Banyak penulis hebat di Indonesia. Tapi sedikit yang kehebatannya berdampak melampaui wilayah tanahair sendiri. Di antara yang sedikit, Pramoedya A Toer salah satu yang paling besar pengaruhnya di dunia. Hari ini, 14 tahun lalu ia meninggalkan kita. Klik: arielheryanto.com/?s=pramoedya&s…

Ada yang terhilang ketika naskah-naskah asli Pram diterbitkan. Semoga nasib Pram tidak seperti Soekarno atau Kartini yang dirayakan secara nasional setelah dilucuti dari aspek-aspek yang radikal. kompas.id/artikel/pram-y… #pramoedya #seabadpram #jejaklangkah #sangpemula

Rekaman Perayaan 100 Tahun Pramoedya Ananta Toer di Malaysia bisa dilihat di tautan ini 👇 facebook.com/share/v/19tmvx…

Congrats to Dr Faizah Zakaria for winning the Harry J. Benda Prize for “The Camphor Tree and the Elephant”! Given to authors publishing their first major work, the award is considered a major milestone for early-career scholars. @fassnews #NUSResearch news.nus.edu.sg/religion-and-e…

Tony Reid was in KL during the May 1969 riots, as a lecturer in history at UM - this is his report, published in 1970 in Australia malaysiainstitute.anu.edu.au/content-centre…

Thank you Januar A. Pratama for engaging with our book Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia (shorturl.at/9VkZu) fairly & critically. cc Ariel Heryanto

Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s centenary marked in a foreword, essays, & photographs in the upcoming issue of Svara, a Bahasa Malaysia journal of contemporary culture. Asia Research Institute - NUS Ariel Heryanto Hilmar Farid Max Lane

Paper proposals (title, abstract and bio) are due on 12 Sep 2025 for the Asia Research Institute - NUS conference “Exploring the Sacred: People, Place and Power in the Islamic Indian Ocean”: shorturl.at/PL4Ye. #sacred #Islam #IndianOcean

Delighted that a paper written by Wai Weng and myself won the Critical Asian Studies Collaborative Research prize. Speaking for myself, I would love to think that the recognition of this highly polemical topic speaks to the challenges of our times. criticalasianstudies.org/annual-prize

My first book finally has a cover and website, and will be published by Edinburgh University Press in February 2026! It looks at how preaching, emotions, and political thought intersect in the writings of Ibn al-Jawzi. Pre-order coming soon! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-preaching…

Warning: may cause sudden urge to travel by dhow⛵ Step aboard with Fahad Bishara as we hop Gulf ports to India—history told through a single voyage, portside music, and sea stories await:🎧“Monsoon Voyagers: An Indian Ocean History”University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Music Credits: newbooksnetwork.com/monsoon-voyage…

Wawancara sangat menarik dan mencerahkan dengan Melani Budianta oleh tengara. Salut untuk yang mewawancarai dan yang diwawancarai. tengara.id/percakapan/mel…

Hope to see you at the Asian Civiliasations Museum in Singapore this Thursday (4 Dec 2025) at 6:00 pm for the inaugural Muhammad Alagil Arabia Asia Studies Lecture by Ismail Fajrie Alatas Ismail Fajrie Alatas