Edwin Jurriens

Associate Professor Edwin Jurriens is Deputy Associate Dean International-Indonesia and Associate Professor in Indonesian Studies at the Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne. He also serves as Convenor of the Indonesian Studies program. Previously, he held the position of Lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales. Jurriens obtained his PhD in 2001 and MA in 1996 from Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands, in addition to undergraduate degrees in Literature and Cultural Analysis. His research specializations include contemporary Indonesian art and media, video vanguard, participatory environmental documentaries, digital activism, cultural memory, creative industries, and the socio-political roles of art in Indonesia.

Jurriens authored Visual Media in Indonesia: Video Vanguard (Routledge, 2017), exploring innovative video practices, and From Monologue to Dialogue: Radio and Reform in Indonesia (KITLV Press, 2009), examining radio during post-Suharto reforms. Key publications feature 'The politics of the participatory in Indonesian environmental documentary: the oeuvre of Dandhy Laksono' (Asian Cinema, 2024), 'Articulating Dayak Indigeneity through Gendered Media, Youth Activism, and Global Connectivities' (Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde, 2025), 'Art is capital: Between cultural memory and the creative industry' (Art & the Public Sphere, 2018), 'Motion and distortion: the media in the art of Jompet and Tintin' (Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde, 2015), and 'Burning Distance' (Inside Indonesia, 2024). He contributed as investigator to Australia Awards Fellowships: Reconciliation and Cultural Recovery (South Asia) and participated in the Faculty of Arts Indonesia Initiative. Jurriens has held research fellowships and advances Indonesian studies through analyses of art's engagement with environmental and social issues.

Professional Email: edwin.jurriens@unimelb.edu.au