research interests
Film Studies, Cultural Memory Studies, Media and Culture, Indonesian Popular Culture, Dutch East Indies Literature
Events
From Nostalgia to Decolonial Memory Work in Indonesia and the Netherlands
At AAS 2026, I will be part of the panel 'From Nostalgia to Decolonial Memory Work in Indonesia and the Netherlands: Diverse Engagement with Colonial History and Ways of Knowing'. The panel is organised by Katharine McGregor, chaired by Susanna Barnes, and includes Ana Eclair. My presentation is titled "Recouping Tempo Doeloe: Reimbuing Nostalgia for the Dutch East Indies Through Indonesian Heritage Restaurants".
Decolonially Extending the Colonial Archive
At SCMS 2026, I will be part of the panel "Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives in Afro-Eurasian Media". My presentation is titled "Decolonially Extending the Colonial Archive: Extended Cinema, (Post)colonial Indonesia, and Memory Media".