Books for Review
Welcome to ASEAS’ list of books submitted for review.If you are an academic interested in reviewing any of the following titles or a publisher interested in submitting new or forthcoming … Continue reading Books for Review
Tag: Indonesia
Southeast Asia Academic Directory
One piece of feedback gathered from the ASEAS(UK) 2022 conference was that finding SEA focused departments and scholars can be a challenging exercise for prospective graduate students as well as … Continue reading Southeast Asia Academic Directory
A Brief DeBrief: Reflections on ASEAS (UK)’s 2022 Conference
Between September 8th and 10th, we were pleased to welcome scholars from sixteen countries* to our Annual Conference. Hosted online due to the unpredictability of the pandemic situation in the … Continue reading A Brief DeBrief: Reflections on ASEAS (UK)’s 2022 Conference
ASEAS Conference 2022 Call for Papers – deadline 8 July 2022
ASEAS(UK) invites scholars and PhD students from all academic disciplines to present a paper in one of the selected panels at this year’s conference, which will take place online via … Continue reading ASEAS Conference 2022 Call for Papers – deadline 8 July 2022
Review of: Silvia Vignato and Matteo Carlo Alcano, Eds., Searching for Work: Small-Scale Mobility and Unskilled Labor in Southeast Asia
Searching for Work provides absorbing snapshots of what life is like for low and unskilled precarious labour in Southeast Asia today. It will be of interest and value to students and scholars of development, gender, migration, and labour.
Review of: Jeremy J. Kingsley, Religious Authority and Local Governance in Eastern Indonesia
The Indonesian island of Lombok is home to a deeply Islamic society, where religious groups can have more sway than the formal government. Jeremy Kingsley’s book examines the influence of a network of ulama and Islamic schools to think about how authority actually works on the ground.
Review of: Patrick Barron, When Violence Works: Postconflict Violence and Peace in Indonesia
By Astri Suhrke When Violence Works is a provocative title of a book, and Patrick Barron sets about to show how violence has worked in Indonesia in a select number … Continue reading Review of: Patrick Barron, When Violence Works: Postconflict Violence and Peace in Indonesia
Review of: Jeremy Menchik, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Tolerance without Liberalism
By Michael Buehler Stories about growing religious intolerance in Indonesia have frequently made headlines around the world in recent years. The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of the Christian governor of … Continue reading Review of: Jeremy Menchik, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Tolerance without Liberalism
Obituary: Professor Adnyana Manuaba
By Michael Hitchcock and I Nyoman Darma Putra Professor Adnyana Manuaba was one of the great creative thinkers of Balinese and Indonesian society. He was the founder of Bali HESG … Continue reading Obituary: Professor Adnyana Manuaba
Review of: Carool Kersten, A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity
By Alexander Wain Although modern-day Indonesia constitutes the world’s largest and most populace Muslim nation, its unique and multi-varied form of Islam has not received the degree of scholarly attention … Continue reading Review of: Carool Kersten, A History of Islam in Indonesia: Unity in Diversity
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