On March 23, 2021, the Department of History, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada just held a book launch event for Prof. Dr. Djoko Suryo and Dr. J. Thomas Lindblad. The book launch event entitled, “Exploitation, Modernization, and Development: Socio-Economic Changes in Rural Java in Colonial and Post-Colonial” was carried out online and offline by taking place in the chairman courtroom. At the launch of this book, Prof. Dr. Djoko Suryo, who was accompanied by his wife, was also present in the chairman courtroom along with the lecturers of the Department of History, UGM, represented by Dr. Abdul Wahid, M. Hum, M. Phil., Dr. Farabi Fakih, M. Phil., Dr. Sri Margana, M. Phil., and Dr. Mutiah Amini, M. Hum. Then on the sidelines of the book launch event, sharing activities and gatherings were also held between the lecturers, which during the pandemic period was difficult to hold face-to-face meetings. (Adit)