About AIFIS

AIFIS is a consortium of American universities and colleges that have expressed a keen interest in furthering the development of Indonesian studies in the United States. Its main goals are to foster scholarly exchange between Indonesian and U.S. scholars, to promote educational and research efforts by U.S. scholars in Indonesia, and to facilitate visits by Indonesian scholars to the United States. AIFIS has opened a research office in Jakarta in the Sampoerna University, L’Avenue Building, 6th Floor, Building 1, Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu-Pancoran, Jakarta Selatan, We launched our activities on January 9, 2012.

On February 15, 2013, AIFIS has opened a satellite office in Yogyakarta in the Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara, Gedung PAU UGM Sayap Timur 1st Floor, Jl. Teknika Utara, Barek , YogyakartaThe American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) is a non-profit (501c3) educational organization incorporated in the United States. It was established with the generous financial support of The Henry Luce Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the United States and the Putera Sampoerna Foundation in Indonesia.

Executive Board:

Siddharth Chandra (Michigan State University), President
G.G. Weix (University of Montana), Vice President
Jenny Goldstein (Cornell University), Secretary
Martin F. Hatch (Cornell University), Treasurer
Thomas B. Pepinsky (Cornell University), Past President

Affiliate Institutions and Board of Directors:
Arizona State University - James Rush
University of California, Davis - Henry Spiller
University of California, Los Angeles - Juliana Wijaya
University of California, Riverside - Muhamad Ali
University of California, Santa Cruz - Anna Tsing
Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian - Jolanda Pandin
Cornell University - Thomas B. Pepinsky
University of Delaware - Patricia Sloane-White
East-West Center, Hawai’i - Terance Bigalke
Emory University - James Hoesterey
Harvard University - TBD
University of Hawai’i - Ehito Kimura
Michigan State University - Siddharth Chandra
University of Michigan - Nancy Florida
Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education - Theo Sypris
University of Montana - G.G. Weix
University of Nebraska - Thomas Farrell
Northern Illinois University - Kikue Hamayotsu
Ohio University - Jeff Shane
University of Oregon - Tuong Vu
University of Pittsburgh - Andrew Weintraub
Rutgers University, Newark - Christopher Duncan
Stanford University - Donald K. Emmerson
University of Texas, El Paso - Stacey Sowards
Wake Forest University - Nelly van Doorn-Harder
University of Washington - Celia Lowe
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Anna Gade
Wesleyan University - Sumarsam
Yale University - Michael Dove

Board of Advisors:

Etin Anwar (Dept.of Religious Studies Hobart-William Smith College)

James Castle (CastleAsia)

Gregory Churchill (Indonesia)

Kathryn Emerson (Jakarta International School & Pujangga Laras, Surakarta)

Al Jaeger (Putera Sampoerna Foundation)

Fasli Jalal (Andalas University, Indonesia)

Carol Mitchell (Library of Congress)

Taufik Abdullah (Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia—AIPI)

AIFIS in the United States:

Netta Anggia, Executive Director

Brian Arnold, Web and Social Media Manager

Rebakah Daro Minarcheck, Program Advisor

IFIS in Indonesia (Jakarta and Yogyakarta Research Centers):

Yosef Djakababa, Indonesia Country Representative (Jakarta)

Johan Purnama, Deputy Director (Jakarta)

Annas Bentari, Program Manager (Jakarta)

Faishol Adib, Program Manager (Yogyakarta)