PROGRAM
Monday 23 June
14.00
| Pre-Conference Workshop |
Getting Published in the History of Asian Medicine Workshop led by Prof Pierce Salguero, Penn State Abington, USA Join the editor in chief of Asian Medicine: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine for a workshop on how to successfully publish in international scholarly journals. Prof Salguero will discuss the urgent need to include Southeast Asia in the international scholarly conversation, as well as share insights on how to conceive, structure, and submit your manuscript. Participants are welcome to bring a manuscript in progress to the workshop for instant feedback. Please let us know if you want to attend this workshop |
Tuesday 24 June
8.30 | Registration, Coffee / Tea | |
9.00 | Keynote Location: | |
| Southeast Asia as the Source for European Books on the Medicine of China Harold J. Cook Brown University, USA | |
10.00 | Coffee / Tea | |
10.30 | PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 1. Traditional Medicine in Southeast Asia, I Location: | 2. Health and Medicine on Plantations and in Industry Location: |
Bridging Traditions: The Integration of Eastern and Western Medicine in French Colonial Vietnam through the Scientific and Medical Press (1900 – 1945) Mai Thi My Vi National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan | Dutch Imperialism and Metabolic Rift: The Rise of Plantation Belt on The East Coast of Sumatra, 1870s-1930s Devi Itawan Universitas Jambi, ID | |
The Silent Majority: Dukun, Colonialism, and the Struggle for Health in 19th Century Java Rendy Kurniawan State Islamic Univ Sunan Gunung Djati, ID | Neglected and Infected: The Health Crisis of Coolies at Tanjung Priok Port under Colonial Rule, 1901-1932 Mohamad Masrudin Firdiyansyah Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | |
Herbal Medicine and Rituals: An Ethnopharmacological Study of Sasak Healing Practices during the Colonial Period Raodatul Jannah, Gadjah Mada University, ID | The 1930s Economic Crisis and its Impact on Disease Trends and Community Health Services Around the Plantations of East Sumatra and Surakarta Wasino and Endah Sri Hartatik Uni Negeri Semarang, Uni Diponegoro, ID | |
Āyurveda and Traditional Healing Practices in Southeast Asian Buddhist Cultures Arun Kumar Yadav Banaras Hindu University, India | Malaria and Tin: A History of Malaria on Bangka Island 1950-1960 Azi Wansaka Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | |
Unmasking Local Belief: Traditional Medicine as First Aid Solution and Hereditary Culture in Parang Island Ilham Baskoro, Karina Kusuma, and Nydia Yuliana Airlangga University, ID | The Nickel Mining Industry in Sulawesi: Historical Context, Environmental Impact, and Health Consequences from the New Order to the Present Adi Setiawan Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | |
| 3. Pioneers and Trendsetters in Health and Medicine Location: |
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| Wilhelm August Paul Schuffner: The Doctor who Eradicated Malaria in Sumatra Junaidi, Muhammad Rasyidin, and Kiki Maulana Affandi Universitas Sumatera Utara, ID |
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| Dr Marie Thomas and Dr Honoria Acosta-Sison: Pioneers of Women’s Health in Indonesia and the Philippines Sudirman Nasir Universitas Hasanuddin, ID |
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| A Key Figure: Introduction of Prof. M. Sardjito MD, MPH Rudi Pekerti and Rushdy Hoesein Indonesian Association of the History of Medicine (PERSEKIN), ID |
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| Sulianti Saroso and the Idea of Community Health in Indonesia (1950-1980) Syarifah Aini Universitas Gajah Mada, ID |
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| A Living Legend: The Founder Indonesian Department and Collegium of Digestive Surgery, Prof. Dr. Sjamsuhidajat SpKBD Rudi Pekerti Indonesian Association of the History of Medicine (PERSEKIN), ID |
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12.30 | LUNCH | |
13.30 | PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 4. Traditional Medicine in Southeast Asia, II | 5. The Organization of Health Care |
Traditional Medicine in the Decolonization Movement in Vietnam and Indonesia: Ethnic Identity and Development TS. Văn Kim Hoàng Hà, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam | R.K. Carolus Ziekenhuis: The Manifestation of the Modern Hospital in the Netherlands East Indies Dewik Untarawati Universitas Jember, ID | |
Jamu and Islam: Re-enchantment, Dis-chant-ment, Re-chant-ment, and Halalness Tsung-Jen Hung University of Sydney, Australia | RSUD Dr Iskak as the First Health Support in Tulungagung Ratri Juang Megarismi Universitas Gajah Mada, ID | |
| Making Jamu Exciting Again: A case for Safeguarding Jamu Traditions in Singapore Suryakenchana Omar Javanese Association of Singapore, Society of Malay Heritage Medicine, Singapore | Fill the Gap: Development of Healthcare Facilities in Sarawak After 15 Years of Independence Suffian Mansor Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia |
| The Making of Waria Subjectivity through Jamu Samantha Baker University of Sydney, Australia | Health Management: The Role of Yayasan Kristen untuk Kesehatan Umum (YAKKUM) in Java, 1950–2000 Krisnanda Theo Primaditya Universitas Jember, ID |
| The Potential of Rural Health and Wellbeing Tourism through Traditional Herbs among the Tais of Northeast India Shiladitya Basu Chulalongkorn University, Thailand | Weaving MAPS: A Historiography on Writing Postcolonial Histories of Colonial Hospitals Joseph A. S. Joe Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| 6. Leprosy Location: | 7. Traumatic Pasts in Indonesia Location |
| Leprosy as a ‘Colonial Disease’ in North Sumatra: Missionary Roles, Stigma, Marginalization (1900-1942), and Modern Science and Control Elya Manik and Nina Sakina Lessy Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | Haunting Remainders of Violence in Aceh Byron Good Harvard University, USA |
| Healthcare on Trains in the Indies in the 1910s: On the Case of the Disinfection Wagon for Bubonic Plague Eradication and Leprosy Patients Transportation Muhammad Rizky Pradana Universitas Airlangga, ID | Women “Warriors” of Aceh: Protectors, Clinicians, and Politicians Respond to Residues of Traumatic Violence Mary-Jo Good Harvard University, USA |
| “I am a Leper, Are You also Afraid of Me?”: Donorojo and the Care for Leprosy Patients in Java, A Preliminary Study Ravando Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | The May 1998 Riots and the Emergence of Trauma in the Indonesian Media Hans Pols University of Sydney, Oz |
| “Aku sakti”: Cultural Perspectives on Leprosy in East Java, Indonesia Toetik Koesbardiati, Delta Bayu Murti, Rizky Putri Sugianto Universitas Airlangga, ID | Trauma in Maluku E.S. Tyas Suci Atma Jaya University, Jakarta, ID |
| The Face of Colonies in Southeast Asia: Public Health Policies and Actions in the 19th-20th Century Moordiati Universitas Airlangga, ID | Book launch: Peristiwa-peristiwa Traumatis Indonesia di Masa Lalu: Merawat Kesehatan Jiwa di Masa Depan (KOMPAS, 2025). |
3.30 | COFFEE / TEA | |
4.00 | PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 8. Traditional Medicine in Southeast Asia, III | 9. Marriage, Families, and Children |
| Power and Charity: Chinese Merchant Elites in Colonial Malaya Su Qiuyang University of Malaya | Making Healers at Home: Pedagogy of Cure and Care in Late Colonial Indonesia Nik Setiadarma Northwestern University, USA |
| Healing Spirits: The Medicinal Benefits of Local Liquors in Southeast Asian Traditional Medicine Piyakasidet Plueaisri Chulalongkorn University, Thailand | How to Have Sex with Dignity: Navigating Modernity in Indonesian Sex Manuals (1950-1965) Rima Febriani Monash University, Australia |
| ‘The Nursery Services of World-Famous Mr. A. Cleyer’: Proto-Medicus of Batavia and Global Broker Andreas Cleyer (1634-1698) Marta Hanson Johns Hopkins University, USA | Planning Families for Developing Indonesia? Japan’s Medical Diplomacy for Indonesia’s Aya Homei University of Manchester, UK |
| Discussion and Commentary Pierce Salguero Pennsylvania State University, USA |
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| 10. Contagious Disease Location: | 11. Vaccination |
| When Dogs Spread Disease: Rabies as an Epidemic and Colonial Policy in Early 20th Century Sumatra Albertus Hutagalung Universitas Andalas, ID | An ‘Experiment’ with Vaccines? Collective Memory, Health Authority, and Vaccine Hesitancy in the Philippines Vincen Gregory Yu University of Sydney, Australia |
| The Railway Travel of Diseases in Colonial India Debashis Mandal Banwarilal Bhalotia College, India | The Fate of Colonial Era Vaccination Programs in Southeast Asia during the Early Cold War Period, c.1945-1949 C. Michele Thompson Southern Connecticut State University, USA |
| Scabies in the Dutch East Indies in the 20th Century Imam Basthomi Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID |
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Dinner and Cultural Performance | ||
Wednesday 25 June
8.30 | COFFEE / TEA | |
9.00 | KEYNOTE | |
| A Critical Evaluation of 25 Years of National Health Policy in Indonesia: From Reform to Post Covid-19 (1999-2023) Abdul Wahid, Baha’Uddin, and Laksono Trisnantoro, Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID
Book launch Abdul Wahid, Baha’Uddin, and Laksono Trisnantoro, eds. Perkembangan Transformasi Kebijakan Kesehatan di Indonesia: Dari Reformasi Hingga Pasca Covid, 1999-2023. | |
10.00 | COFFEE / TEA | |
10.30 | PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 1. The Social Life of Plants: Histories of Health and Medicine in Southeast Asia Location: | 2. Nutrition and Health
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| The temple’s garden: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plant usage on Pulau Ubin Glenda Wee Yale-NUS College, Singapore | Tinkering Thiamine: Beriberi Treatment and the Making of Rice Bran Extracts in the American Philippines, 1910s–1930s Vincent Bernabe University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines |
| Palatable plants: School Gardens, Food Recipes and the Origins of Nutrition Science in the Philippines Ruel V. Pagunsan University of the Philippines-Diliman | Colonial Nutrition Science Development: Diet and Nutrition in Malaya, 1930-1948 Muhammad Fahmie Rosle and Mohd Shazwan Mokhtar Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Where Traditional Medicine Meets Colonial Botany: A Digital Humanities Approach to Collecting Medicinal Plants for the Singapore Herbarium in the 1920s Katherine Enright University of Cambridge, UK | The Role of Doctors in Overcoming Beriberi in Jambi in the 20th Century Ilma Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID
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| ‘Apotik Hijau’: The Medicinal Life of Plants in Indonesian Nationalism, 1930s-1960s Anthony D. Medrano National University of Singapore, Singapore | The Filled (Condensed?) Milk Controversy: Debating National Self-Sufficiency and Nutritional Security in 1960s Philippines Nicolo Paolo P. Ludovice Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong |
| Discussion Anthony Medrano (organizer) National University of Singapore | Kader under the Health Metrics Regime in Indonesia’s Stunting Reduction Programs Sari D. Ratri and Marini Purnama Sari Monash University Indonesia |
| 3. Tuberculosis Location: | 4. Public Health Location: |
| From Sanatorium to Pulmonary Hospital in Jember: A Colonial Legacy and the Path to National Self-Reliance Rinda Handayani Universitas Jember, ID | Thoughts of R.A. Kartini about Public Health on Java during the Colonial Period Karang Jimbaran Setyatrisila Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, ID
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| Tuberculosis and Famine: Correlating the Rise of Tuberculosis Post-Famine during the Japanese Occupation Era in Java 1942-1960 Satria Yudangara Universitas Jember, ID | Eugenics Discourse in the Dutch East Indies Tazkia K.S. Irsyad Universitas Padjadjaran, ID
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| Controlling Tuberculosis in the Philippines: Global South Perspectives on Public Health and Policy (1950s–1980s) Arnab Chakraborty Shanghai University, China | Western Medicine Propaganda in Padang, 1920s-1930s Nesa Okta Mirza Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID
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| Unravelling Household Welfare Dynamics in Tuberculosis-Affected Families Salma Nur Annisa Universitas Padjajaran, ID | Medical Hygiene Propaganda in the Dutch East Indies Yelda Syafrina Universitas Negeri Padang, ID |
| Disease and Prejudice: A History of Stigma towards Tuberculosis Patients in Indonesia Martina Safitry UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta, ID | Microbial Climates: Soviet-Vietnamese Research on Waterborne Bacteria and Early Climate Change Studies Genevieve Dally-Watkins, Harvard University, USA |
12.30 | LUNCH | |
| PARALLEL PANELS | |
1.30 | 5. Ethics, Morality and Resistance in Transition: Medicine and Health in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia Location: | 6. Contagious Disease Location: |
| From the Thrifty Gene to Postgenomic Justice: Diabetes, Metabolic Moralities and the Afterlife of Colonial Medicine in Singapore and the Pacific Islands Mohammad Khamsya Bin Khidzer Leiden University, NL | Typhoid in Indonesia: From Personal Hygiene to Drug Resistance Zulfa Saumia Universitas Jambi, ID |
| Over the Dead Bodies: Controversies on the Use of Human Cadavers in the Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Indonesia Gani Jaelani University of Utrecht, NL | Fighting Cholera in Semarang during the Ethical Period Endah Sri Hartatik Universitas Diponegoro, ID |
| A Leper Speaks: Confronting Compulsory Leper Segregation in American Colonial Philippines Bianca Angelien Aban Claveria Leiden University, NL | From Success to Setback: The Journey to Eradicate Polio in Indonesia Shilvi Khusna Dilla Agatta and Chusna Cahya Marheani Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID |
| Discussion Fenneke Sysling (organizer) Leiden University, NL | Endless War: Trachoma Epidemic Control in Java, 1900-1941 Rifa’i Shodiq Fathona Universitas Jember, ID
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| 7. Non-Contagious Disease and Medical Technology Location: |
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| Cancer: A Study of Decolonization and Medical Practices in Indonesia Nina Sakina Lessy and Elya Manik Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID |
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| The History of Blood Transfusion Services in Indonesia: From Palang Merah Hindia Belanda to Palang Merah Indonesia (1940 – 1965) Maulana Malik Ibrahim and Salma Nadiyah Universitas Diponegoro, ID, and Blood Bank Technology, Politeknik Bina Trada Semarang |
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| Framing Death: Power Relation behind the Hypertension Narratives in Indonesian Media, 1970-1980 Dennys Pradita Universitas Jambi, ID |
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3.30 | TEA / COFFEE | |
4.00 | DEPARTURE EXCURSION | |
Thursday 26 June
8.30 | COFFEE / TEA | |
9.00 | KEYNOTE | |
| TBA | |
10.00 | COFFEE / TEA | |
10.30 | PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 1. Malaria, I Location: | 2. Mental Health, I Location: |
| Beyond the Sweetener: Environmental Degradation and Malaria Outbreak in Besoeki, 1880s Nurul Maghfiroh Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | Unravelling Waras and Edan: A Javanese Insight in Understanding Mental Health Bayu Adiputro and Fajar Wijanarko, Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID |
| Burden of Proof: Malaria in the Dutch Indies from the Interpretation of Colonial Photographs Muhammad Rio Novanda Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID
| From Smallpox to Spanish Flu: The Impact of Pandemics on Mental Health and Dutch Colonial Policies in the Dutch East Indies (1870–1920) Laras Setyaningsih and Ach Ridlo Ilwara, Universitas Indonesia, ID |
| Colonial Spatial Planning and the Malaria Outbreak in Cirebon in the Early 20th Century Febriani Rahayu Putri, Fadla Tsalitsa Universitas Indonesia, ID | Penyembuhan Gaib: Psychological and Metaphysical Healing in Post-Colonial Indonesia, 1950s-1960s Iwan Wahyu Widayat, Universitas Airlangga, ID |
| Battling the Return of Malaria Epidemic in Sidoarjo, 1926-1942 Alfin Ganendra Albar Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | Utilisation Pattern of Traditional Medicine among Hmong Ethnic Minority People in Northern Vietnam Le Nguyen, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam |
| 3. The Medical Profession Location: |
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| La Solidaridad and Beyond: Ilustrado Medical Workers, and the Late Nineteenth Century program for Reform and Revolution in the Philippines Francis Gealogo Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines |
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| “Philippines, My Philippines”: Private Doctors, Medical Organisations and the State in the Transition to Independence Ana Rosa Marginson Deakin University, Australia |
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| Medicine, Malfeasance, and a Nation-in-Transition: Two Cases of Medical Malpractice in the Late U.S. Colonial Philippines Aaron Rom O. Moralina University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA |
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| ‘Conscience Must Decide the Issue’: Locating the Debates and Issues over Physicians’ Professional Fees within the Creation of Code of Ethics in the History of Biomedical Ethics in the Philippines from 1919 to 1999 Alvin D. Cabalquinto Ateneo di Manila University, Philippines |
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12.30 | LUNCH | |
13.30 | PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 4. Malaria, II Location: | 5. Mental Health, II Location: |
| Identification and Efforts to Handle the Malaria Epidemic in Tegal City in the Early 20th Century Arfan Habibi Universitas Indonesia, ID | Children of the Cold War: Children’s Mental Health and the Formation of Thai Nationhood, 1950s-1970s Boontariga Puangkham, Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
| Malaria Eradication and Colonial Sanitation Projects in Semarang in the Early 20th Century Budi Agustono and Kiki Maulana Affandi Universitas Sumatera Utara, ID | Decolonizing the Rural Thai Mind: Ghosts, Spirits, the Buddha, and Transcultural Psychiatry During the Cold War Krittapak Nganvaseenont Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
| Producing the “Poor Man’s Febrifuge”: Malaria Therapeutics and the Philippine Cinchona-Totaquina Enterprise, 1912–1941 Vincent Bernabe University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines | Traditional Healing and Decolonization: A Historical Perspective on Mental Health Care in Indonesia Zellica Vanudia Amundari and Ratna Endang Widuatie, Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID |
| 6. Medicine and Health: International and Global Perspectives Location: |
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| A Comparison of Dutch Medicine Acceptance between Japan and Indonesia in the 18th and 19th Isamu Amir and Eustachius Hagni Wardoyo Fukushima Medical University, Japan |
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| Between Marginality and Medicine: Karayuki-san and the Emergence of Japanese Pharmaceutical Networks in Colonial Southeast Asia Meta Sekar Puji Astuti Universitas Hasanuddin, ID |
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| Pinpricks of Assistance: UNICEF’s Medical Missions to Southeast Asia, 1948-61 Vivek Neelakantan Independent scholar, Inda |
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| Comparing State Regulation of Marketplaces between French Indochina and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Willoughby, Emma University of Michigan, USA |
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3.30 | COFFEE / TEA | |
| PARALLEL PANELS | |
| 7. Malaria, III Location: | 8. Addiction Location: |
| Disease, Environment and Public Health: Malaria Control in British Malaya in the Early Twentieth Century Juny Xie Xiamen University, China | The Impact of Opium Consumption on the Health of Panglong Workers in Jambi in the Early 20th Century Rudi Antono Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID |
| The Mid-Century Saga of Malaria in Two Indonesian Cities William Bradley Horton Akita University, Japan | The Anti-Opium Movement in the Netherlands Indies, 1913-1940 Difa Yoga Perdana and Imas Emalia UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, ID |
| “Why Not Low Technology?” Japanese Dissemination of Anti-Malaria Strategies in Southeast Asia Mayumi Yamamoto Miyagi University, Japan
| Centering Harm Reduction in Jakarta, Indonesia: The Life Story of a Pioneering Activist Chika Yamada and Youdiil Ophinni Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
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| 9. Medicine, Health, Climate Change and the Environment Location: | 10. Palliative Care Now and in the Future |
| Global Bioethics for Open Science and Planetary Health Sonja van Wichelen University of Sydney, Australia | Reshaping Medical Specialization Through Life Stories: A Case Study of Co-Designed Palliative Care in Suburban Thailand Chutchon Ajanakitti and Natnaree Chonsathean Institute for Social Health, Society and Health Foundation, Thailand |
| Waging War Against Biodiversity Loss: Examining Legal Framework and Strategic Actions in Indonesia Felix Aglen Ndaru Prasetya Ministry of Environment and Forestry, ID | TBA |
| Representation of Decolonization of Knowledge and Governance of Natural Resources of Indigenous Communities in Indonesian Novels Rahmi Rahmayati Universitas Gadjah Mada, ID | TBA |
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Friday 27 June
8.00 | Excursion to Historical Hospitals in and Around Yogyakarta |
| Optional. Extra cost because of transportation. Program to be confirmed! With respect to the history of hospital care, Yogyakarta occupies a unique position. Several pioneering hospitals were founded here, including the following:
Bethesda Hospital, founded in 1901 as Zendingsziekenhuis Petronella. Initiative of the Dutch Protestant mission. Dr. Yap Eye Hospital, founded in 1923 as the Prinses Juliana Gasthuis voor Ooglijders by Dr. Yap Hong Tjoen. A Chinese Indonesian charitable initiative. Muhammadiyah Hospital, founded as PKU Balai Kesehatan Moehammadijah in 1924 by K.H. Ahmad Dahlan, the founder of Muhammadiyah. Panti Rapih Hospital, founded in 1929 as Missieziekenhuis Onder de Bogen. Initiative of the Dutch Catholic mission. Dr Suradji Tirtonegoro Hospital, Klaten, founded in 1924 as the Dr Scheurer Ziekenhuis. The hospital was financed and built by a local sugar factory (Klatensche Cultuur Maatschappij) and staffed by the Petronella missionary hospital. The founder of Gadjah Mada University, Dr. Sardjito, taught medicine at this hospital from 1946 to 1949 (during the Dutch neo-colonial military incurions) when the Indonesian medical school left Jakarta because of the Dutch military presence. |
Registration Information
| Student participants | IDR 300,000 |
| Student presenter | IDR 500,000 |
| Staff participant (Non Student) | IDR 1,000,000 |
| Staff presenter (Non Student) | IDR 1,100,000 |
For Indonesian participants only: please register at
Lower- and Middle-Income Countries:
Student | US$30 or A$50 |
Staff member | US$60 or A$100 |
Rest of the World:
Student | US$90, EUR 90 or A$150 |
Staff member | US$150, EUR 150 or A$250 |
Participants from outside Indonesia, please contact Hans Pols for details on how to pay your registration fee (hans.pols@sydney.edu.au).
- How to publish in international journals. Workshop by Prof Pierce Salguero. Monday 23 June, 2pm. Free
- Excursion: Dinner at Bale Raos and cultural performance at the Sonobudoyo museum at the kraton, Wednesday evening 25 June. US$25 EUR25; A$40.
- Tour of historical hospitals in and around Yogyakarta. Including: Petronella/Bethesda Protestant hospital (founded 1901), Dr. Yap Eye Hospital (founded 1923); Muhammadiyah hospital (founded 1924); Panti Rapih Catholic hospital (founded 1929); and the Dr Suradji Tirtonegoro Hospital in Klaten, where Indonesian medical education was continued during the Dutch military aggression (1946-1949). Expected fee: around US$30; EUR30; A$45 (for transportation).
Please add the charge for the excursion to the registration fee. We are still calculating the expense for the excursion on Friday, which can be paid at the conference.
Please inform Hans Pols by email whether you want to attend the workshop, come along to the excursion, and/or the historical hospital tour (hans.pols@sydney.edu.au).
There are several options to travel to Yogyakarta.
To speed up your entry to Indonesia, apply for your visa-on-arrival online: https://evisa.imigrasi.go.id/, and fill in your customs declaration form: https://ecd.beacukai.go.id/.
By plane
- If you fly to Singapore, you can connect with the one daily flight from Singapore to Yogyakarta (YIA) by Scoot, the budget airline operated by Singapore Airlines: https://www.flyscoot.com.
Singapore Changi airport: leaves 7.35, arrives 9:00 in Yogyakarta
Return flight leaves at 9:45, arrives at Singapore at 13.00.
- You can also fly to Jakarta or Bali, and take a domestic flight to Yogyakarta. There are four flights a day (with Garuda) from Jakarta; several other airlines fly this route.
The new airport in Yogyakarta is located some distance from the city. You can take a taxi (it might take 2 hours when the traffic is bad). Taking a Bluebird taxi is recommended (or a Silverbird if you want more space). Price: IDR 200,000 to 250,000.
The express train takes 25min to Yogya’s central station Tugu. Price: IDR20,000 to 50,000. Book at: https://reservation.railink.co.id/. It is essential to book ahead of time.
See also: https://yogyakarta-airport.co.id/en/public-transport/index.
There are several rideshare services. Uber did not make it in Indonesia, but there are equivalents: Gojek or Grab. Download the app ahead of time. There often are Gojek customer representatives dressed in green who will give you a special discount if you use their app (the app is called Gojek; if you use the app tap on “Gocar” otherwise you will end up on the back of a motorbike!). Gojek is a great way to get around Yogya.
By train from Jakarta to Yogya
If you fly to Jakarta, you can take a very comfortable and scenic train ride. Class “eksekutif” is the most luxurious one. Prices vary from IDR600,000 to IDR1,800,000 one way; travel time is 6 hours.
Travel from Jakarta Gambir (Central station at MONAS). Gambir is 1-2 hours from Jakarta airport by taxi (depending on traffic). The airport train is fast but does not go to Gambir.
From Yogyakarta Tugu Station to Gadjah Mada University or hotels
Take a taxi or a Gojek car. Taxi drives often offer rides for high fares; it should not cost more than IDR50,000. Bluebirds are reliable. Or leave the station and hail a cab on the street. Cab fares at stations are not regulated; elsewhere they are.
- If you fly to Singapore, you can connect with the one daily flight from Singapore to Yogyakarta (YIA) by Scoot, the budget airline operated by Singapore Airlines: https://www.flyscoot.com.
UGM University Club
Accommodation at the University Club of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is very affordable but also very basic. It is mere steps away from the conference venue.
You can book here: https://ugmclub.com/, go to “Book Now”, Check in: 22 or 23 June, check-out 27 June. Discount is only for the “Superior Room.” The promo code is 2025HOMSEA (No space between 2025 and HOMSEA).
The Superior room has two twin beds (so if you share the room, it is half the price!) and costs IDR420,000/night (A$24/night; roughly US$17/night). Breakfast for 2 is included.
One person needs to book the room; then you can share.
There is only a limited number of rooms. If they run out, let me know, we will book more!
Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta
https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/yogya-hyatt-regency-yogyakarta.
This hotel has a nice pool and a large garden. Several people attending HOMSEA will stay here. A taxi ride to the university takes about 20 minutes and will costs you around RP30,000.
Phoenix Hotel
https://all.accor.com/hotel/5451/index.en.shtml.
The front building of this hotel dates from colonial times. It is a short walk from Tugu station and Jalan Malioboro, where most tourists hang out.