petruk 2020
An essay introducing Ki Purbo Asmoro’s original wayang tale Tamba Tĕka, Lara Lunga (Remedy Shows Up, Malady Gives Up)
By KATHRYN "KITSIE" EMERSON
Jul 12, 2024
Reporting on Java’s 1918 influenza pandemic
Pieter Bastiaan van Steenis’ report on the 1918 influenza pandemic in Java is a rare and detailed account by a colonial health official who experienced its horrors first-hand
By SIDDHARTH CHANDRA
Jan 22, 2025
Esai: Raja-raja hutan
Cara manusia Sumatera menghormatinya harimau
By JAKA HENDRA BAITTRI
Jan 22, 2025
Essay: Kings of the jungle
How Sumatrans honour the tiger, both mystical and real
By JAKA HENDRA BAITTRI
Jan 06, 2025
Sukarno's Indonesia as seen from Yogyakarta
Sukarno's dedication to the arts and obsession with creating a nationalist ideal...
By MARK WOODWARD
Dec 31, 2024
Essay: Beyond cultural awareness
What is cultural awareness? Is it about knowing the habits and languages...
By VICTORIA WINATA
Oct 23, 2024
Tetangga: These are the stories of our neighbours
Introducing a new podcast series
By ASHLYNN HANNAH & SOFIA JAYNE
Oct 22, 2024
Obit: Adrian Horridge, 1927-2024
From distinguished neurophysiologist to maritime historian
By JEFFREY MELLEFONT
Oct 02, 2024
Elusive promises of the Yogyakarta International Airport’s aerotropolis
Yogyakarta's new international airport and aerotropolis embody national aspirations, but at what...
By KHIDIR M PRAWIROSUSANTO & ELIESTA HANDITYA
Sep 02, 2024
Strong ties
Tradition helps Minangkabau protect the land from foreign investors
By RIKA FEBRIANI
Aug 14, 2024
Essay: The life of H.W. Emanuels (1916-1966)
More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney...
By RON WITTON
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