Conflict, Violence, and Displacement in Indonesia

Eva-Lotta E. Hedman, editor

This volume foregrounds the dynamics of displacement and the experiences of internal refugees uprooted by conflict and violence in Indonesia. Contributors examine displacement in the context of militarized conflict and violence in East Timor, Aceh, and Papua, and in other parts of Outer Island Indonesia during the transition from authoritarian rule. The collection also explores official and humanitarian discourses on displacement and their significance for the politics of representation.
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At the Edge of the Forest: Essays on Cambodia, History, and Narrative in Honor of David Chandler

Anne Ruth Hansen and Judy Ledgerwood, eds.

Inspired by the groundbreaking work of David Chandler on Cambodian attempts to find order in the aftermath of turmoil, these essays explore Cambodian history using a rich variety of sources that cast light on Khmer perceptions of violence, wildness, and order, the "forest" and cultured space, and the fraught "edge" where they meet. Taken together, the essays offer a post-colonial analysis of Cambodia's emergence from genocide that explores the relationship between narrative, history, and perplexing problems of meaning.
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Friends and Exiles: A Memoir of the Nutmeg Isles and the Indonesian Nationalist Movement

Des ALWI

Des Alwi tells of his childhood on the eastern Indonesian island of Banda, where he was befriended and adopted by the two nationalist leaders, Mohammad Hatta and Sutan Sjahrir, exiled there by the Dutch colonial regime. He describes his experiences on Banda and Java during the Japanese Occupation and his involvement in the underground struggle for Independence.
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Early Southeast Asia: Selected Essays

O.W. WOLTERS

A collection of the classic essays of O. W. Wolters, reflecting his radiant and meticulous lifelong study of pre-modern Southeast Asia, its literature, trade, government, and vanished cities. Included is an intellectual biography by the editor, which covers Wolters’s professional lives as a member of the Malayan Civil Service and, later, as a scholar.
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