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Sony Karsono
Associate Professor kars@[Link]
Department of Malay-Indonesian Translation and Interpretation
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Global Campus
81 Oedae-ro, Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17035, South Korea
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Visual Arts, Biography, and Social History
The Metropolis, the Body, and Material Culture in Contemporary Indonesia
Popular Culture and the Urban Experience in the Malay World
Twentieth-Century Indonesia’s Pragmatic Modernisms
Modernity and the Middle Class in the Malay World
TEACHING AREAS
Modern history of Southeast Asia Biographical studies
World history since 1750 Urban studies
Social, cultural, and intellectual history Cultural sociology
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2023 Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat. Jakarta: Anagram. ISBN 978-623-99244-2-3
2021 Cendekiawan dan Transformasi Sosial: Studi Kasus Sejarah Intelektual Era Orde Baru. Jakarta:
LP3ES. ISBN 9786027984752 and 6027984759
2020 돌로로사 시나가 – 어느 여성조각가가 빚어낸 현대 인도네시아의 초상 [Dolorosa
Sinaga: Portrait of contemporary Indonesia by a woman sculptor]. Gwangju:
국립아시아문화전당 (South Korea's Asia Culture Center). ISBN 9791189652449
2019a Dolorosa Sinaga: Body, Form, Matter: Analysis, Artistic Genealogy, and Archive, co-edited with
Alexander Supartono. Jakarta: Somalaing Art Studio, Red & White Publishing, and
IKJ Press. ISBN 9786026171658 and 6026171657
2019b Dolorosa Sinaga: Tubuh, Bentuk, Substansi: Analisis, Asal-Usul Artistik dan Arsip, co-edited
with Alexander Supartono. Jakarta: Somalaing Art Studio, Red & White Publishing,
and IKJ Press. ISBN 9786026171641 and 6026171649
Refereed Journal Articles
2024 Review of Abidin Kusno’s Jakarta: The City of a Thousand Dimensions. South East Asia
Research (forthcoming). doi: 10.1080/0967828X.2024.2327190
2023 “‘Even Salmon Go Upstream, Back to Their Birthplace’: A Psychogeography of
Mudik, the Indonesian-Muslim Mass Seasonal Migration.” Southeast Asian Review
(동남아시아연구) 33, no. 2 (May 31):75–114.
2022 “The City, the Body and the World of Things: A Microhistory of New Order Jakarta’s
Accelerated Modernization.” Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde / Journal of the
Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 178, no. 2–3 (June 25): 192–224.
doi: 10.1163/22134379-bja10038
2021 “Race, Reason, and Emotion: Reading Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s House of Glass.”
Southeast Asian Review (동남아시아연구) 31, no. 2: 107–133.
doi:10.21652/kaseas.31.2.202105.107
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2021 “Flâneur, Popular Culture and Urban Modernity: An Intellectual History of New
Order Jakarta.” Asian Studies Review 45, no. 2: 345–363.
doi:10.1080/10357823.2020.1784092
2016 “Motinggo Busye and His Popular Novels: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Middle-
Class Emotional Experience of Economic Modernisation in New Order Indonesia.”
Indonesia and the Malay World 44, no. 129 (February 26): 262–284.
doi: 10.1080/13639811.2015.1129156
Book Chapters
2024 “Puisi, Jati Diri, Daur Hidup: Tentang Cermin Yang Memantulkan Wajah Lain, Antologi
Puisi Hendro Siswanggono.” In Hendro Siswanggono, Cermin Yang Memantulkan
Wajah Lain, 22–27. Yogyakarta: JBS.
2019a “The Making of a Sculptor: The Life, Art, and Politics of Dolorosa Sinaga.” In
Dolorosa Sinaga: Body, Form, Matter: Analysis, Artistic Genealogy, and Archive, co-edited with
Alexander Supartono, 42-99. Jakarta: Somalaing Art Studio, Red & White Publishing,
and IKJ Press.
2019b “Dolorosa Sinaga: Perjalanan Hidup, Seni dan Politik.” In Dolorosa Sinaga: Tubuh,
Bentuk, Substansi: Analisis, Asal-Usul Artistik dan Arsip, co-edited with Alexander
Supartono, 42-99. Jakarta: Somalaing Art Studio, Red & White Publishing, and IKJ
Press.
2014 “On Some Themes in Budi Darma’s Rafilus.” In Membaca Sastra Jawa Timur: Revitalisasi,
Representasi, dan Regenerasi [Reading East Java’s literature: revitalization, representation,
and regeneration], edited by Mashuri, 152-83. Surabaya: Dewan Kesenian Jawa Timur.
2001 “Transitional Justice dan Hak-hak Buruh” [Transitional justice and workers’ rights]. In
Keadilan dalam Masa Transisi [Justice in the time of transition], edited by Prasetyohadi,
174-96. Jakarta: National Commission on Human Rights.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles
2003 “Budi Darma: Obsesi, Burung Ganjil, Perempuan Berkumis: Dialog dengan Sony
Karsono” [Budi Darma: Obsession, a strange bird and a woman with moustache].
(With Budi Darma). Prosa, no. 3: 149-198.
2001 “The Bizarre in the Discourse on Democracy.” Gerbang 4, no. 10 (August): 81-90.
Research Reports
2000a “Gagasan Anggota Parlemen Kelas Kakap tentang Ke(tidak)amanan Indonesia”
[Members of Parliament’s ideas about Indonesia’s (in)security]. Surabaya: Institut Ilmu
Sosial Alternatif. (A study commissioned by the Indonesian National Commission on
Human Rights) – 8,295 words
2000b “Senjakala Industri Gula: Riset Lapangan tentang Keadaan Buruh Gula dan Petani
Tebu di Wilayah PTPN X dan XI, Jawa Timur” [The twilight of sugar industry: A
field research on the conditions of sugar mill workers and sugarcane cultivators in the
territories of PTPN X and XI, East Java]. Bandung: International Union of Food and
Allied Workers-Asia/Pacific, Indonesia Office. – 9,111 words
Journalism
1998a “Apartheid Lingkungan Hidup” [Environmental apartheid], Surabaya Post, October 24.
1998b “UU Ketenagakerjaan, Paket Hukum Skizofrenik” [The schizophrenic nature of the new
labor law], Surabaya Post, October 2.
1998c “Buruh, Perusahaan Transnasional, dan Globalisasi” [Workers, transnational
corporations, and globalization], Surabaya Post, September 14.
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1998d “Kelaparan, Utang Asing dan Neoliberalisme” [Famine, foreign debt, and neoliberalism],
Surabaya Post, August 29.
1998e “Manusia Konsumen di Tengah Sejarah Komoditas” [Man-as-consumer and the history
of commodities], Surabaya Post, August 8.
1998f “Piala Dunia, Mahatontonan Penuh Mimpi” [The World Cup: A great oneiric spectacle],
Surabaya Post, June 9.
1998g “Freire, Pendidikan, dan Pembebasan” [Freire, education, and liberation]. Review of an
Indonesian translation of Paulo Freire on Higher Education: A Dialog at the National University
of Mexico, edited by Miguel Escobar, Alfredo L. Fernández, and Gilberto Guevara-Niebla
with Paulo Freire. Surabaya Post, June 7.
1997 “Tubuh Wanita, Tumbal Pornokultur” [The female body in pornography], Surabaya Post,
February 17.
1996 “Mahasiswa dan Kebenaran” [Students and the question of truth], Warta Unair, March
1996.
1995a “Anak, TV, dan Gerilya Semiologis” [Children, TV, and “semiological guerrilla”],
Surabaya Post, August 24.
1995b “Membedah Mitologi Alam dalam Pariwisata” [Myths of nature in tourism discourse],
Surabaya Post, April 17.
1995c “Bahasa, Negara, dan Media Massa” [Language, the state, and the mass media], Surabaya
Post, March 29.
1995d “Wacana Kriminal dan Sadisme Laten” [Latent sadism and discourses of criminality],
Surabaya Post, March 14.
1995e “Mainan, Kreativitas, dan Sosialisasi Anak” [Some myths about children toys], Suara
Karya, February 24.
1994a “Menyibak Akar Psikososial Perusakan Lingkungan” [The psychological roots of
environmental destruction], Surabaya Post, December 15.
1994b “Kampus, Ilmu, dan Kepentingan” [Academia, science, and interests], Jawa Pos,
December 5.
1994c “Televisi dan Kegelisahan Manusia Modern” [TV and the anguish of modern man], Suara
Karya, December 9.
1994d “Mitos Takdir dalam Novel Rafilus” [Fatalism in Rafilus, a novel by Budi Darma], Karya
Darma, November.
1994e “Membongkar Mitos dalam Diskursus Bacaan Anak” [Some myths about children’s
books], Surabaya Post, September 3.
Stories
1997 “Tirai.” Media Indonesia, June 1.
1996a “Sukra.” Kompas, April 14.
1996b “Insomnia.” Kompas, January 7.
1995a “Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat.” Kompas, October 15.
1995b “Meteorit.” Kompas, September 3. (Translated by S. H. as “Meteorite,” Jakarta Post, July
1997.)
1995c “Seikat Kembang Egois.” Mode, Valentine Edition, no. 3 (February 4-17): 116-17, 136-38.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in History Department of History, Ohio University (August 17, 2013)
Sep 4, 2007-May 4, 2013 Fields: Southeast Asia, world history, British imperialism
Dissertation: “Indonesia’s New Order, 1966-1998: Its Social and
Intellectual Origins”
Committee: William H. Frederick (chair), John Brobst, Patrick Barr-
Melej, Elizabeth Collins
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Graduate Certificate in Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University (May 3, 2013)
Contemporary History
Sep 4, 2007-May 3, 2013
M.A. in Southeast Asian Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University (August 27, 2005)
Studies Fields: history, politics, and literature of Southeast Asia
Sep 8 2003-Aug 27, 2005 MA Thesis: “Setting History Straight? Indonesian Historiography in the
New Order”
Committee: William H. Frederick (chair), John Brobst, Elizabeth Collins
B.A. in Psychology Psychology Department, Universitas Airlangga (February 16, 1998)
Aug 8, 1991-Feb 16, 1998 Major: social psychology
Honors Thesis: “Modus Regresif Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Eksistensial
dan Kecenderungan Depresi: Sebuah Studi Korelasi pada Mahasiswa
Angkatan ’91, Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya”
[Depressive tendency and the regressive ways of satisfying existential
needs: A correlational study of undergraduate students at Universitas
Airlangga, Psychology Department]
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Since Sep 1, 2020 Department of Malay-Indonesian Translation and Interpretation, Hankuk
University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, South Korea
Mar 1, 2018-Aug 31, 2020 History Department, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
Aug 7-Dec 6, 2017 Asia Culture Center Residency Fellow, Asia Culture Institute, Gwangju,
South Korea
Mar 1-Aug 31, 2016 Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney, School
of Languages and Cultures
Mar 1-Jun 26, 2015 Visiting Senior Lecturer, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Center for General
Studies
Apr 1-May 31, 1999 Working-Group-Matching Junior Visiting Researcher, University of
Groningen, Faculty of Management and Organization
Nov 1, 1998-Aug 31, 2014 Lecturer, Universitas Surabaya, Psychology Department
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Since Sep 1, 2016 Researcher at the Institute for the Study of Humanities, Culture, and
Society, Kediri, Indonesia
Oct 2007-Aug 2012 Online Catalog Editor, Ohio University, Alden Library, Center for
International Collection, Athens, Ohio, USA
Jun-Aug 2008 Translator and Editor, Voice of America, Indonesian Service, Washington
DC, USA
1999-2003 Researcher, Institut Ilmu Sosial Alternatif, Surabaya
AWARDS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Feb 2024 Best Prose Book of the Year, for Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat [Sentimental Overtures
to Death], awarded by Tempo magazine, Indonesia
Oct 25, 2023 “Literary Award” for Best Book of Short Stories, for Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat
[Sentimental Overtures to Death], given by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research,
and Technology, Indonesia (USD 2,880/45,000,000)
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Oct 5, 2023 “Sutasoma Award” for Best Literary Book in Indonesian, for Sentimentalisme Calon
Mayat [Sentimental Overtures to Death], given by East Java Language Bureau,
Indonesia (USD 640/IDR 10,000,000)
Mar 2018–Feb 2019 New Faculty Support Grant, Sejong University, South Korea (USD 5,000)
Aug–Dec 2017 Residency Fellowship, Asia Culture Institute, Gwangju, South Korea (USD 8,300)
Mar–Aug 2016 Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The University of Sydney (AUD
23,000)
2012 Dissertation Completion Scholarship, American-Indonesian Cultural and Educational
Foundation (AICEF) (US$D 1,000)
Mar 2011–Mar 2012 Sumitro Fellowship, United States-Indonesia Foundation (USINDO) (USD 10,000)
Dec 2010–Dec 2011 Dissertation Research Fellowship, Indonesia’s Ministry of Education (USD 18,000)
Dec 2010–Mar 2011 Ohio University Graduate Student Senate Original Work Grant (USD 750)
2010–11, 2007–08 Graduate Fellowship, Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University
2003–05 Fulbright Scholarship, Institute of International Education (IIE) (USD 27,000)
Apr 1-May 31, 1999 Junior Visiting Research Fellowship, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Faculty of
Management and Organization, The Netherlands
Jun 1996 “Meteorit” and “Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat” included in Pistol Perdamaian: Cerpen
Pilihan Kompas 1996 [Pistol of peace: Selected short stories from the Kompas daily,
1996] (Jakarta: Kompas, 1996)
May 11, 1995 Department-Level Outstanding Student Award, Universitas Airlangga, Psychology
Department
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2023a “The Obscure Stories That Rose from the Grave,” Author’s Talk Sentimentalisme Calon
Mayat, patjarmerah Bookstore, Pos Bloc (Jakarta, Indonesia, August 12)
[Link]
2023b “Indonesian Literature after the New Order,” Author Talk on Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat,
Jogja Art + Books Festival (Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 4)
[Link]
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2023c “How to Cook Up Stories,” Webinar on the Creative Process, Komunitas Bisa Menulis
(Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15) [Link]
2023d “The Quest for Novelty,” Webinar on Scholarly Writing, Association of Indonesian
Researchers in South Korea (Seoul, South Korea, March 11)
[Link]
2023e “My Creative Process,” Launch of the short story collection Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat,
Sidoarjo Arts Council (Sidoarjo, Indonesia, February 22)
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2023f “Indonesian Social Psychology: A Historical Approach,” International Guest Lecture,
Psychology Department, State University of Surabaya (Surabaya, Indonesia, February 21)
2023g “Obscure Stories and the B-Side of Indonesian Literature,” Pre-launch of the short story
collection Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat, Atelir Ceremai (Jakarta, Indonesia, February 8)
[Link]
2023h “How a Historical Approach May Enrich the Study of Psychology,” International Guest
Lecture, Psychology Department, Airlangga University (Surabaya, Indonesia, January 31)
2021 “A Social History of Three LP3ES Intellectuals, 1970–1986,” Webinar on the LP3ES and
the Dynamics of Indonesian Intellectual History, LP3ES (Depok, Indonesia, August 5)
[Link]
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2020a “How to Write Articles for International, Peer-Reviewed Journals,” Webinar on Academic
Writing, Department of Literature and Humanities, Sunan Ampel State Islamic University
(Surabaya, Indonesia, October 17)
2020b “Social and Intellectual Biography as Method in Art History,” One-Day Seminar on Art,
Activism, and Reproduction, National Gallery of Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2)
2017a “The Ideas of Indonesian Modernity in With Sails Unfurled, a novel by Takdir Alisjahbana,”
Asia Culture Forum 2017, Special Session I: International Artist Roundtable, Gwangju
International Center (Gwangju, South Korea, November 13)
2017b “Educational Migration and Modern Indonesian Art: The Case of Dolorosa Sinaga,” Asia
Culture Center (Gwangju, South Korea, September 8)
2017c “Motinggo Busye, Popular Fiction, and New Order Indonesia,” Cak Tarno Institute,
Universitas Indonesia Department of Humanities (Jakarta, February 25)
[Link]
2013 “Placing Debates on Culture from the 1930s to the 1990s in the Context of the Middle
Classes’ Quest for Indonesian Modernity,” Salihara Literary Biennale (Jakarta, October 5)
Viewable at [Link]
2007 “Membicarakan Peradaban Baru di Surabaya pada 2007 dalam Konteks Sejarah Modern
Asia Tenggara” [Talking about new culture in Surabaya in 2007 in the context of Southeast
Asia’s modern history], Seminar on New Culture, Surabaya Arts Festival (Surabaya,
Indonesia, June 14)
2006 “How Transnational Corporations Work,” Workshop on Global Capitalism and Workers’
Resistance, East Java’s Alliance of Workers and the People (Prigen, March 18)
2005 “Using (Auto-)biographies in the Studies of the Interaction of Language, the Media, and
Nationalism,” Seminar on Language, Media and Nationalism, Universitas Padjadjaran,
Faculty of Arts, English Studies (Jatinangor, Indonesia, 1 October)
2003 “Tackling Transnational Corporations,” Workshop on Capital in Motion and Its Future
(Yogyakarta, March 25-27)
2002 “Understanding Globalization,” Transnationals Information Exchange-Asia Seminar on
Workers Organizing against Transnational Corporations and State Instruments of Control
(Bogor, March 17-22)
2001a “The Problems Confronting Sugar Workers and Cane Growers in East Java,” Jarkom
Fatwa Strategic Workshop (Surabaya, November 2)
2001b “Tackling the New Order’s Authoritarian Regime in the Age of Transition,” National
Informal Meeting of Indonesian Students’ Executive Body (BEM), Sunan Ampel State
Institute for Islamic Studies (Surabaya, October 11)
2000a “Transitional Justice dan Hak-Hak Buruh” [Transitional justice and workers’ rights], The
Sixth National Workshop on Human Rights (Surabaya, November 24)
2000b “The Future of Socialism in Indonesia,” Panel Discussion, Airlangga University School of
Social and Political Sciences (Surabaya, October 4)
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Papers Presented
2023 “Indonesia’s Capitalist Transformation in the New Order as Seen from Yogyakarta in the
Work of Emha Ainun Nadjib,” Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies
Conference, Chonbuk National University (Jeonju, August 25–26)
2019 “Flâneur, Popular Culture and Urban Modernity: An Intellectual History of New Order
Jakarta,” Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies Conference, Yonsei University
(Seoul, August 31)
2018a “General Ali Moertopo: New Order’s Grant Strategist of Indonesian Modernization,”
Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies Conference, Sogang University (Seoul,
August 24-25)
2018b “The Urban Experience in Late New Order Indonesia through Poetry, Sculptures, and
Plays,” Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference, The University of
Sydney (Sydney, July 3-5)
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2017 “Dolorosa Sinaga: The Life, Art, and Politics of an Indonesian Woman Sculptor,” Korean
Association of Southeast Asian Studies International Conference, Seoul National
University (Seoul, August 25-26)
2016 “The Quest for Indonesian Modernity in the New Order (1966-98): The LP3ES
Intellectuals and Social Transformation ‘from the Bottom Up’,” Asian Studies Association
of Australia Biennial Conference, Australian National University (Canberra, July 5-7)
2014 “Modernization Gone Awry? Socio-historical Reflections on the Images of New-Order
Modernity in Puteri Seorang Jenderal [The General’s Daughter] by Motinggo Busye (1937-
1999),” The Seventh International Indonesia Forum Conference, State Islamic University
Sunan Gunung Djati (Bandung, August 19-20)
2011a “Ali Topan and Arjuna: Youths and Their Experiences of Economic Modernity in New
Order Indonesia: A Study of Two Popular Novels of the Oil-Boom Years,” The Seventh
Cornell-Yale Northeastern Conference on Indonesia, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY,
October 22)
2011b “The Struggle for Modernity: Indonesian Intellectuals in the New Order,” Limited
Discussion Forum, Freedom Institute (Jakarta, Indonesia, March 3)
Discussant
2017 “Common Cultural Heritage: Asian Stories,” Asia Culture Center Symposium 2017, Asia
Culture Center (Gwangju, South Korea, November 18)
CAMPUS TALKS
2017 “Understanding Social Change in Modern Indonesia through Popular Culture,” College of
Interpretation and Translation Academic Conference, Hankuk University of Foreign
Studies (Yongin, South Korea, November 8)
2016a “History vs. Heritage,” Heritage and the Arts Postgraduate Seminar, Sydney Southeast
Asia Center, The University of Sydney (Sydney, August 10) (with Cheng Nien Yuan,
Michael Leadbetter, Natali Pearson, and Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan)
2016b “Socio-historical Analysis of Gie, a biopic by Riri Riza,” Indonesian Student Association in
Australia (PPIA), The University of New South Wales (Sydney, April 8)
2015 “ASEAN Economic Community: The Challenges and Opportunities It Poses to
Indonesia,” Discussion Forum, Indonesian Student Association (PPI), Universiti Utara
Malaysia (Sintok, March 27)
2013a “Surabaya, 1900-2013: An Introduction to Its Social History,” Summer Course,
International Village, University of Surabaya (Surabaya, October 8)
2013b “The Indonesian Middle Classes and Their Search for Modernity, 1996-1998,” Indonesia
Today, Indonesian Student Association in the USA (Permias) (Athens, OH, April 30)
2010 “Khmer Society in the Classic Age, 802-1327,” Cambodian Studies Forum, Ohio
University (Athens, OH, May 22)
1999 “Monopolistic Designs in Economic Liberalization,” Ikatan Pemerhati Psikologi Industri
[Industrial Psychological Association] (Surabaya, November 18)
COURSES TAUGHT
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin Campus, Department of Malay-Indonesian
Interpretation and Translation
o Associate Professor
Since Sep 2020
A04060201-01 Introduction to Southeast Asia (graduate)
O03415201-01 Malay-Indonesian Geography and Cultures 1
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O03416201-01 Malay-Indonesian Geography and Cultures 2
O03307101-01 Malay-Indonesian Comparative Literature
O03204201-01 Malay-Indonesian Religions and Cultural History
O03413101-01 Social Organizations in Indonesia
B03309401-01 Malay-Indonesian Drama
B03240101-01 Malay-Indonesian Literary Classics
O03107203-03 Seminar on Indonesia 1
Sejong University, History Department
o Assistant Professor
Mar 2018-Jun 2020
008896 Understanding Language and Society (undergraduate)
009939 Comparative Religions: East and West (undergraduate)
009489 World History since 1750 (undergraduate)
History of Modern East Asia (graduate)
Universiti Utara Malaysia, Center for General Studies
o Visiting Senior Lecturer
SADN 1043 Ethnic Relations in Malaysia (undergraduate) Mar 1-Jun 26, 2015
Universitas Surabaya, Psychology Department
o Lecturer
Qualitative Research Methods (graduate and undergraduate) Sep 1, 2013-Aug 31, 2014
Research Proposal Preparation (graduate and undergraduate)
Social Impact Analysis (graduate)
Philosophy of Science (graduate)
Cross-Cultural Psychology (undergraduate)
Social Psychology (undergraduate)
Philosophical Anthropology (undergraduate)
Ethnic Relations (undergraduate) Aug 2005-Jul 2007
Cross-Cultural Psychology (undergraduate)
Social Psychology (undergraduate)
Qualitative Research Methods (undergraduate)
Ethnic Relations (undergraduate) Nov 1998-Jun 2003
Cross-Cultural Psychology (undergraduate)
The Social Psychology of Organizing (undergraduate)
Social Psychology (undergraduate)
Ohio University, History Department
o Instructor
HIST 133 World History after 1750: State and Society Aug 27-Dec 15, 2012
(undergraduate) Mar 28-Jun 11, 2010
o Teaching Assistant
HIST 2460 Rise of Modern Asia (undergraduate) Jan-May 2013
INST 118 Introduction to European Studies (undergraduate) Apr-Jun 2012
HIST 323B Latin American History: The 19th C. Feb-Apr 2010
(undergraduate)
HIST 122 Western Heritage: Medieval Legacy (undergraduate) Sep-Nov 2009
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HIST 133 Non-Western History since 1750 (undergraduate) Feb-Jun 2009
Sep-Nov 2008
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Asia Culture Center, Asia Culture Institute at Gwangju, South Korea
o Investigator
• “Asian Literature Inventory Building” Jun-Aug 2018
o Primary Investigator
• “The life, art, and politics of Dolorosa Sinaga, an Aug 7-Dec 6, 2017
Indonesian Woman Sculptor”
Edinburgh Napier University
o Research Assistant to Dr. Alexander Supartono
• “Chronicling Empire: Scottish [Photo] Albums in Apr-Jul 2017
Southeast Asia”
The University of Sydney, School of Languages and Cultures
o Postdoctoral Researcher
• “Indonesia in World History, 1870-1942: The Adoption Mar 1-Aug 31, 2016
and Indigenization of Late Ecumenical Victorianism by
the Emergent Indonesian Middle Classes”
Ohio University, History Department
o Doctoral Researcher
• Archival research at Ohio University Apr 2010-Apr 2013
& Sep-Nov 2010
• Archival research and fieldwork in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Dec 2010-Mar 2011
Surabaya
Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights
o Researcher, “Transitional Thought about Transitional Justice” Nov 2000
o Discourse Analyst, “Members of Parliament’s Visions of Oct 2000
Indonesia’s Future 2000-2010”
o Field Coordinator and Data Analyst, “The Hopes and Expectations Jul 2000
of Javanese Refugees Who Have Fled ‘Religious War’ in Maluku”
o Data Analyst, “Indonesia’s Scenarios 2010” Dec 1999-Jan 2000
International Union of Food and Allied Workers (IUF Asia/Pacific)
o Field Researcher, “The Conditions of Sugar Workers in East Java” Mar-Jun 2000
University of Groningen, Faculty of Management and Organization, Working Group Matching
o Junior Researcher, “GIRUDA Feasibility Study of a Literature Jakarta & Surabaya, Jun 1-
Access System from Indonesian Universities to the Library of the Sep 30, 1999
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and the Dutch Library Network” Groningen, Apr 1-May 31,
1999
Department of Social Affairs, Republic of Indonesia
o Co-Researcher, “Evaluative Study of the Implementation of Relief Sep 17-Nov 6, 1999
Program for Sambas Refugees in Madura”
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o Co-Researcher, “Evaluative Research into the Implementation of Dec 14, 1998-Jan 15, 1999
Social Safety Net Program in Tulungagung, East Java”
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Sep 2013 English Language Editor, Anima: Indonesian Psychological Journal
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Apr 2018 Interviewer, Graduate Admissions Committee, MA Program in Asian Studies,
Sejong University
Sep 2005-Aug 2007 Academic Advisor, Universitas Surabaya, Psychology Department
2002-2003 Critical Assessor, Universitas Surabaya, Incoming Student Orientation
Jan-May 2001 Member, Job Search Committee, Universitas Surabaya, Psychology Department
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Feb 25, 2017 Guest Lecturer, “Motinggo Busye: Novel Pop dan Sejarah Emosional Indonesia
Orde Baru” [Motinggo Busye: Popular novel and the emotional history of New
Order Indonesia], Cak Tarno Institute, Depok, Indonesia
Aug 4, 2016 Guest Lecturer, “Pendidikan dan Pembangunan Bangsa di Masa Kolonial”
[Education and nation-building in the Dutch colonial era], The University of
Sydney, Indonesian Language Guest Lecture Series
Aug 13, 2015 Guest Lecturer, “Bagaimana dan Mengapa Indonesia Lahir: Peran Kelas
Menengah” [The middle classes and the making of Indonesia], The University of
Sydney, Indonesian Language Guest Lecture Series
Apr 2007-present Volunteer, Library Collection Development, Muhammadiyah Junior High
School, Ngadiluwih, Kediri, Indonesia
Jul 2004-Feb 2005 Secretary, Indonesian Student Association in the USA (Permias), Athens, Ohio,
USA
2000-2002 Management Committee Member, Labor Education Center, Bandung, Indonesia
Sep 22-29, 2001 Facilitator, Basic Training in Trade Unionism for Plantation Workers in Medan,
Indonesia on behalf of International Union of Food and Allied Workers (IUF
Asia/Pacific)
LANGUAGES
English (fluent)
Indonesian (native)
Javanese (native)
French (proficient reading)
Dutch (effective reading)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Since Apr 2021 Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies
Mar 2016-Feb 2017 Asian Studies Association of Australia
Sep 2013-Sep 2014 American Historical Association
Sep 2013-Sep 2014 Association for Asian Studies
