International Journal of Indonesian Studies Volume 1, Issue 2 | Page 3

International Journal of Indonesian Studies Autumn 2015 From the Editor: To Whom It May Concern I am a daughter of Indonesian history and I believe in 1965 (A poem by Yacinta Kurniasih, September 2014) The International Journal of indonesian Studies [IJIS] is proud to present its Autumn Issue, 2015. It has been a long-learning process for all of us in the IJIS Coordinating Editorial Board, since we launched our inaugural edition in November 2013. We are grateful for everyone’s patience as our “baby” overcomes the first and admittedly faltering steps in its development.There are of course many people to thank. We thank firstly our contributors who are mostly early career researchers, Phd students, and even ‘first timers’ to pubish their work in English. We also thank our reviewers, without whom we could not begi n to consolidate the academic credentials and integrity of IJIS. The Autumn Issue again presents a variety of subjects in the field of contemporary Indonesian Studies: political history, linguistics, Islam and democracy, homosexuality, the environment, education, intellectual property securitization, consumerism and literary and translation studies. We are particularly proud to present the study of the ‘gay Indonesian migrant’, as we feel it is an important, rare and encouraging contribution to a fairly marginalized discourse. And, congratulations to all contributors for whom English may well be their second, third and sometimes even fourth language. We are again very appreciative of the artistic contribution made by Dewi Candraningrum. The basic philosophy of IJIS remains its commitment to promoting and helping disseminate new Indonesian scholarship especially from early career researchers and/or Indonesian scholars seeking opportunities to publish in English in a peer-reviewed journal. Again, we sincerely welcome your submissions and ask potential contributors to closely adhere to the IJIS formatting guidelines We are very pleased to welcome Dr Howard Manns (Monash University) and Dr Elisabet Titik Murtisari (Satya Wacana University) as members of the IJIS Coordinating Editorial Board. Finally, we ask for your support firstly in disseminating news of IJIS’s Autumn Issue through your networks; second, in constructive critique of this collaborative project; third, and most importantly, contributing your work for publication in future issues. Ms Yacinta Kurniasih, Dr Matthew Piscioneri, Dr. Roby Marlina, Ms. Baiq Wardhani, Dr. Howard Manns Again, we especially thank the reviewers of the papers included in the Autumn issue of IJIS. You know who you are and we invite expressions of interests from others in reviewing for IJIS. Page Special Acknowledgements: Elisabet Murtisari Howard Manns Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Australia 3 [email protected]