News
Workshop, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 8-10 September 2026 About the Program Development, or Pembangunan, has been a core aspiration in Indonesia since independence. Extant histories of development in Indonesia have ...
Masterclass and Colloquium with Arnout van der Meer
01 December 2025
On Thursday, November 27, 2025, the Master’s Program in History at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) organized a masterclass and student colloquium focusing on themes and issues in cultural studies. The ...
Launch and Discussion of the Book “Bacaan Bumi”
25 November 2025
On Friday, November 21, 2025, at the Margono Multimedia Room, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), the Department of History in collaboration with Yayasan Obor Indonesia held a ...
A Danish Gaze on Yogyakarta’s Simple Faces
24 November 2025
Portrait of Hugo Vilfred Von Pedersen. Source: Matskiv Collection “Jogja is made of longing, homecoming, and street-food stalls, Jogja terbuat dari rindu, pulang, dan angkringan,” a line crafted by Joko ...
Colonial Tourism in Java and Its Illusions
21 November 2025
On Thursday, November 20, 2025, the Department of History, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), held a public lecture for History students and the wider community. The lecture ...
Events
18 Feb
Before gaining independence from Britain in 1957, Ghana—then known as the Gold Coast—had already taken part in the historic Asian-African Conference, also known as the Bandung Conference. As two nations ...
11 Feb
To celebrate the launch of Hugo Klooster’s classic work—recently translated into Indonesian by @penerbit.selaklali after its original publication in 1985—the Department of History at UGM will host a book discussion. ...
10 Feb
To mark the beginning of the second semester of the 2025/2026 academic year, the Department of History at UGM will host a public lecture featuring Dr. Maria Serena Diokno, Director ...
09 Feb
The SEASREP Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of History at UGM, will organize a workshop on Oral History in Southeast Asia. The event will be held at the Multimedia ...
20 Jan
The Department of History at UGM will once again hold a seminar. On this occasion, Yi Ning Chang, a PhD candidate from Harvard University, will present her dissertation on the ...