Faculty of Arts
Indonesia Initiative
The Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative is a visiting scholar program which aims to further enhance teaching and research relationships with colleagues in Indonesia. The initiative, led by Associate Professor Kate McGregor, Dr Edwin Jurriens and Professor Thomas Reuter will fund three to four visiting scholars per year from Indonesian universities and will provide opportunities for increased engagement. The initiative commenced in 2014.
Nominations
Every year a call for nominations of visiting scholars by current University of Melbourne staff will be made across the Faculty of Arts. The nomination deadline will be set some time in July or August. The Indonesia Initiative welcomes proposals for Indonesia scholars with strong research profiles based at an Indonesian university to visit the Faculty of Arts for three weeks during teaching time.
For all inquiries please email Associate Professor Kate McGregor.
Indonesia Initiative Visitors 2026
Dr Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg
Dr Gede Primahadi Wijaya Rajeg Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Corpus Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University. He holds a PhD (2019) in Linguistics from Monash University, Australia, supported by the Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (MIPRS) and Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS). Between 2023 and 2025, Gede was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, UK, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/W007290/1), to develop digital lexical databases and dictionaries for Enggano, a threatened language of Indonesia. Since August 2025, he is the co-secretary for the Linguistic Society of Indonesia (Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia [MLI]) and a member of the editorial board of MLI's journal, Linguistik Indonesia. He is interested in Cognitive Linguistics, Construction Grammar, Corpus Linguistics, Austronesian Linguistics, and Digital Scholarship.
Gede will visit The University of Melbourne from 5 to 22 May 2026 and will be hosted by Dr Mae Carroll, School of Languages and Linguistics.
Dr Ignatius Haryanto
Dr Ignatius Haryanto holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the Driyarkara School of Philosophy, and a doctorate in Communication science from the University of Indonesia. Between 1994 and 2003, he was a journalist for news magazines, including the Forum for Justice Magazine, D&R, and Tempo. He founded the Institute for Press and Development Studies (LSPP) in 1994 and was Executive Director from 2007 to 2014. Haryanto has been a member of the Alliance of Independent Journalists since 1995 and a member of the AJI Jakarta Ethics Council since 2015. He has also been a Kompas Daily Ombudsman since 2008. He has written and edited many books on journalism, philosophy, and social politics and has been a member of the teaching staff at the Journalism Studies Program at Universities Multimedia Nusantara since 2007.
Haryanto will visit The University of Melbourne from 2 to 17 May 2026 and will be hosted by Prof Andrew Dodd at the Centre for Advancing Journalism, School of Culture and Communication.
Dr Nazarudin
Dr Nazarudin is a lecturer in the Indonesian Studies Program at the University of Indonesia, specializing in corpus linguistics, lexicography, and language documentation. Currently a doctoral candidate at Leiden University, his research focuses on the typology of Papuan and Austronesian languages (the Woirata language on Kisar Island) as well as the intersection of language and modern culture. His latest projects include social media analysis of K-pop fandoms in Indonesia and the emergence of Eastern Indonesian rap and hip-hop. A widely published scholar, he has contributed to Jurnal Wacana, edited the 2021 volume On Language, Education, Politics, and Identity, and remains an active commentator on linguistics in national print and online media.
Nazarudin will visit The University of Melbourne from 29 September to 16 October 2026 and will be hosted by Dr Kellie Frost, School of Languages and Linguistics.
Previous visitors
The initiative commenced in 2014. Previous visitors have included:
- Dr Fina Itriyati, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Mr Fikrul Hanif Sufyan, College of Teacher Training and Education (STKIP) Yayasan Abdi Pendidikan
- Dr Kiki Rizky Soetisna Putri, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
- Dr Otto Gusti Ndegong Madung, Ledalero Institute of Philosophy and Creative Technology (IFTK)
- Dr Randy Wirasta Nandyatama, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih, University of Indonesia
- Dr Ignatius Praptoraharjo (Gambit), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Helly Minarti, Sanata Dharma University
- Dr Oki Rahadianto Sutopo, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Diah Kusumaningrum, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Vishnu Juwono, University of Indonesia (FIA UI)
- Dr Amalinda Savirani, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Wawan Masudi, Universitas Gadjah Mada
- Dr Pudentia Maria Purenti Sri Sunarti, University of Indonesia
- Dr Gea O.F. Parikesit, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Mr Solahuddin, University of Indonesia
- Dr Manneke Budiman, University of Indonesia
- Dr Evi Fitriani, University of Indonesia
- Dr Abdul Wahid, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Budi Hernawan, University of Indonesia
- Professor Melani Budianta, University of Indonesia
- Professor Bambang Purwanto, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Dewi Jayanti, Udayana University
- Dr Eka Srimulyani, State Institute for Islamic Studies, Banda Aceh
- Dr Najib Azca, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Nyoman Darma Putra, Udayana University
- Dr Agung Hujatnika, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
- Dr Herlambang P. Wiratraman, Airlangga University
- Dr Inaya Rakhmani, University of Indonesia
- Dr Poppy S. Winanti, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
- Dr Shuri Mariasih Gietty Tambunan, Universitas Indonesia
- Dr Reza Fathurrahman, Universitas Indonesia
Some of the outcomes so far of the initiative include a new in country intensive subject taught by Asia Institute staff at Udayana University to a mixed class of Australian and Indonesian students and ongoing teaching and research collaborations with staff at Gajah Mada University and the University of Indonesia.