HYM4190

Modern Indonesia - reading subject

Jane Drakard

12 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives Students completing this course should have developed a knowledge of the historical development of Indonesia in the modern period. Students will also be expected to think critically about issues such as democracy and the basis for authoritarian rule.

Synopsis Indonesia, Australia's nearest and largest Asian neighbour, has grown in this century from a Dutch colonial territory into the third most populous state of Asia and the most populous Muslim nation in the world. This subject examines the ways in which ethnic and religious diversity, colonialism, nationalism, Islamic reform movements, the Japanese occupation, the revolution, and the experiences of a turbulent independence have shaped the Indonesian experience in this century. Lectures provide a general framework with seminars focusing on more specific topics and analytical issues.

Assessment Document/book review (1000 words): 15%
* Tutorial essay (2000 words): 25%
* Research essay (6000 words): 60%

Recommended texts

Legge J D Indonesia 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1980
Ricklefs M C A history of modern Indonesia 2nd edn, Macmillan, 1993
Schwartz A A nation in waiting Allen and Unwin, 1994