In my previous post, I briefly touched upon the importance of using old Chinese sources for reconstructing the historical geography of Southeast Asia and touched on possible references to the eastern archipelago of present-day Indonesia. If you have not read that post, I recommend starting there. At this point, I want to draw some attention... Continue Reading →
In another academic life, I might have become a historian of China. I studied Mandarin in high school in Singapore, spent a year between high school and university at Beijing Foreign Studies University, and returned to Beijing during my junior year of college. As an undergraduate, I minored in Chinese. I majored in History and... Continue Reading →
The neighborhood children in Masohi used to warn me about the various ghosts and monsters lurking in the dark. They shared stories of beasts as tall as the palm trees, the ghost of a mother searching for her children, and a host of other setan (devils) and hantu or spok (ghosts) [1]. They advised me... Continue Reading →
It is an understatement to say that these are exceptional times. The spread of Covid-19 and the havoc it has wreaked on our healthcare systems and the political landscape has greatly limited our ability to meet and to travel. For those in academia, this means that many of us have had to cancel plans to... Continue Reading →
Benjamin L. Moseley 