The AIFIS Podcast: Emerging Discourses and Collaborations

EPS 1: How to Find a U.S. Counterpart and Write a Competitive Research Proposal
In this first episode of the AIFIS Podcast, Prof. GG Weix (Dept. of Anthropology, University of Montana, as well as current AIFIS Vice President) and Dr. Isabella Tirtowalujo (Assistant Director of the Michigan State University Asian Studies Center) will be sharing how to find a U.S. counterpart and some of the details of the review process, as well as how to write a competitive research proposal.

How were borders of Indonesia decided and drawn in 1945?

Between May - July 1945, members of the Investigative Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (BPUPKI) deliberated on which territories should be included in a future Republic of Indonesia, if Japan granted independence. Should the new state stretch from Southern Thailand all the way to Papua New Guinea? Should it extend only to the borders of the former Dutch colony? Or, should it mirror the territory of the former Majapahit Kingdom dating all the way back to the 14th and 15th Century?
In this audio documentary, we revisit the intellectual history of “Tanah Air” with historian Dr. Yosef Djakababa.