Look what arrived in the mail today! 😍 Thank you @UHPRESSNEWS for a beautiful job with the book! Thank you also to everyone who has helped me throughout the process of writing and publishing this book, I'm forever grateful! Order the book here:

Our article (with Dirk Tomsa and @BurhanMuhtadi), “Politics Over Prejudice? Explaining the Surprising Decline of Anti-Chinese Sentiment in Indonesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, has just been published in Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 47/2:

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Calling all postgraduate students working on Indonesia! Register for the 2025 @IndonesiaForum2 Postgraduate Day as part of the ICOC to be held on 7 July 2025 @UniMelb. Spots are limited (in-person only sorry), so pls register here:

Listen to my take on Australia's Anzac day and how Indonesians in Australia may better understand its local significance. Thanks @SBS Indonesian for featuring! #AnzacDay2025 #indonesiandiaspora

I should add that this is a hybrid event so those not in Melbourne may also join online!.

For the first @IndonesiaForum2 seminar for 2025, we have Dr Shuri Gietty Tambunan from @univ_indonesia who will be speaking about Indonesian diasporic digital homemaking and belonging on Friday, 4 April at 3.30pm Melbourne time. Pls register here:.

Looking forward to speaking at the "Walking the Tightrope: The Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia" conference hosted by @gwusigurcenter in 4 hours time! .

I’m thrilled to share that I've started a new position as a Lecturer in Asian Studies at the Asia Institute @UniMelb. I'm looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues and friends in Australia. Please be in touch and hope to see you soon!.

Grateful to Professor Lee Kam Hing of University of Malaya for his generous review of my book 🙏 What an honour to have Memories of Unbelonging reviewed by such a great figure in the field of overseas Chinese studies!.

Thank you @elwielwi for letting me know that both the hard and softcover versions of my book is now available on @opentrolley!

As we say goodbye to 2024, I'm also getting ready to say goodbye to Singapore and to come 'home' to Melbourne. After 6 wonderful years at SMU, I will be joining the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute as a Lecturer in Asian Studies in the new year. See you soon, Melbourne!

All eyes were on the Javanese regional elections yesterday, but in North Maluku, #Indonesia is about to have its first female Chinese Indonesian governor in Sherly Tjoanda, the widow of Benny Laos who died last month in a boat explosion .#Pilkada2024.

So I'm also transitioning out of this platform and into Bluesky. Follow me there:.

RT @laurelinarien: My favorite Indonesian historical figure and weirdly enough, the starting point for why I started writing about camphor….

The paperback version of my book is out at the more affordable price of US$28, just in time for gifting season! I mean, who wouldn't want to receive this book for Christmas just sayin' 😎 🎅🏻 🎄 Available from the @UHPRESSNEWS web store.#AcademicChatter.

RT @bonnietriyana: Seorang mahasiswa Indonesia asal Bali menari di halaman Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam untuk merayakan pengembalian koleksi Pup….

RT @sgSMUSOSS: Congratulations to our faculty members George Wong and Jack Ho who were commended at the SMU Teaching Excellence Awards 2024….

Come join @sgSMUSOSS, we are hiring a Tenure Track Position (open rank) in Sustainability! With this position, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the building of our exciting new sustainability program. Please circulate widely! #AcademicChatter.

RT @evewarburton: The 2024 Indonesia Update conference on ‘How Jokowi Changed Indonesia’ is happening next week. I’m co-convening with @sdj….

RT @RmcVermeulen: This is Omah Lowo, the former residence of the Sie Djian Ho family, with Art Deco elements. Now this heritage gem has bee….