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 2024

Dr Fina Itriyati

Fina Itriyati
Dr Fina Itriyati

Dr Fina Itriyati is the Deputy/Vice Dean for Research, Community Service, Cooperation and Alumni in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL) at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). She is also a lecturer in sociology and has a PhD in anthropology from the Australian National University.  Dr Itryati has significant research experience related to inclusion, especially of women and people with disabilities, and governance and evaluation. Her research interests include gender and social inclusion in Indonesia, the intersection between disasters, disability, and development, and feminist methodologies in ethnography. Dr Itriyati has also built strong relationships with various government agencies in Indonesia, including her consulting role for developing community services programs for inclusive villages with the Ministry of Villages. She is currently the Project Leader of a social impact evaluation of micro- and ultra-micro credit for women’s empowerment in Indonesia (with Permodalan Nasional Madani) and the Project Leader investigating the Indonesian old age security system in collaboration with the National Social Security Agency for Employment (BPJamsostek).

Dr Fina Itriyati will be hosted by Associate Professor Rachael Diprose from the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS). Her visit to the University is on 17 February to 3 March 2024.

During her visit, she will deliver the following:

  • A joint Faculty-Indonesia Forum public lecture on Trends in Gender Studies and Related Research in Indonesian Universities: Examining Curricula Development in Sociological Study Programs in Indonesia.
  • A seminar for the Indonesia Postgraduate Network (IPN) on Women and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Post-Pandemic Indonesia
  • Guest lectures in subjects under the Faculty of Arts Gender Studies program, in Analysing Indonesia and Indonesian 1 under the Asia Institute, in Development Research Design and Assessment, the Sociology/Social Policy Masters, and other programs as desired.
  • Participation in a research workshop led by A/Prof Rachael Diprose and Dr Ken Setiawan on Building Durable Responses to Gender Inequality in Indonesia.

Fikrul Hanif Sufyan

Fikrul Hanif Sufyan
Fikrul Hanif Sufyan

Fikrul Hanif Sufyan is a historian and lecturer at Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Yayasan Abdi Pendidikan in Payakumbuh and holds an adjunct lecturing position at Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol, Padang, West Sumatra. His primary research interests are Islamic communism and Islamic modernism and their influence on anticolonial and nationalist action and thoughts in West Sumatra in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Fikrul’s recent monographs include Kulliyatul Muballighien: Dari Kauman Padang Panjang untuk Indonesia (Suara Muhammadiyah, 2022), Gejolak Sosial di Sumatra Barat: Islam Modernis dan Komunis 1915-1930 (Kendi, 2021), and Menuju Lentera Merah, Gerakan Propagandis Komunis di Serambi Mekah 1923-1947 (UGM Press, 2017). He is also a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Indonesian National History (2022) and a producer of several historical documentaries. Fikrul is currently researching the life of Djamaluddin Tamim in collaboration with Harry Poeze (KITLV).

Fikrul Hanif Sufyan will be hosted by Bronwyn Beech Jones from the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. He will visit the University of Melbourne from 13 May to 3 June 2024.

During his visit, he will:

  • Deliver guest lectures/presentations in Modern Southeast Asia (HIST20034) and Indonesia in the World (INDO30020).
  • Conduct collaborative research with Bronwyn Beech Jones on Indonesian political prisoners transferred to and held in Australia during World War Two and other future collaborative research projects.
  • Co-convene a research workshop with Bronwyn Beech Jones on directions in local history research in Indonesia.
  • Deliver a seminar on his research about the life of Djamaluddin Tamin for postgraduate students.

Previous visitors

The initiative commenced in 2014. Previous visitors have included:

  • 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)

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.