Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island … [Read more...]
Unmarked Graves
April 20, 2025 by
The anti-communist violence that swept across Indonesia in 1965–66 produced a particularly high death toll in East Java. It also transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of survivors, who faced decades of persecution, imprisonment and violence. In Unmarked Graves, Vannessa Hearman examines the … [Read more...]
Indonesia Etc.
April 20, 2025 by
Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation is a 2014 travel book by epidemiologist and former journalist Elizabeth Pisani. It follows her travels throughout Indonesia in 2012 and 2013. It received generally favourable critical reviews. In 1945, Indonesia's declaration of independence … [Read more...]
Kartini
April 20, 2025 by
In Indonesia, the legacy of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) is celebrated on Kartini Day, every year on April 21. Around the world, Kartini is recognized as a major figure in the history of the advancement of women: a tireless and effective advocate of women's education and emancipation. However, … [Read more...]
Systemic Silencing
April 19, 2025 by
Systemic Silencing of Indonesian survivors of Japanese military sexual violence during World War II has persisted both globally and within Indonesia itself. The system of prostitution imposed and enforced by the Japanese military across East and Southeast Asia is today well-known and uniformly … [Read more...]