I really enjoyed speaking on the 'Golden Pages' podcast with Dr. Esra Alhamal of the School of Gilding and Ornamentation, Fujairah, UAE, on Malay and Indonesian manuscripts, letters and seals, and the art of the Qur'an: youtube.com/watch?v=IyIncV… and listennotes.com/podcasts/golde…

These are the 2024 #fellows who will conduct #research using UBLeiden’s #SpecialCollections. Congratulations to all the fellows. We look forward to meet you Universiteit Leiden. library.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2024/06/a…

Inspired by Elly Kent's personal and professional journey connecting Indonesia and Australia! Find out how her childhood immersion in Southeast Asia turned into a lifelong career studying art and culture in Southeast Asia: indonesiainstitute.anu.edu.au/content-centre…

I will be giving a public talk in Kuala Lumpur on 4 December on the intimate and often surprising links between Java and the Malay World - all welcome!

“When Majapahit fell, its people fled to Bali”. This is a myth: a basic story that simplifies a much more complex reality. We cannot accept it as fact, but the myth can help us to ask a better question: how exactly are the Balinese heirs to Majapahit civilisation?

Hooray! Our Discovery Project grant is funded. I’ll be working with Matt Fitzpatrick, Prudence Flowers (Flinders) Tomoko Akami (ANU) and Desmond Doulatram (College of the Marshall Islands) to analyze the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific World.

My essay on the pre-Islamic roots of Malay literature has just been published for a new exhibition at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia! Honoured to be in the company of some amazing historians like Annabel Gallop and Sumit Mandal

Friendly reminder that “Ken Dedes” rhymes with “pedes”, not “tetes” 😊

Was Majapahit really an empire? This question can stir up a lot of emotion! Here I discuss the historical evidence - have a read and make up your own mind: newmandala.org/was-majapahit-…