Indonesian Research
The Indonesian Studies discipline at UNSW@ADFA offers one of the largest undergraduate programs of its kind in the world.
Staff is also active in research and encourages both civilian students and defence personnel to enrol in postgraduate research and coursework related to the study of the people and societies of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. We believe knowledge of one or more cultures of the Southeast Asian region is relevant to anyone aspiring to a leadership role in Australian or international professional and social life.
Our main research interests, research supervision and coursework are in the fields of Anthropology, Linguistics, Literature and Media Studies.
Our current research interests include:
Islam:
The development of Islamic economy
The rise of Islamism
Language and Literature:
Indonesian cultural politics of the pre- and post-independence periods
The Indonesian language
The modern in Indonesian literature and theatre
The representation of mystical elements in Indonesian novels
Media:
Community media and local development
Radio journalism and democratic reform
Television genres, including political parody
Video art, globalization and popular youth culture
Regional autonomy and ethnicity:
The growing social connections between Sumatra and Malaysia
The origin and causes of ethnic movements and ethnic minority issues
The political role of the Chinese in post-New Order Indonesia
Staff of the Indonesian Studies discipline is also involved in the editorial board of the Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs (RIMA) – an inter-disciplinary journal on the cultures of the Indonesian and Malaysian world based in Canberra, and the only of its kind in Australia.
Current Indonesian Staff:
Dr Minako Sakai, Ida Nurhayati, Paul Tickell, Dr Edwin Jurriëns