Contestations of Memory in Southeast Asia

Contributors

292 Contributors 292 CONTRIBUTORS Budiawan obtained his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore in 2003. He is a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Media and Cultural Studies, Gadjah Mada University , Yogyakarta, Indonesia. His publications include: Mematahkan Pewarisan Ingatan: Wacana Anti-Komunis dan Politik Rekonsiliasi PascaSuharto (2004) (a translation of his Ph.D. thesis, “Breaking the Immortalized Past: Anti-Communist Discourse and Reconciliatory Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia”), and “Seeing Indonesia’s Past from my Village: A Narrative Report”, in Priscilla Chua (ed.), The Past in the Present: Histories in the Making (Singapore: National Heritage Board, 2009). Kelvin Chia obtained a B.A. (First Class Honours) in Sociology from the Nanyang Technological University in 2009, and a M.Sc. in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2010. His areas of interest include critical social theory, higher education, social memory and urban studies. Dayang Istiaisyah bte Hussin graduated with Honours from the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, in 1999. Her chapter is drawn from research conducted for her Honours thesis. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Sociology from the same university in 2004, with research on madrasah (Islamic educational institutions) in the context of nation-building in Singapore. After working as a Principal Executive of the Children, Youth & Family Services Department of the National Council of Social Services, Singapore, she is currently an Assistant Manager with the MUIS Academy (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore). Heddy Shri Ahimsa-Putra is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He studied at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Indonesia , the University of Leiden and Columbia University. He has been Contributors 293 a visiting professor at a number of other universities in both Indonesia and Myanmar. From 2000–2008 he was a member of the team of specialists for the study and conservation of Borobudur. His publications include: Minawang: Hubungan Patron-Klien di Sulawesi Selatan pada Akhir Abad 19 [Minawang: Patron-Client Relationships in South Sulawesi at the end of the 19th Century] (Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1989); Strukturalisme Lévi-Strauss, Mitos dan Karyasastra [Lévi-Strauss’s Structuralism, Myth and Literature] (Yogyakarta: Galang Press, 2001), and Jejak Masa Lalu, Sejuta Warisan Budaya [History and Cultural Heritage] (with Arwan Tuti Artha) (Kunci Ilmu, 2004). He has also published widely in Indonesian academic journals. His research interests include South Sulawesi and Java, social-cultural change, ecological anthropology, political anthropology and theory in anthropology. Ricardo T. José is a Professor in the Department of History, University of the Philippines. He obtained his Master’s Degree in History from the University of the Philippines, and his Ph.D. in History/Area Studies from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He specializes in the Second World War in the Philippines, as well as in Philippine military history, and has also worked on Philippine diplomatic history and the Philippines’ relations with Japan. Kwok Kian-Woon received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. He is Head of the Sociology Division and Associate Provost (Student Life) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His teaching and research interests concern the historical and comparative understanding of modern social transformation and contemporary social change. His focus has been on the study of Chinese societies, American society and Southeast Asian societies, especially Singapore. His publications include numerous co-edited books, journal articles and book chapters on Singapore society, the Chinese Overseas, cultural policy and the arts, social memory, and mental health. Adeline Low Hwee Cheng graduated with Honours from the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, in 1998. Her chapter is drawn from research conducted for her Honours thesis. Adeline earned a Diploma in Education at the National Institute of Education in 2000 and thereafter taught at Yishun Town Secondary School where she was the Head of Department for English Language 294 Contributors and Literature from 2005 to 2010. She is currently pursuing a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Teaching at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Maitrii Aung-Thwin is Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian/Burmese history in the Department of History, National University of Singapore. His fields of interest include comparative colonialisms, socio-legal studies and public history. He is the author of The Return of the Galon King: History, Law, and Rebellion in Colonial Burma (Singapore: NUS Press 2011) and co-author...