by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Research and Documentation
Although it is possible to study every major non-English speaking Western culture through its translated literature, this has not been the case with the literature of Indonesia. This is one of the reasons why Lontar was established: to ensure the ancient literary...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Research and Documentation
It has been said that “history is written by the victors.” Such is certainly the case in Indonesia where first the Dutch, followed by the Japanese and then Indonesian leaders themselves, have dominated the writing of history and attempted to make official their own...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Research and Documentation
In May of 1998, after more than thirty years in power, President Soeharto resigned in the midst of a severe and economic and political crisis. During Soeharto’s tenure as president, Indonesia had grown from a pariah of the “free world” to what was thought to be a...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Research and Documentation
The year 1995 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Indonesian independence; it was a time for Indonesians to celebrate but also to remember the past. As a means of stimulating greater interest in the past, especially among younger Indonesia, Lontar looked through old...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Research and Documentation
Indonesia’s writers have been instrumental to the creation of national identity, the encouragement of debate about the direction of Indonesia’s future, and the interpretation of Indonesia’s past. The history of modern Indonesian literature is one marked by incredible...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Indonesian Performance Tradition, Research and Documentation, Traditional Theater
Indonesia’s exceptionally significant intellectual heritage, developed over centuries, has been woven into diverse oral traditions. In this archipelago a welter of peoples, languages and styles of expression have been juxtaposed and blended. History and experience...
