The disciplinary study of art history has been in crisis for some time. One of the premises of Roger Nelson’s remarkable ...

On 22 September 2026, the Indonesian parliament struck the gavel to enact the Law on Agrarian Reform (UU Reforma Agraria), marking an important milestone in Indonesia’s long struggle for agrarian ...

In Western educational discourse, heading abroad for university is frequently imagined as an exercise in personal ...

Drive almost anywhere in rural Indonesia now and it’s hard to miss them: prominent red-and-white buildings, based on a uniform 30 by 20 metre layout, all with the same centrally-designed features and ...

We gathered on the annual International Day of Action for Rivers (or International Rivers Day), a global day of action to protect rivers and oppose destructive developments. Activities have been held ...

Recent years have seen the sad passing of leading lights in the study of Southeast Asia: James C. Scott in 2024, Anthony Reid in 2025, and now, most recently, Vicente—or Vince—Rafael in February 2026.

This post appears as part of New Mandala’s ARTSEA series on art, design and architecture in Southeast Asia. In Singapore, renewal is not merely an urban strategy; it is a moral and temporal ...

From September to November 2025, severe flooding inundated large parts of both rural and urban Indonesia, especially on the islands of Sumatra and Bali. This disruption affected livelihoods, damaged ...

In the four and a half years that have elapsed since Myanmar’s armed forces, or Tatmadaw, took back direct political power, scholars, journalists, activists and sundry other pundits have made a wide ...

The global trend toward the neoliberalisation of higher education, characterised by market-driven practices, privatization, and financial austerity, poses serious threats to educational equity, ...

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, patterns of resource extraction and violence are intensifying globally amid skyrocketing demand for the “critical minerals”—including cobalt, lithium, ...

Open your fridge, pantry, or bathroom cabinet, and you’re likely to find a product containing carrageenan, a gelling substance derived from red seaweed. It is an essential part of modern daily life, ...