Adrian Perkasa is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Area Studies.

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Adrian Perkasa is a historian by training. He received his Bachelor’s in history and international relations from Universitas Airlangga in 2012. He obtained his Master’s in History from Gadjah Mada University. His MA thesis was entitled Orang–Orang Tionghoa dan Islam di Majapahit (Chinese Muslims in Majapahit) and was published by Penerbit Ombak. In 2013, he participated in The Urban Conservation Network in Asia and its Future Symposium in Penang, which laid the groundwork for the Asian Heritage Network. Currently, he is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Leiden and he is a Local Principal Investigator in Surabaya as part of the Southeast Asian Neighborhoods Network (SEANNET) under the auspices of the International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden. He also serves as member of Tim Ahli Cagar Budaya (Culturalm Heritage Experts) in East Java.

Grants

• 2013: Graduate Student Fellowship, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
• 2014: Travel Fund Grant, Prince Claus Fund, the Netherlands
• 2014: Travel Fund Grant, The United Kingdom Trade and Industry Department

Research Experience

• 2018: Sejarah Islam di Lamongan/Islamic History of Lamongan, Research and Development Department of Kabupaten Lamongan
• 2018: Manusia Jawa Purwa/The Early Man of Java, Dewan Kesenian Jawa Timur/East Java Arts Council
• 2018: Jawa Timur dalam Silang Budaya Asia dan Eropa/East Java as Cultural Melting Pot of Asian and European Community, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Airlangga
• 2017-2020: An Interdisciplinary Regional Program where Local-City Making Knowledge can Shape Urban Studies, Henry Luce Foundation, the United States of America
• 2017: Perbaikan Kampung di Surabaya pada masa Kolonial dan Pasca Kemerdekaan Indonesia, In collaboration with Faculty member of Curtin University Australia
• 2016: Heritage and Moral Ecology in Trowulan Majapahit Heritage Area in Indonesia, In collaboration with Faculty member of Curtin University Australia
• 2016: Sejarah Lokal Lamongan/Local History of Lamongan, Research and Development Department of Kabupaten Lamongan
• 2013: In Search of a Glorious Past; A History of Heritage Conservation in Trowulan, East Java 1963–2010, Asia Research Institute – National University of Singapore
• 2011: Survey of King Airlangga historical sites in East Java, Universitas Airlangga and Yayasan Kertagama

Research Publications

• 2019: Moral Ecologies; Histories of Conservation, Dispossession, and Resistance (contributor), Palgrave Macmillan
• 2017: Sejarah Lamongan dari Masa ke Masa (contributor), AUP UNAIR
• 2017: Citizens, Civil Society, and Heritage–Making in Asia (contributor), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Press, Academica Sinica and IIAS Leiden
• 2017: Raffles dan Kita Peringatan 200 tahun The History of Java (contributor), Badan Pelestarian Pusaka Indonesia dan Yayasan Arsari Djojohadikusumo
• 2014: Inspirasi Majapahit (contributor), Yayasan Arsari Djojohadikusumo dan UGM
• 2012: Potret Tatanan: Ruang Publik, Ekopolitik, dan Budaya Jawa Timur (contributor), Unit Kajian Kebudayaan Jawa Timur dan Penerbit Elmatera
• 2012: Orang–Orang Tionghoa dan Islam di Majapahit, Penerbit Ombak