Javanese intellectual history and modern Indonesian language and society

My general research interests related to Indonesia include the following.

Javanese Literature, Culture, History

• Manuscripts and codicology
• Philology
• Sociology of literary production
• Calendrics, primbon, pawukon, divination
• Literary magic
• Texts of special interest: Centhini, Jatiswara, Suryanalendra (Candranata), Purwaukara
• Santri lelana literature, suluk, eroticism
• Authors of special interest: Ranggawarsita, Suryanagara, Suryawijaya

Indonesian Literature and Popular Culture

• Short stories and novels of Danarto
• Speechstyles and lifestyles of urban youth
• Bahasa prokem, bahasa gaul

Religious life in Indonesia

• Islam and Islamic identity
• Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia and other 'Jihadist' groups
• Javanese mystical belief and practice

T.E. Behrend, ed., Katalog Induk Naskah-naskah Nusantara. Jilid IV, Perpustakaan Nasional R.I. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor and l'Ecole Francaise d'Extrême Orient. xvii, 653 pp.[Union Catalogue of Indonesian Manuscripts. Volume IV, The National Library of Indonesia].

T.E. Behrend and Titik Pudjiastutui, eds., Katalog Induk Naskah-naskah Nusantara. Jilid III: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia.  Jakarta: EFEO and Yayasan Obor. xviii, 1160 pp. in two volumes. [Union Catalogue of Indonesian Manuscripts. Volume III, Faculty of Letters, University of Indonesia].

T.E. Behrend, Serat Jatiswara: Struktur dan Perubahan di dalam Puisi Jawa, 1600-1930. Jakarta: INIS. xxi + 695 pp. [The Serat Jatiswara: structure and change in a Javanese poem, 1600-1930, Translated by Prof. Dr. A. Ikram.]

T.E. Behrend, ed., Katalog Induk Naskah-naskah Nusantara. Jilid I, Museum Sonobudoyo, Yogyakarta. Jakarta: Penerbit Djambatan. xx, 802 pp. [Union Catalogue of Indonesian Manuscripts. Volume I, The Sonobudoyo Museum].

I consider myself a poet in the sense that I play more with language than plot or ideas. My small output of poems tends to be dense and self-reflexive to the point of difficulty, if not obscurity.

Asian Studies
Course				Title		Availability in 2010
ASIAN 100				Images of Asia		Semester 1
ASIAN 101				Faith and Festival in Asia		Semester 2