Surya Suryadi
Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. S. Suryadi
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2414
- s.suryadi@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2784-8963
Surya Suryadi is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
More information about Surya Suryadi
PhD research
PhD defence: 16 December 2014
The Cultural Significance of the Regional Recording Industry in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Supervisor: Ben Arps
His research interests are in oral traditions and literacy, national and regional literary life in Indonesia, and ethnic cultural phenomena and media in Indonesia. His field research focuses on Sumatra. He has received grants from several national and international foundations to carry out research on to oral traditions and local culture in West Sumatra, namely from the Toyota Foundation (1992/93), the Ford Foundation (1994), and ATL (the Oral Tradition Association) (1995). He spent eight months (from February to August 1998) in Manila, the Philippines, for a course in Tagalog language at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, under the sponsorship of the Toyota Foundation and the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Tokyo.
Suryadi joined the VA|AVMI programme of CNWS Leiden University from 1 April 1999 until 1 December 2001 as a parttime research fellow. The result was published as “The ‘Talking Machines’ Comes to The Dutch East Indies’, with partly funding by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO).
Current projects
2008-2010
“Locating, documenting and digitising: preserving the endangered manucripts of the legacy of the Sultanate of Buton, South-Eastern Sulawesi Province, Indonesia”, awarded by the Endangered Archives Programme, the British Library.
2009
“Malay Letters as Legacies of the Local Kingdoms on the Island of Sumbawa, Indonesia”, awarded by Brill Fellowship Scaliger Institute, Leiden University Library
CV
1998 - …
Lecturer of the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
1994-1998
Lecturer of the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.
1991-1993
Lecturer of the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang, Indonesia and the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia.
Key publications
Books
| 2020 | Audible locality: The recording industry in Indonesia and its approach to Minangkabau music and oral tradition. Bangi: Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) The National University of Malaysia, 2020. |
| 2010 |
Syair Lampung Karam: Sebuah dokumen pribumi tentang dahsyatnya letusan Krakatau 1883. Padang: Komunitas Penggiat Sastra Padang, 2010. |
| 2004 |
Syair Sunur: teks dan konteks ‘otobiografi’ seorang ulama Minangkabau abad ke-19. Padang: Yayasan Dokumentasi dan Informasi Kebudayaan Minangkabau & Citra Budaya Indonesia, 2004. |
| 1998 |
Naskah tradisi Basimalin: pengantar teks dan transliterasi. Jakarta: Program Penggalakan Sumber-sumber Tertulis Nusantara Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia, 1998. |
| 1993 |
Dendang Pauah: cerita orang Lubuk Sikaping. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 1996 [2st ed.: 1996] [Seri tradisi lisan Nusantara]. |
| 1993 |
Rebab Pesisir Selatan: cerita Zamzami dan Marlaini. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 1993 [Seri tradisi lisan Nusantara]. |
Teaching
Semester ;2 (February - June 2022)
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Leiden Campus |
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Semester 1 (September 2022 – January 2023)
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Leiden Campus |
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Den Haag Campus |
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PhD supervision
Leiden University
- Shafa ‘Atussara Silahudin, Malay Singing in Pahang Riverine Villages: Identity and Practice, defence: Tuesday 18 May 2021, 16:15-17:00 (together with B. Arps)
- Sudarmoko, Literary Infrastructure in West Sumatra, defence: Wednesday 26 May 2021, 11:15-12:00 (together with B. Arps).
BA theses under Suryadi’s supervision
2010
Rhomayda Alfa Aimah. The four letters of appointment Bima-Manggarai (Or.396(44C)) – KITLV Leiden: a philological approach and historical context. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2010.
2011
Ni Nyoman Utari Pradnya Dewi. The letters of Karangasem: the analysis of the eight Karangasem letters, found in the Leiden University Library's collection. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2011.
2017
- Laura Gulpen. The position of Shi'is in Indonesia: the case of Sampang, Madura. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2017.
- Nerima Tahitu. The Benoa Bay Project: the embodiment of the power struggle between the Central Government and Bali. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2017.
2018
- Jacklyn Brugge. Online youth culture and the visual self-representation of adolescents. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2018.
- Maria van Leeuwen. Identity formation in Indonesia: Influences on traditional beauty ideals. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2018.
2019
- Koen de Hek. The fall of PKI and its impact on Javanese religions: From political support to historical burden. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2019.
- Rianne Tomasouw. Instagram and The Post-Islamism Spectrum: A Study of the role of the Post-Islamism in online identity-making by Indonesian influencers. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2019.
2022
Robert van der Hoeven. The safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in post-colonial Indonesia: Conflicts of universal practice, national pride and shared cultural heritage. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2022.
Ancillary activities
Reviewer for international journal Studia Islamika (https://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/studia-islamika/index).
Reviewer for international online journal Sage Open (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sgo)
Reviewer for international journal Narrative Culture (https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/narrative/)
Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- SAS Indonesie
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