Yulianti is an assistant professor at the History Department Faculty of Cultural Sciences and Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies UGM. She has done research on the history of Buddhism in modern Indonesia mainly looking at Buddhist transnational networks and agencies (1900-1959). Her PhD dissertation focuses on analyzing the role of Chinese descendants and various networks in the making of Buddhism in the late colonial Indonesia and early independence. The manuscript has been recently published by Leiden University Press (2024). Her works is among the few that brings Indonesia into perspective in the historiography of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Her research interest includes Colonialism and Religion in Indonesia, Maritime Buddhism in Southeast Asia, and Religious Heritage and Material Culture Studies. Currently, she also develops interest in religion during the Cold War period in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia.