Fulbright–Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award Edition
Astara is a PhD candidate in the History of Art and Visual Studies Department at Cornell University. Her host institution is the Rudana Museum in Ubud, Bali, where she works with curator Muhammad Bundhowi. Astara’s research employs semi-structured interview methods alongside visual and historical analysis to consider the work of contemporary Indonesian artists who employ.. Read More.
Tim’s research looks at how efforts to transition Indonesia away from a fossil fuel-based economy transform the practice and politics of development. This multi-sited ethnography connects the policymaking spaces of Jakarta to rural zones of renewable energy development. To make these connections, he studies how state actors, development practitioners, power sector workers, scientists, activists, and.. Read More.
Chris Hulshof is a student of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a master’s in history and a master’s in Southeast Asian studies. Prior to that, he received his bachelor’s degree from the Department of History at the University of California-Berkeley. He is currently conducting his dissertation research in Indonesia with funding.. Read More.
Dylan Renca is a doctoral candidate in sociocultural anthropology at Boston University. Broadly, he is interested in multiculturalism, religion, and political belonging in Southeast Asia. As a Fulbright DDRA Fellow, Dylan is looking at the Indonesian context through doctoral research with members of the Penghayat Kepercayaan community on Java, whose traditions and spiritual practices have.. Read More.
Michael Kirkpatrick Miller is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Cornell University, where he studies the history of masculinity, empire, and religion in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. As a 2020 Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellow, Michael will work towards completing his dissertation, “Modifying Men: Crossing Religion and Masculinity in Eastern Indonesia, 1870-1942.” This.. Read More.
Lai Wo is a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. Her research focuses on gendered labor migration between Hong Kong and Indonesia. In her research, she follows migrant remittances from Hong Kong’s intimate economies of domestic, care, and entertainment work back to migrant-sending villages in rural East Java… Read More.
Claire Conklin Sabel is a PhD candidate in the history and sociology of Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of the 2021 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) award. Her dissertation, “Rare Earth: Gemstones, Geohistories, and Commercial Geography between Southeast Asia and Europe, 1600-1750,” investigates how the Indian Ocean gem.. Read More.
Hannah Standiford is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to her academic career, Hannah actively studies and performs string band music from the United States and Indonesia. As a Fulbright Hays DDRA Fellow, Hannah’s research focuses on the performance of a repertoire of Javanese vocal music called langgam Jawa (lit. “Javanese.. Read More.
Connor Rechtzigel is a PhD candidate in anthropology at Cornell University, with a concentration in Southeast Asian studies. His research examines the cultural politics of tourism branding in Indonesia, where tourism is closely linked to national and regional identity. He’s especially interested in how geopolitical and economic dynamics within the Muslim world and Indonesia have.. Read More.
Ben Mirin is a PhD candidate at Cornell University, based in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. He is an active sound recordist and lifelong lover of birds. As a Fulbright Hays DDRA Fellow, Ben’s research focuses on songbird conservation and the wildlife trade. He is collaborating with faculty at Universitas Gadjah Mada and a collection.. Read More.
