As Indonesia prepares to release a new official national history, an Australian historian’s account of the 1965–66 mass ...

Introducing the environmental histories of Indonesia / Peter Boomgaard -- Landscape history : land degradation in the Indonesian region / Harold Brookfield -- Inside out : the colonial displacement of ...

Even the most well-read World War II enthusiast is likely unaware of one major military operation that happened in 1945. It involved Royal Air Force bombers, 24 Sherman tanks, and 36,000 troops—some ...

Explore the rich and complex history of Indonesia in just 12 minutes from ancient kingdoms and spice trade empires to colonial rule and modern independence. This fast-paced overview highlights the key ...

Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne This piece is the last in a series in collaboration with the ABC’s ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to take in the result of Indonesia’s election. INDONESIA HAS been called the biggest invisible country. It is the world’s fourth most populous. With more ...

This article is a reflection about the possibility of writing the contemporary history of a post-colonial metropolis. During the late 1980s and in the 1990s the author conducted close to two hundred ...