Web Resources

AIFIS provides web links and resources to contributions by members of the board, past fellows, and collaborating institutions.

Blogs and websites

Aural Archipelago:  Aural Archipelago was created by ethnomusicologist Palmer Keen.  Keen travels around the islands of Indonesia documenting a vast range of music.  Aural Archipelago offers a great range of music and video clips documenting the music of Indonesia.

BASAbali:  BASAbali, or Bahasa Bali, is a web resource offering information and tutorials on learning Balinese language.  The site offers dictionaries, tutorials, and other resources.

Brent Luvaas:  Brent Luvaas is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Drexel University.  His work focuses on social media, photography, and fashion in Indonesia.

Brian Arnold:  A former AIFIS Fellow, Brian Arnold maintains two blogs about Indonesia.  Fotografi di Indonesia is a blog he kept for research notes while developing his book Identity Crisis:  Questions on Public and Private Life in Contemporary Javanese Photography.  Brian also maintains a Tumblr dedicated to Indonesian literature.

Gamelan Notation:  This is the most comprehensive source for notation of Central Javanese gamelan known on the web.

Indonesia Etc:  This site is maintained by author Elizabeth Pisani, and offers interesting feeds and articles about Indonesian culture and history.Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA):  Located in Yogyakarta, IVAA is dedicated to documenting and supporting the development of contemporary art from Java.

Literary Indonesia:  A blog dedicated to bring highlights from significant pieces of literature either about Indonesia or by prominent Indonesian writers.

Neliti:  This site connects to over 500 different libraries and archives around the world, providing a large resource for information about Indonesia, both in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN):  NYSEAN is a consortium of universities in the New York area dedicated to providing information and resources for studies in Southeast Asia.  NYSEAN sponsors lectures on Indonesia and Southeast Asia around New York City.

Talking Indonesia:  Based at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Talking Indonesia is an English language podcast that explores contemporary political and social issues in Indonesia.  Talking Indonesia features interviews and discussions with some of the leading scholars on Indonesia working today.

 Thomas Pepinsky:  Tom Pepinsky is an Associate Professor of Government at Cornell University and former AIFIS President.  Pepinksy blogs about a variety of governmental and political issues, and has a particular interest in Indonesia and Malaysia.  He is also the author of Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes: Indonesia and Malaysia in Comparative Perspective.

Indonesian professor, curator and art historian, Aminudin Siregar TH, visiting the Kahin Center for Southeast Asian Studies while in Ithaca, New York.

Indonesian professor, curator and art historian, Aminudin Siregar TH, visiting the Kahin Center for Southeast Asian Studies while in Ithaca, New York.

AIFIS video Resources

Fellow Profile “Interview with Jenny Zhang, PhD of UC Berkeley 2020”, Her research project aimed to examine individuals’ perceptions about local languages in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province (here on NTT) and the relationships between local languages and individual and group identities

The AIFIS Journey & Highlights 2019, This video is created to introduce AIFIS and its programs across Indonesia. We're glad to share our journey, work, and achievements since 2012.

AIFIS-Primate Research Center of IPB-University of Washington Joint Event: “Field Course and Global Health in Tinjil Island, Banten”, with Prof. Randall C. Kyes (Univ. Of Washington) ; Dr. Entang Iskandar (Bogor Agricultural Institut, IPB), Dr. Pensri Kyes (Univ. Of Washington) ; Dr. Huda Darusman (Bogor Agricultural Institut, IPB)

USINDO-AIFIS Joint Open Forum : New Trends in Indonesian Studies in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges  , with : Prof. Thomas B. Pepinsky, President of The American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS), Monday, May 20, 2013, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, @america, Pacific Place Mall 3rd Floor #325, Jakarta

USINDO-AIFIS Jakarta Open Forum “The Origins of the Indonesian Nation: The Indonesian Revolution, 1945-1949″  (Part 1). On August 15, 2013 USINDO and AIFIS (the American Institute for Indonesia Studies) hosted Cornell Professor Eric Tagliacozzo in Jakarta as part of USINDO’s Scholars Open Forum Series.

USINDO-AIFIS Jakarta Open Forum “The Origins of the Indonesian Nation: The Indonesian Revolution, 1945-1949″  (Part 2). On August 15, 2013 USINDO and AIFIS (the American Institute for Indonesia Studies) hosted Cornell Professor Eric Tagliacozzo in Jakarta as part of USINDO’s Scholars Open Forum Series.

Telaah Wacana Ekonomi Kerakyatan, Rizal Ramli PhD, (opening speech by Dr.M Gunawan Alif), October 12, 2013 Auditorium USBI, Mulia Business Park, Pancoran-Jakarta Selatan

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