Dirk Aedsge Buiskool, Prominent Chinese During the Rise of a Colonial City: Medan 1890-1942. Dissertation, University of Utrecht, 2019, 376 pages, illus. ISBN: 978-94-6375-447-7

A welcome addition to the literature about the colonial period in East Sumatra (roughly equivalent to today’s Indonesian province of North Sumatra), this study’s emphasis on the Chinese society of Medan fills a gap in the history of its interethnic relations and the role of the Chinese leadership. Its author, Dirk Aedsge Buiskool, a longtime resident of the city, has in previous publications illuminated the history of its plantation economy and of the city itself, and he brings a variety of s..

Beyond the National: the Regional and Transnational Trajectories of Chinese Indonesians

In just two days, conference organizers Charlotte Setijadi, Visiting Fellow, and Hui Yew-Foong, Senior Fellow of Singapore’s ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute gave the floor to about twenty, mostly younger researchers to discuss two aspects of the situation of Chinese Indonesians: the regional or locally rooted, and the transnational. Despite the relatively tight schedule, the meeting resulted in lively exchanges and significant insights into the situation of that minority, especially since 1998,..

Company Island: A Note on the History of Belitung

Page range: 1-2

21st KITLV International Workshop on Southeast Asian Studies. Conceptions of Cleanliness: Some Southeast Asian Examples (Leiden, August 28-31, 2007)

Somers Heidhues Mary. 21st KITLV International Workshop on Southeast Asian Studies. Conceptions of Cleanliness: Some Southeast Asian Examples (Leiden, August 28-31, 2007). In: Archipel, volume 75, 2008. pp. 3-6

Review of The Political Economy of Java's Northeast Coast, c. 1740--1800: Elite Synergy and Java's Northeast Coast 1740--1840: A Study in Colonial Encroachment and Dominance

Page range: 151-15

Christine Winkelmann, Kulturelle Identitätskonstruktionen in der Post-Suharto Zeit : chinesischstämmige Indonesier zwischen Assimilation und Besinnung auf ihre Wurzeln [cultural construction of identity in the post-suharto period : indonesians of chinese descent between assimilation and contemplation of their Roots], 2008

Somers Heidhues Mary. Christine Winkelmann, Kulturelle Identitätskonstruktionen in der Post-Suharto Zeit : chinesischstämmige Indonesier zwischen Assimilation und Besinnung auf ihre Wurzeln [cultural construction of identity in the post-suharto period : indonesians of chinese descent between assimilation and contemplation of their Roots], 2008. In: Archipel, volume 82, 2011. pp. 220-222

Indonesia and the Confluence of Major Cultures. Seminar on Chinese Indonesians : People and Cultures (Jakarta, 31 October-2 November 2000)

Somers Heidhues Mary. Indonesia and the Confluence of Major Cultures. Seminar on Chinese Indonesians : People and Cultures (Jakarta, 31 October-2 November 2000). In: Archipel, volume 61, 2001. pp. 19-21

Conflicts and Violence in Indonesia (Berlin, 3-5 July 2000)

Somers Heidhues Mary. Conflicts and Violence in Indonesia (Berlin, 3-5 July 2000). In: Archipel, volume 61, 2001. pp. 10-13

Daradjadi, Perang Sepanjang 1740-1743 : Tionghoa-Jawa Lawan VOC.

Somers Heidhues Mary. Daradjadi, Perang Sepanjang 1740-1743 : Tionghoa-Jawa Lawan VOC.. In: Archipel, volume 77, 2009. pp. 201-202

Conference « South China : State, Culture and Social Change during the Twentieth Century » (Amsterdam, 22-24 May 1995)

Somers Heidhues Mary. Conference « South China : State, Culture and Social Change during the Twentieth Century » (Amsterdam, 22-24 May 1995). In: Archipel, volume 51, 1996. pp. 12-14