Ariel Heryanto is Professor at The School of Culture, History and Language. He joined The ANU in 2009 and held the position as Head of Southeast Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies before it transformed into the School of Culture, History and Language. Previously he was convener of Indonesian Program of the Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne. His first two degrees (Sarjana Muda and Doktorandus) were in Education from Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Indonesia. He gained his MA degree in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan (USA), and PhD degree in cultural anthropology from Monash University.1
He currently investigates Indonesia’s post-colonialism, which includes a study of the Indo-Europeans in the Dutch East Indies.