Surya Suryadi
Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. S. Suryadi
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2414
- s.suryadi@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2784-8963
Surya Suryadi is a Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.
More information about Surya Suryadi
PhD research
PhD defence: 16 December 2014
The Cultural Significance of the Regional Recording Industry in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Supervisor: Ben Arps
His research interests are in oral traditions and literacy, national and regional literary life in Indonesia, and ethnic cultural phenomena and media in Indonesia. His field research focuses on Sumatra. He has received grants from several national and international foundations to carry out research on to oral traditions and local culture in West Sumatra, namely from the Toyota Foundation (1992/93), the Ford Foundation (1994), and ATL (the Oral Tradition Association) (1995). He spent eight months (from February to August 1998) in Manila, the Philippines, for a course in Tagalog language at the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, under the sponsorship of the Toyota Foundation and the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Tokyo.
Suryadi joined the VA|AVMI programme of CNWS Leiden University from 1 April 1999 until 1 December 2001 as a parttime research fellow. The result was published as “The ‘Talking Machines’ Comes to The Dutch East Indies’, with partly funding by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO).
Current projects
2008-2010
“Locating, documenting and digitising: preserving the endangered manucripts of the legacy of the Sultanate of Buton, South-Eastern Sulawesi Province, Indonesia”, awarded by the Endangered Archives Programme, the British Library.
2009
“Malay Letters as Legacies of the Local Kingdoms on the Island of Sumbawa, Indonesia”, awarded by Brill Fellowship Scaliger Institute, Leiden University Library
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1998 - …
Lecturer of the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
1994-1998
Lecturer of the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.
1991-1993
Lecturer of the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Bung Hatta, Padang, Indonesia and the Faculty of Letters, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia.
Teaching
Semester 1 (September 2024 – January 2025)
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PhD supervision
Leiden University
- Shafa ‘Atussara Silahudin, Malay Singing in Pahang Riverine Villages: Identity and Practice, defence: Tuesday 18 May 2021, 16:15-17:00 (together with B. Arps)
- Sudarmoko, Literary Infrastructure in West Sumatra, defence: Wednesday 26 May 2021, 11:15-12:00 (together with B. Arps).
MA theses under Suryadi’s supervision
2016
Ratih Dewi, Building the Ideal Citizen through Children: The New Order’s Doctrines in Indonesian Children Story Books. Master Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2016. (https://staff-studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/42250)
BA theses under Suryadi’s supervision
2010
Rhomayda Alfa Aimah. The four letters of appointment Bima-Manggarai (Or.396(44C)) – KITLV Leiden: a philological approach and historical context. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2010.
2011
Ni Nyoman Utari Pradnya Dewi. The letters of Karangasem: the analysis of the eight Karangasem letters, found in the Leiden University Library's collection. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2011.
2017
- Laura Gulpen. The position of Shi'is in Indonesia: the case of Sampang, Madura. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2017.
- Nerima Tahitu. The Benoa Bay Project: the embodiment of the power struggle between the Central Government and Bali. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2017.
2018
- Jacklyn Brugge. Online youth culture and the visual self-representation of adolescents. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2018.
- Maria van Leeuwen. Identity formation in Indonesia: Influences on traditional beauty ideals. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2018.
2019
- Koen de Hek. The fall of PKI and its impact on Javanese religions: From political support to historical burden. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2019.
- Rianne Tomasouw. Instagram and The Post-Islamism Spectrum: A Study of the role of the Post-Islamism in online identity-making by Indonesian influencers. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2019.
2022
Robert van der Hoeven. The safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in post-colonial Indonesia: Conflicts of universal practice, national pride and shared cultural heritage. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2022.
2023
Nur Sobari. The images of the Indische (Orang Indo) community in literature in late colonial Indonesia: a socio-historical analysis of De Paupers by Victor Ido (1915) and Salah Asoehan by Abdoel Moeis (1928). BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2023.
2024
Andy Fharose. Student Volunteerism, Corvée Labors, Behavioral Science, and Social Reproduction in Indonesia. BA South and Southeast Asian Studies thesis, Leiden University, 2024.
Ancillary activities
Reviewer for international journal Studia Islamika (https://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/studia-islamika/index).
Reviewer for international online journal Sage Open (https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sgo)
Reviewer for international journal Narrative Culture (https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/narrative/)
Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- SAS Indonesie
- Suryadi S. (2024), Articulation of Indonesian identity in Mahabharata epic puppet comics by Sundanese, Javanese, and Balinese comic artists, Jurnal Kajian Bali 14(1): 19-44.
- Inayatillah I., Rahmawati P., Suryadi S., Ramli R., Fairusy M. al, Taran J.P. & Kurniawan A. (2024), The strategic role of islamic kingdoms in Aceh in the 18th and 19th centuries: The case of trade in Kuala Batee and Trumon, Journal of Al-Tamaddun 19(1): 311-334.
- Suryadi S., Lutfi M., Moch A., Santoso L. & Firdaus R. (2024), A critical voice on the Hajj by a Sumatran pilgrim from the early twentieth century, Studia Islamika 31(2): 185-220.
- Suryadi S. (2024), Binatang sebagai Simbol Kritik dalam Cerpen-cerpen Satiris A.A. Navis. In: Anoegrajekti N. (Ed.), Seratus Tahun A.A. Navis: Kajian Kritik, Pemikiran, dan Visi Budaya. Jakarta: Kementerian Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah RI & Himpunan Sarjana Kesusastraan Indonesia. 353-386.
- Suryadi S. (2023), Sumbangan Belanda dalam Pengantarabangsaan Bahasa Melayu di Eropah. In: Sariyan A. et al. (Ed.): Mengangkat Bahasa Melayu di Peringkat Negara, ASEAN dan Antarabangsa. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 197-215.
- Suryadi S. (2023), Baginda Dahlan Abdoellah: Konteks Sejarah dan Kisah Hidup Hulpleraar Bahasa Melayu Pertama di Universiteit Leiden dan Aktivis Perhimpunan Hindia. Yogyakarta & Medan: Gre Publishing & UMSU Press.
- Suryadi S. (2023), Review of: Loebis D.I. (2022), The Secret Document (translated by Mary Zurbuchen). Jakarta: Lontar Foundation. Jurnal Melayu 22(2): 133-136.
- Suryadi S. (2023), Review of: Ricci R. (2019), Banishment and belonging: exile and diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka, and Ceylon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 179(1): 146-149.
- Suryadi S. (2022), The Medan Novel: an introduction essay. In: Loebis D.I. (Ed.), The secret document. Jakarta: The Lontar Foundation. 99-117.
- Suryadi S. (2021), Suatu Pengertian Budi dalam Budaya Minangkabau. In: Yatim Rais (Ed.), Budi Asas Tamadun. Kuala Lumpur: Yayasan Budi. 242-256.
- Suryadi S. (2020), Cerpen Mawar Safei berlatar Indonesia: refleksi dan tafsiran, Dewan Sastera. Jurnal Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 3(March): 30-36.
- Suryadi S. (2020), Review of: Fanany Rebecca & Fanany Ismet (2019), The Elderly Must Endure: Ageing in the Minangkabau Community in Modern Indonesia no. xii. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Archipel: Études interdisciplinaires sur le monde insulindien 99: 289-293.
- Suryadi S. (2020), Audible Locality: The Recording Industry in Indonesia and Its Approach to Minangkabau Music and Oral Tradition. Bangi: Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), The National University of Malaysia .
- Suryadi S. (2020), Pariwisata dan komodifikasi budaya Melayu di era Revolusi Industri 4.0: Proceeding International Conference on Malay Identity (ICMI): The Strategies of Promoting Malay Cultural Arts Having Economic Value in the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Era. : Jambi: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Jurusan Sejarah, Seni, dan Arkeologi, Universitas Jambi. 18-38.
- Suryadi S. (2019), Roman Medan: the nature and socio-political context of a corpus in Sumatran popular literature, 1930s-1960s, Malay Literature 32(2): 207-238.
- Suryadi S. (2019), Review of: Pramono (2018), Khazanah Naskah Minangkabau. Padang: Penerbit Erka. Malindo - Journal of Malaysian and Indonesian Studies 1(1): 68-71.
- Suryadi S. (2019), Goyangan telunjuk Fort Rotterdam kepada Istana Wolio: transliterasi dan sigian tekstual-historis terhadap naskah EAP212/6/3 (Abdul Mulku Zahari SR/45/AMZ), Jumantara, Jurnal manuskrip Nusantara 10(1): 71-92.
- Suryadi S. (2019), Napak tilas PPI Belanda: cikal bakal Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia. In: Astuti Tri & et al. (Eds.), PPI Dunia, untukmu bangsaku!. Bandung: CV. Rumah Karya. 2-28.
- Suryadi S. (2018) Legenda Seekor Kuda dan Kisah Sukses Sebuah Grup Musik. Review of: Zon Fadli (2017), Orkes Gumarang: Kisah Syaiful Nawas. Jakarta: Fadli Zon Library. Padang Ekspres : 15.
- Suryadi S. (2018), Resepsi Terhadap Muzik Pop Minang di Malaysia: Simbol Hubungan Kompleks Dua Bangsa & Budaya Serumpun. In: Arba’iyah M.N. (Ed.), Sumbu Dunia Melayu: Hubungan Keserumpunan Malaysia-Indonesia. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Universiti Malaya. 375-400.
- Suryadi S. (2018) Gadis Bangsawan Samurai & Bujang Minang dalam Pusaran Perang. Review of: Madjid Usman dan Hasril Chaniago Salmyah (2017), Memoar Siti Aminah Madjid Usman – Hiroko Osada: Kisah Hidup dan Perjuangan Seorang Putri Bangsawan Jepang untuk Kemerdekaan Indonesia. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia. Padang Ekspres : 15.
- Suryadi S. (2018) Sebuah Otobiografi dengan Interpretasi Tak Henti. Review of: Mestika Zed (2017), Saudagar Pariaman: Menerjang Ombak Membangun Maskapai. Jakarta: LP3ES. Padang Ekspres : 15.
- Suryadi S. (2018), Melepasi Belenggu Kontrak Kompeni: Refleksi Hubungan Buton-Belanda dalam Warkah Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie kepada Sultan Azimuddin, Malay Literature 31(2): 227-262.
- Suryadi S. (2018), Pariaman: Kaleidoskop Sebuah Kota Pantai Barat Sumatera. In: Yurizal K.W. (Ed.), 15 Tahun Kota Pariaman; Kaleidoskop Sebuah Kota di Pantai Barat Sumatera. Pariaman: Dinas Komunikasi dan Informasi Kota Pariaman. 1-25.
- Suryadi S. (2017), Review of: Fraser J.A. (2015), Gongs & Pop Songs: Sounding Minangkabau in Indonesia. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. Asian Ethnology 76(1): 185-188.
- Suryadi S. (20 September 2017), Roman Medan: Refleksi Budaya Urban. Waspada, p.A9.
- Suryadi S. (1 November 2017), Matu Mona, Pengarang Roman Medan. Waspada, p.A5.
- Suryadi S. (2017), Review of: Ricci R. (2016), Ronit Ricci. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. newbooks.asia .
- Suryadi S. & Zakariya H. (2017), The experiences of the International Institute of Islamic Civilization & Malay World (ISTAC), International Islamic University Malaysia in empowering the Malay World and Islamic Civilization, Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage 6(2): 221-236.
- Suryadi S. (2 February 2016), 'Roman Sumatera’: Antipoda Balai Poestaka. Pikiran Rakyat.
- Suryadi S. (2016), Review of: Mahayana Maman S. (2014), Kitab Kritik Sastra. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. Jurnal Melayu 15(1): 113-117.
- Suryadi S. (24 April 2016), Merayu Sukma: Pengarang Prolifik ‘Roman Sumatera’. Bali Post.
- Suryadi S. (2016), Review of: Abu Bakar Roslina (2013), Komunikasi Dua Hala Terancang: Satu Aplikasi dalam Penyampaian Cerita Rakyat Melayu. Bangi, Selangor: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Melayu: Jurnal Antarabangsa Dunia Melayu 9(2): 295-299.
- Suryadi S. (2016) (3 September 2016), Telisik ilmiah ‘Gamelan Minangkabau’. Review of: Fraser J.A. (2015), Gongs & Pop Songs: Sounding Minangkabau in Indonesia. Ohio: Ohio University Press. Kompas (Jakarta) 2016(September): 24.
- Suryadi S. (2016) Buku Rais Yatim, Tali Rahim Negeri Sembilan dan Minangkabau. Review of: Rais Yatim (2015), Adat: The Legacy of Minangkabau. Berita Harian 06-02-2016.
- Suryadi S. (2015), Dutch rule and local power: Context and content of the 18th and 19th century Malay letters from Sumbawa, Indonesia. In: Ding Choo Ming & Aziz Zalina Abdul (Eds.), Bridging the Past and Present: Festschrift Honouring Muhammad Haji Salleh. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. 1-34.
- Suryadi S. (2015), “Kabanti Ajonga Yinda Malusa: ‘Mutiara berkilau’ dari Buton untuk Indonesia”. In: Rosdin Ali (Ed.), Nilai-nilai Masyarakat Buton: Sumbangan Kabanti Ajonga Yinda Malusa untuk Revolusi Mental Indonesia. Kendari: Oceanic Press. xi-xxiii.
- Suryadi S. (2015) Pantun dan Bahasa Indah: Jendela Budaya Melayu. Review of: Rais Yatim (2013), Pantun & Bahasa Indah: Jendela Budaya Melayu. Kuala Lumpur: Endowment Publications. Melayu: Jurnal Antarabangsa Dunia Melayu 8(1): 161-163.
- Suryadi S. (2015), A linguistic kaleidoscope of the Malay letter: The case of eighteenth century official letters from the Sultanate of Buton, Wacana, Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 16(2): 304-338.
- Suryadi S. (2015), Review of: Wickramasinghe Nira (2014), Metallic Modern: Everyday Machines in Colonial Sri Lanka. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books. Itinerario 39(2): 379-381.
- Suryadi S. (2015), Summary of PhD Thesis: The recording industry and "regional" culture in Indonesia: The case of Minangkabau, Wacana, Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 16(2): 479-509.
- Suryadi S. (2015) Dari tradisi lisan ke tradisi cetak. Review of: Sastri Sunarti (2014), Kelisanan dan Keberaksaraan dalam Surat Kabar Terbitan Awal di Minangkabau (1859 - 1940-an). Kajian Lintas Media. Jakarta: KPG-EFEO-KITLV Jakarta-Fadly Zon Library .
- Suryadi S. (2015), Review of: Meij T.C. van de, Lambooij N. & Fathurrahman Oman (2014), The Malay Hikayat Mi‘rāj Nabi Muhammad: The Prophet Muhammad’s Nocturnal Journey to Heaven and Hell. Leiden - Boston: Brill. Studia Islamika 22(2): 367-375.
- Suryadi S. & McGlynn J.H. (2014), Pendahuluan / Introduction. In: Salleh Muhammad (Ed.), Krakatau: The Tale of Lampung Submerged / Syair Lampung Karam. Jakarta: The Lontar Foundation. vi -xxxi.
- Suryadi S. (2014), Nasionalisme Seorang Putra Pariaman: Mengenang Kepahlawanan H. Bagindo Dahlan Abdullah (1895-1950). Sejarah Pariaman dan Kepahlawanan H. Bagindo Dahlan Abdullah 25 August 2014 - 25 August 2014.
- Suryadi (16 December 2014), The recording industry and 'regional' culture in Indonesia : the case of Minangkabau (Dissertatie, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University): Faculty of the Humanities, Leiden University. Supervisor(s): Arps B.
- Suryadi S. (2014), Review of: Couperus Louis Marie-Anne (2011), Kekuatan Diam (De Stille Kracht). Jakarta: Kanisius. Jurnal Melayu 12(1): 82-84.
- Suryadi S. (2014), Review of: Jones Tod (2013), Culture, power, and authoritarianism in the Indonesian state: cultural policy across the twentieth century to the Reform era.. Verhandelingen 287; Southeast Asian Mediated 3. Leiden: Brill. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 170(2-3): 397-399.
- Suryadi (2014), Review of: Heeren Katinka van (2012), Contemporary Indonesian film: spirits of reform and ghost of the past. Verhandelingen no. 277. Leiden: KITLV Press. Wacana, Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 15(2): 394-397.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Obituari Prof. Dr. Umar Junus (2 Mei 1934 - 8 Mac 2010): Perginya "A Man for All Theories", Jurnal Antarbangsa Alam dan Tamadun Melayu / International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation (Iman) 1(1): 39-54.
- Suryadi S. (2013), 'Syair' in the Malay manuscript tradition. In: Putten Jan van der & et al. (Eds.), Yang Menulis / They Who Write. Singapore: National Library Board. 54-67.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Refleksi (me-/pe-) rantau dalam pantun Minangkabau. In: Affan Delano & et al. (Eds.), Mochtar Naim: Merantau Sepanjang Masa. Jakarta: Tim Inisiator 80 Tahun Mochtar Naim and Komunitas Bambu. 320 - 337.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Syair Mekah dan Madinah karya Syekh Daud Sunur, 1832. In: Chambert-Loir Henri (Ed.), Naik Haji di Masa Silam, Tahun 1482-1890 no. 1. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia [etc.]. 249 - 325.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Tiga Catatan tentang Ibadah Haji dan Tanah Hejaz dalam Berkala Bintang Hindia. In: Chambert-Loir Henri (Ed.), Naik Haji di Masa Silam, Tahun 1900-1950 no. 2. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia [etc.]. 471 - 504.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Buku Wulang Haji: Nasehat Seorang Ulama Sunda kepada Orang yang Berhasrat Pergi Naik Haji. In: Chambert-Loir Henri (Ed.), Naik Haji di Masa Silam, Tahun 1482-1890 no. 1. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia [etc.]. 413 - 434.
- Suryadi S. (12 May 2013), Sastra, Etnisitas, Agama, dan Kebangsaan. Kompas (Jakarta): 20-20.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Review of: Kartomi Margaret (2012), Musical Journey in Sumatra. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. Indonesia 96: 213 - 218.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Review of: Weintraub Andrew (2010), Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music. New York: Oxford University Press. Wacana Seni. Journal of Arts Discourse 12: 133 - 140.
- Suryadi S. (2013), Review of: Richter Mark M. (2012), Musical Worlds in Yogyakarta. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde no. 281. Leiden: KITLV Press. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 169(2-3): 401 - 404.
- Suryadi S. (2013) Jejak Migrasi Orang Mentawai dalam Tradisi Lisan. Review of: Juniator Tulius (2013), Family Stories; Oral Tradition, Memories of the Past, and Contemporary Conflicts over Land in Mentawai-Indonesia. Leiden: Leiden University. Kompas (Jakarta) (28 July 2013): 22.
- Suryadi S. (2012), A Critical Voice on Muslim Pilgrims from Java: Reflection on UBL Manuscript Or. 5567, Omslag. Bulletin van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden en het Scaliger Instituut 10(2): 13-14.
- Suryadi S. (2012), “Boekoe Woelang Hadji (Leiden Cod. Or. 5567): Pandangan Kritikal Seorang Hoofd-Penghoeloe Sunda Terhadap Jemaah Haji Nusantara Abad Ke-19”, Jurnal Filologi Melayu 19: 72-100.
- Suryadi S. (2012), Dari pusat 'think tank' kolonial ke tepi ingatan kolonialisme: kesinambungan dan perubahan arah Studi Melayu-Indonesia di Leiden, Belanda. Kim Jang Gyem & et al. (Eds.), 2012 DMIT International Conference: Issues and Challenges in Malay-Indonesian Studies. 2012 DMIT International Conference: Issues and Challenges in Malay-Indonesian Studies. Seoul: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. 289-329.
- Suryadi S. (2012), Peran Sastra Melayu dalam Pembentukan Karakter Bangsa. Yulika Febri (Ed.), International Seminar of Southeast Asia Malay Art Festival: "Rediscovering the Treasures of Malay Culture". . Padangpanjang: ISI Padangpanjang Press. 119-158.
- Suryadi S. (2012) Book review. Review of: Lindsay Jenifer & Liem Maya H.T. (2012), Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian 1950-1965. Leiden: KITLV Press. Indonesia 94: 145-148.
- Suryadi S. (2012), Review of: Hijjas Mulaika (2011), Victorious Wives: The Disguised Heroine in 19th-Century Malay Syair no. 2. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of Royal Asiatic Society. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 85: 117-120.
- Suryadi S. (2012) Book review. Review of: (2011), I Nyoman Darma Putra, A Literary Mirror: Balinese Reflections on Modernity and Identity in the Twentieth Century. Leiden: KITL Press. Archipel: Études interdisciplinaires sur le monde insulindien 84: 250-253.
- Suryadi S. (2012) Sejak dari Istana Raja sampai Tempayan dan Piring. Review of: , Henri Chambert-Loir: Sultan, Pahlawan dan Hakim: Lima teks Indonesia lama no. 2. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. Jumantara, Jurnal manuskrip Nusantara 3: 178-187.
- Suryadi S. (26 May 2012), In memoriam Prof Dr A. Teeuw: Kenangan kepadamu terentang dari Leiden hingga Jakarta. Kompas (Jakarta): 7-7.
- Suryadi S. (2012), The tale of Lampung submerged: A native’s reflection of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Krakatau in 1883, The Newsletter (International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden) (6): 8-10.
- Suryadi S. (2011), The image of radio technology in modern Indonesian literature. In: Sinha. Lalita (Ed.), Rainbows of Malay literature and beyond: Festchrift in honour of Professor Md. Salleh Yaapar. Penang: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia. 124-160.
- Suryadi S. (2011), Review of: Strassler Karen (2010), Refracted visions: popular photography and national modernity in Java no. 3. Durham [etc.]: Duke University Press. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 42: 548-550.
- Suryadi S. (2011), Review of: Graves Elizabeth E. (2007), Asal-usul elite Minangkabau modern; Respons terhadap kolonial Belanda Abad XIX/XX no. 1. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. Wacana. Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 13: 227-231.
- Suryadi S. (2011) Book review : Karen Strassler, Refracted visions: Popular photography and national modernity in Java. Review of: Strassler Karen (2010), Refracted visions: Popular photography and national modernity in Java no. 1. Durham and London: Duke University Press. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 167: 126-129.
- Suryadi S. (2011), Sumbawa timber and Dutch cannon, Omslag. Bulletin van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden en het Scaliger Instituut 9(2): 12-13.
- Suryadi S. (2011), Review of: Cohen Matthew Isaac (2010), Performing Otherness: Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952 no. 4. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 167: 568-572.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Syair Lampung Karam: Sebuah dokumen pribumi tentang dahsyatnya letusan Krakatau 1883. Padang: Komunitas Penggiat Sastra Padang.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Sepuluh surat Sultan Bima Abdul Hamid Muhammad Syah. In: Chambert-Loir Henri & et al. (Eds.), Iman dan diplomasi: serpihan sejarah kerajaan Bima. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, École Française d’Extrême-Orient and Direktorat Jenderal Sejarah dan Purbakala Kementrian Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Republik Indonesia. 105-188.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Warkah-warkah Melayu dari kerajaan-kerajaan lokal di Pulau Bali. In: Hashim Ismail (Ed.), Tinta di dada naskhah: Melakar jasa Dato' Dr. Abu Hasan Sham. Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya. 549-495.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Animisme dan takhayul di Minangkabau: aspek bahasa dan kebudayaan. In: Zubir Zaiyardam (Ed.), Managak'an banang basah: membangun tradisi intelektual dalam masyarakat kampus yang hedonis: persembahan untuk Prof. Dr. Amir Hakim Usman. Padang: Minangkabau Press. 101-131.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Review of: Jurriëns Ewin (2009), From monologue to dialogue; Radio and reform in Indonesia no. 2. Leiden: KITLV Press. Wacana. Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 12: 414-417.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Review of: Julian Millie (2009), Splashed by the saint; Ritual reading and Islamic sanctity in West Java no. 2/3. Leiden: KITLV Press. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 166: 350-356.
- Suryadi S. (2010), The impact of the West Sumatran regional recording industry on Minangkabau oral literature, Wacana. Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 12(1): 35-69.
- Suryadi S. (2010), Dua pucuk surat Kerajaan Buton dari abad ke-17: Kandungan isi dan konteks sejarah, Jurnal Filologi Melayu 17: 123-148.
- Suryadi S. (2010) Book Review. Review of: Jelani Harun (2009), Bustan al-Salatin: a Malay mirror for rulers no. 10. Pulau Pinang: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia 28: 123-133.
- Suryadi S. (2009), Sejarah pengajaran bahasa Minangkabau. In: Zubir Zaiyardam & et al. (Eds.), Im memoriam Prof. Dr. Khaidir Anwar: ilmuwan sederhana nan bersahaja. Padang: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Andalas. 493-534.
- Suryadi S. (2009), Pengantar. Sjahrial St. & Nain Sjafnir Aboe (Eds.), Kenang-kenangan di Sumatra Barat selama tahun-tahun 1831-1843 oleh Letnan 1 Infanteri J.C. Boelhouwer. . Padang: Lembaga Kajian Gerakan Paderi (1831-1838). 6-16.
- Suryadi S. (2009), Review of: Loven Karlijn (2008), Watching Si Doel: Television, language and cultural identity in contemporary Indonesia no. 1. Leiden: KITLV Press. Wacana. Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 11: 181-184.
- Suryadi S. (2009), Review of: (2008), Karya lengkap Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Misri no. 4. Jakarta: EFEO en Komunitas Bambu. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 165: 607-611.
- Suryadi S. (2009), Review of: Braginsky Vladimir I. (2007), ...and sails de boat downstream: Malay Sufi poem of the boat no. 1. Leiden: Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 165: 169-172.
- Suryadi S. (2009) 'Etalase' baru untuk menengok koleksi naskhah Melayu di Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden. Review of: Wieringa E.P. (2007), Catalogue of Malay and Minangkabau manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and other collections in the Netherlands, Volume Two. Leiden: Leiden University Library. Jurnal Filologi Melayu 16: 139-142.
- Suryadi S. (2009) Etnografi Muzik Pop di Indonesia. Review of: Wallach Jeremy (2008), Modern noise, fluid genres: popular music in Indonesia, 1997-2001. Madison, Wisconsin [etc.]: The University of Wisconsin Press. Wacana Seni. Journal of Arts Discourse 8: 126-132.
- Suryadi S. (2009) Perempuan, Islam, dan Kemodenan dalam Masitah. Review of: Shafei Mawae (2007), Masitah no. 6. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Dewan Sastera. Jurnal Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 36: 34-35.
- Suryadi S. (2009) Resistensi nasab ibu terbesar di dunia. Review of: Hadler Jeffrey (2008), Muslims and matriarchs: cultural resilience in Indonesia through jihad and colonialism no. 3. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 40: 655-657.
- Suryadi S. (2009) Review. Review of: Hadler Jeffrey (2008), Muslims and matriarchs: cultural resilience in Indonesia through jihad and colonialism. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press 19 april.
- Suryadi S. (17 May 2009), Yang tak picisan dalam Roman Pergaoelan. Padang Ekspres.
- Suryadi S. (2009) Politik warung kopi dan (iklan) Singgalang. Review of: Sawir Pribadi (2008), Mak Pono online: seri palanta Singgalang. Padang: Singgalang. Singgalang .
- Suryadi S. (2009), Teknologi, modernitas, dan zaman 'pantjaroba': representasi radio dalam dua roman Indonesia di akhir zaman kolonial, Humaniora. Jurnal Budaya, Sastra, dan Bahasa, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Gadjah Mada 21(2): 125-157.
- Suryadi S. (2009), Syair Syurga: a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra, SARI. Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu. Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 27: 67-85.
- Suryadi S. (7 December 2008), 'Terperosok' di 'lubang' yang sama. Padang Ekspres.
- Suryadi S. (2008), Surat-surat Sultan Buton dengan Belanda: Koleksi Leiden University, Belanda. In: Darmawan M. Yusran (Ed.), Menyibak Kabut di Keraton Buton: (Bau-Bau: Past, Present, and Future) 73-96.
- Suryadi S. (2008) Telaah kritis sumber-sumber pribumi. Review of: Pudjiastuti Titik (2007), Perang, dagang, persahabatan; Surat-surat Sultan Banten. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia-NIOD-KITLV Jakarta 10 August: 11-11.
- Suryadi S. (2008) Menelisik karya Abdullah Munshi. Review of: Sweeney Amin (2008), Karya lengkap Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Munsyi, Jilid 3: Hikayat Abdullah. Jakarta: KPG - EFEO - Perpustakaan Nasional RI .
- Suryadi S. (2008), Review of: (2007), Perang, dagang, persahabatan: Surat-surat Sultan Banten no. 4. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, The Toyota Foundation. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 164: 569-572.
- Suryadi S. (2008) Refleksi historis euforia otonomi daerah. Review of: Asnan Gusti (2007), Memikir ulang regionalisme: Sumatera Barat tahun 1950-an no. 2008. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia-NIOD-KITLV Jakarta 2 march: 11-11.
- Suryadi S. (2008) Biografi lengkap Pangeran Diponegoro. Review of: Carey Peter (2007), The power of prophecy: Prince Dipanagara and the end of an old order in Java, 1785-1855. Leiden: KITLV Press 27 Okt.: 38-38.
- Suryadi S. (2008) Cermin bagi Provinsi Industri Otak. Review of: Graves Elizabeth E. (2008), Asal-usul elite Minangkabau modern: respons terhadap kolonial Belanda abad XIX/XX. Jakarta: Yayasa Obor Indonesia. Padang Ekspres .
- Suryadi S. (2008) Kiprah seorang Minang 'jago bahasa Indonesia' di Volksraad. Review of: Azizah Etek & et al (2008), Kelah sang Demang: Jahja Datoek Kajo, pidato otokritik di Volksraad. Yogyakarta: LKiS. Padang Ekspres .
- Suryadi S. (12 October 2008), Kekristenan dalam kesusastraan Indonesia. Kompas (Jakarta): 28-28.
- Suryadi S. (2008), Sepucuk surat dari seorang bangsawan Gowa di tanah pembuangan (Ceylon), Wacana. Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya 10(2): 214-245.
- Suryadi S. (2007) Yang tersisa dan masih bertahan dari tradisi pernaskaahan Minangkabau. Review of: Yusuf M. (2006), Katalogus manuskrip dan skriptorium Minangkabau. Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Jurnal Filologi Melayu 15: 101-108.
- Suryadi S. (2007), Transnasionalisasi muzik Indonesia: Makna kultural dan fungsi sisiopolitik resepsi muzik pop Minang di Malaysia, Wacana Seni. Journal of Arts Discourse 6: 1-30.
- Suryadi S. (2007), Warkah-warkah Sultan Buton Muhyiuddin Abdul Gafur kepada Kompeni Belanda koleksi Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, SARI. Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu. Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 25: 125-216.
- Suryadi S. (2007), Rencana Pengarang/Editorial, SARI. Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu. Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 25: 1-8.
- Suryadi S. (2007), Surat-surat Sultan Buton, Dayyan Asraruddin dan Kaimuddin I, koleksi Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden, Belanda, Humaniora. Jurnal Budaya, Sastra, dan Bahasa, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Gadjah Mada 19(3): 284-301.
- Suryadi S. (2006), Kitab "manasik haji" pertama dalam bahasa Melayu. In: Lapian A.B., Hisyam Muhammad, Zuhdi Susanto, Ardana I Ketut & Abdurachman Sukri (Eds.), Sejarah & dialog peradaban; Persembahan 70 tahun Prof. Dr. Taufik Abdullah. Jakarta: LIPI Press. 275-310.
- Suryadi S. (2006), Saman: representation of a minority religion in modern Indonesian literature, Jurnal Ilmu Kemanusiaan: Journal of Humanities 13: 1-30.
- Suryadi S. (2006), The 'talking machine' comes to the Dutch East Indies: the arrival of Western media technology in Southeast Asia, Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 162(2/3): 269-305.
- Suryadi S. (2006), Vernacular intelligence: colonial pedagogy and the language question in Minangkabau, Indonesia and the Malay World 34(100): 315-344.
- Suryadi S. (2005), Media and the margins: radio in Pekanbaru, Riau (Indonesia), Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 36(1): 131-151.
- Suryadi S. (2005), Wanita Minangkabau dalam dunia kesenian: sebuah tinjauan sosial budaya. In: Wahyono Parwatri & Mastuti Dwi Woro Retno (Eds.), Tali Rasa. Depok: Program Studi Jawa Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia. 105-122.
- Suryadi S. (2005), Dari rasa kagum sampai empati: citra dunia Melayu (Nusantara) dalam puisi yang ditulis orang Eropa abad ke-19, Basis. Jurnal Sastra dan Kebudayaan 03/04: 36-48.
- Suryadi S. (2005), Syair Sunur: 'autobiografi' seorang dagang Minangkabau, SARI. Jurnal Alam dan Tamadun Melayu. Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 25: 177-203.
- Suryadi S. (2004), Syair Sunur; Teks dan konteks 'otobiografi' seorang ulama MInangkabau abad ke-19. Padang: YDIKM & Citra Budaya.
- Suryadi S. (2004), Negara tanpa bangsa; fakta dan interpretasi terhadap wacana novel Indonesia, Melayu. Jurnal Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 2(2): 162-189.
- Suryadi S. (2003) Boekbespreking. Review of: Kratz E. Ulrich & Adriyetti Amir (2002), Surat keterangan Syekh Jalaluddin karangan Fakih Saghir. Luala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Jurnal Filologi Melayu 11: 109-125.
- Suryadi S. (2003) Boekbespreking. Review of: Marzam (2002), Basirompak: sebuah aktvitas ritual magis menuju seni pertunjukan no. 04. Yogyakarta: Kepel Press. Seni. Jurnal Pengetahuan dan Penciptaan Seni IX: 410-419.
- Suryadi S. (2003), Dunia penerbitan dan perbukuan di Sumatra Barat sebelum kemerdekaan, Melayu. Jurnal Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 1(2): 138-156.
- Suryadi S. (2003), Spirit lokalitas dalam siaran radio di Indonesia; studi kasus di kota Pekanbaru, Seni. Jurnal Pengetahuan dan Penciptaan Seni IX(02-03): 149-172.
- Suryadi S. (2003), Minangkabau commercial cassettes and the cultural impact of recording industry in West Sumatra, Asian Music. Journal of the Society of Asian Music 34(2): 51-89.
- Suryadi S. (2002) Boekbespreking. Review of: Dumas Robert Martin (2000), Teater Abdul Muluk in Zuid Sumatra: op de drempel van een nieuw tijdperk no. 8. Leiden: CNWS. Jurnal ATL. Asosiasi Tradisi Lisan 7: 99-104.
- Suryadi S. (2001), Yang pergi dengan dendam dan kembali dengan cerita; sekilas tentang latar belakang sejarah dan isi Syair Makah dan Madinah. Yusuf M. (Ed.), Penelitian naskah Nusantara dari sudut pandang kebudayaan Nusantara; kumpulan makalah Simposium Internasional Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (Manassa) V, Padang, 28-31 Juli 2001. . Padang: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Andalas. 193-242.
- Suryadi S. (2001) Boekbespreking. Review of: Pauka Kirsten (1998), Theater and martial arts in West Sumatra: randai and silek of the Minangkabau no. 7. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. Jurnal ATL. Asosiasi Tradisi Lisan VII: 44-47.
- Suryadi S. (2001), Shaikh Daud of Sunur; conflict between reformists and Shattariyah Sufi order in Rantau Pariaman in the first half of the nineteenth century, Studia Islamika. Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies 8(3): 57-124.
- Suryadi S. (1999) Boekbespreking. Review of: Collins William A. (1998), Geguritan Radin Suane: a study of the Besemah oral epic from South Sumatra no. 5. Leiden: KITLV Press. Jurnal ATL. Asosiasi Tradisi Lisan V: 56-60.
- Suryadi S. (1998), Tradisi Basimalin; Pengantar teks dan transliterasi. Depok: Program Penggalakan Kajian Sumber-sumber Tertulis Nusantara, Universitas Indonesia.
- Suryadi S. (1998), Rabab Pariaman. In: McGlynn John H. (Ed.), Language and Literature; Indonesian Heritage Series. Singapore: Archipelago Press. 66-67.
- Suryadi S. (1997), Sastra Minangkabau di tengah tradisi sastra Indonesia modern. Pogadaev Victor A. (Ed.), Nacional'noe stroitel'stvo i literaturnyj/kul'turnyj process v Jugovostocnoj Azii (Proceeding papers presented at the International Seminar National Build-Up and Literary/Cultural Process in South-East Asia), Moscow State University, June 24-27 1996. . Moskva: Institut Stran Azii i Afriki pri Moskovskom gosudarstvennom universitete imeni M.V. Lomonosova: Nusantara Society. 321-331.
- Suryadi S. (1997) Yang tersisa dan masih bertahan dari tradisi pernaskaahan Minangkabau. Review of: Rukmi Maria Indra (1997), Penyalinan naskah Melayu di Jakarta pada abad XIX: naskah Algemeene Secretarie: kajian dari segi kodikologi. Depok: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia. Jurnal Filologi Melayu 6: 113-116.
- Suryadi S. (1997), Review of: Rukmi Maria Indra (1997), Penyalinan naskah Melayu di Jakarta pada abad XIX: naskah Algemeene secretarie: kajian dari segi kodikologi. Depok: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia. Jurnal Filologi Melayu 6: 113-116.
- Suryadi S. (1996), Dialektika adat dan agama dalam sastra lisan Minangkabau, Horison. Majalah Sastra 12/4(XXX): 21-27.
- Suryadi S. (1996), Tradisi lisan dalam upacara Kwangkay: puncak upacara kematian suku Dayak Benuaq, Kalimantan Review 5: 3-6.
- Suryadi S. (1996), Resitasi dalam pertunjukan Basimalin: dari naskah ke pelisanan, Jurnal Filologi Melayu 5: 69-85.
- Suryadi S. (1996), Menciptakan konstruksi semantis tak terhingga dalam keterbatasan kata: studi tentang keformulaikan dalam penceritaan kaba, Jurnal ATL. Asosiasi Tradisi Lisan 2: 22-35.
- Suryadi S. (1996), Rabab Pariaman: satu ragam seni bercerita di pesisir barat Minangkabau, Seni. Jurnal Pengetahuan dan Penciptaan Seni V(01-02): 82-96.
- Suryadi S. (1995) Tempat bagi cerita dalam 'kanon' sastra. Review of: Derks Will (1994), The feast of story telling on Malay oral tradition. Jakarta: RUL .
- Suryadi S. (1995) Telaah kritis sumber-sumber pribumi. Review of: Derks Will (1994), The feast of storytelling on Malay oral tradition. Jakarta: RUL 8 januari: 18-18.
- Suryadi S. (1994), Indang: seni bersilat lidah di Minangkabau, Seni. Jurnal Pengetahuan dan Penciptaan Seni IV(03): 226-239.
- Suryadi S. (1993), Rebab Pesisir Selatan; Cerita Zamzami dan Marlaini. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.
- Suryadi S. (1993), Rebab Pesisir Selatan: cerita Zamzami dan Marlaini. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.
- Suryadi S. (1993), Dendang Pauah; Cerita orang Lubuk Sikaping. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.