Autor: Jan Van der Putten

Jan van der Putten is Professor for Austronesian Languages and Cultures at the University of Hamburg, Germany. His research explores the meaning of traditional and popular Malay texts, and how these texts are disseminated among peoples and exchanged between cultures. His recent publications include Burlesquing Muharram Processions into Carnivalesque Boria (2015) and „Dirty Dancing” and Malay Anxieties: The Changing Context of Malay Ronggeng in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (2014).Monika Arnez is Assistant Professor for Austronesian Languages and Cultures at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research interests focus on Islam, gender, cultural productions, transnational entanglements and the environment. Her most recent publications include The Role of Religions in the European Perception of Insular and Mainland Southeast Asia: Travel Accounts of the 16th to the 21st Century (with Jürgen Sarnowsky, 2016) and Das Theater sind Wir. Ausgewählte Theaterstücke von Goenawan Mohamad und Iswadi Pratama (with Sabine Müller, 2013). Edwin P. Wieringa is Professor of Indonesian Philology and Islamic Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany. His most recent publications include a bilingual (German and Indonesian) exhibition catalogue of Indonesian manuscripts at the State Library in Berlin (with T. Hanstein), SchriftSprache; Aksara dan Bahasa. Ausstellungskatalog; Katalog Pameran (2015).Arndt Graf is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany. Previously, he served at Universiti Sains Malaysia, the University of Hamburg, Germany, and Cornell University, USA. His publications mostly cover aspects of rhetoric, media, and political communication in insular Southeast Asia.