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Making Indonesia Clean from Waste with Dr Lukas Fort, John Legge Prize Winner 2023

Congratulations on being awarded the 2023 John Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in Asian Studies in Australia in 2022! Can you tell us a bit about your thesis? Indonesia faces a major waste problem; its residents are habituated to littering, landfills are overflowing, and seas and rivers are clogged with plastic. Indeed, Indonesia is […]

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Sharing Stories on Contested Histories 2023: Participant Reflections

In late-2023, ASAA member Jorien van Beukering participated in a training program on Sharing Stories on Contested Histories. In this post she shares her experience with the program and how the program has progressed her Asian Studies research. What is the Sharing Stories on Contested Histories training program?  Sharing Stories on Contested Histories (SSOCH) is

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Excavating the History of ‘Asia’ in Global Politics: An Interview with Ahmad Rizky M. Umar

Congratulations on being awarded an ASAA 2023 Postdoctoral Writing Grant! Can you tell us a bit about your current research? I currently have three research agendas that lie in the intersection between International Relations, Global History, and Asian Studies. First, I am currently transforming my PhD thesis into a book project. My thesis, which I

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Arief Budiman (1941-2020): liberated intellectual in authoritarian times

When I last met him, in his stylish bamboo-walled house in Salatiga in April last year, I thanked him for what he had done for me. Arief looked puzzled. “You taught me politics,” I said. Then he smiled. My hair had grown white. His body, eleven years older than mine, was wasted by Parkinsons. We

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