Rianne Subijanto
Assc Professor
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Communication Studies
Areas of expertise: media technologies and infrastructures, social movements, global history of communication, history of colonialism and capitalism in Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Email Address: rianne.subijanto@baruch.cuny.edu
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Rianne Subijanto is a media historian of Southeast Asia, specializing in Indonesia. Her research explores global communication in the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century colonialism and capitalism, showing how technologies, infrastructures, and communicative practices are deeply entangled with power, labor, and ecology. Broadly, her work contributes to debates on democratic communication, global media, and the critical theory and history of capitalism, while foregrounding struggles for universal emancipation as well as social and environmental justice.
Her first book, Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia (Cornell University Press, 2025), examines how enlightenment ideals and communist ideas intersected in shaping the emancipatory spirit that fueled the pergerakan merah, the anticolonial “red movement” of 1920s Indonesia. Grounded in critical media studies’ concern with everyday practices, it recovers the stories of lower-class women, children, and people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who resisted Dutch colonialism through multiple arenas of communication—political associations, assemblies, print culture, schools, and shipping lines. In these struggles, existing communication technologies were repurposed as instruments of anticolonial and anticapitalist resistance. The book demonstrates that the innovative techniques of the pergerakan merah shifted anticolonial mobilization in Indonesia from warfare to modern forms of communication.
She is currently working on her second book exploring the environmental history of global communication that reconceptualizes media as ecological-material systems. The book compares two Malay plants—gutta percha (Palaquium gutta), essential to nineteenth-century telegraphy, and lontar (Borassus flabellifer, or palmyra palm), long used for palm-leaf manuscripts—to examine how labor, land/nature, and community enabled media technologies. She is a Senior Fellow of the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography and serves on the Editorial Board of the Bloomsbury Series in Cultural History and Historical Culture, the Advisory Board of Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde/Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, the Executive Committee of the New York Southeast Asia Network, and as an editor for Indoprogress.com.
Education
Ph.D., Communication studies, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado
M.A., Media, culture and communication, New York University United States
B.A., English studies, Universitas Indonesia Depok Indonesia
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Summer 2025 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2025 | FSCP | 82500 | Media & the Environment |
| Spring 2025 | MALS | 77300 | Film Theories |
| Spring 2025 | WSCP | 81000 | Media & the Environment |
| Spring 2025 | COM | 4900 | Capstone in Comm Studies |
| Fall 2024 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Fall 2024 | COM | 3062 | Studies in Electronic Media |
| Fall 2024 | COM | 3062 | Studies in Electronic Media |
| Summer 2024 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Summer 2024 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2024 | COM | 4900 | Capstone in Comm Studies |
| Spring 2024 | COM | 9991 | Masters Thesis In Cc |
| Fall 2023 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Fall 2023 | COM | 3062 | Studies in Electronic Media |
| Fall 2023 | COM | 3062 | Studies in Electronic Media |
| Fall 2023 | COM | 9992 | MA Capstone Project |
| Fall 2023 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Summer 2023 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Summer 2023 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Spring 2023 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2023 | COM | 9505 | Media Analysis |
| Spring 2023 | COM | 9900 | Independent Study |
| Spring 2023 | COM | 9991 | Masters Thesis In Cc |
| Spring 2023 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2023 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Fall 2022 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Fall 2022 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Summer 2022 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Summer 2022 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Spring 2022 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2022 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Fall 2021 | COM | 9991 | Masters Thesis In Cc |
| Fall 2021 | COM | 3062 | Studies in Electronic Media |
| Fall 2021 | GLS | 4900 | Global Studies Capstone |
| Summer 2021 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Spring 2021 | COM | 9660 | Sel Topics/Corp Comm |
| Spring 2021 | COM | 9991 | Masters Thesis In Cc |
| Spring 2021 | COM | 4101 | Selected Topics |
| Fall 2020 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Fall 2020 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Summer 2020 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Spring 2020 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2020 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Fall 2019 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Fall 2019 | COM | 5000 | Independent Study COM I |
| Fall 2019 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Summer 2019 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Spring 2019 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Spring 2019 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2019 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Fall 2018 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Fall 2018 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Summer 2018 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Fall 2017 | COM | 9505 | Media Analysis |
| Fall 2017 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Fall 2017 | COM | 3076 | International Communication |
| Fall 2017 | COM | 5000 | Independent Study COM I |
| Spring 2017 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2017 | COM | 3057 | Intro to Digital Comm & Cult |
| Spring 2017 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Fall 2016 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
| Fall 2016 | COM | 4101 | Selected Topics |
| Fall 2016 | COM | 3060 | Media Analysis and Criticism |
Books
Lin, H., Stutje, K., & Subijanto, R. (2026). Beyond Party: The Indonesian Left in the Twentieth Century . Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden University Press. In Progress.
Subijanto, R. (2025). Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. Ithaca NY, USA, Cornell University Press.
Journal Articles
Subijanto, R. (2024). From London to Bali: Raymond Williams and Communication as Transport and Social Networks. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 27(1). 129-145.
(2023). Interpreting Islam from Without: Religious Resilience, Inclusion, and the Importance of Reason. Harvard Theological Review, In Progress.
Subijanto, R. (2017). Enlightenment and the Revolutionary Press in Colonial Indonesia . International Journal of Communication, (11). 1357-1377.
Subijanto, R. (2014). Kajian Budaya dan Marxisme: Kritik terhadap Klaim “Kritis” Cultural Studies, Political Economy of Culture, dan Critical Theory (Cultural Studies and Marxism: A Critique of the Claim "Critical" in Cultural Studies, Political Economy of Culture, and Critical Theory). IndoPROGRESS, Jurnal Pemikiran Marxis , 1(1). 71-104.
Subijanto, R. (2011). The Visibility of a Pious Public. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal , 12(2). 240-253.
Subijanto, R. (2009). Religious TV Series: The Making of Popular Piety Culture in Indonesia. Digithum Journal, (11/May). 32-37.
Book Chapters
Subijanto, R. (2019). Communist Openbare Vergaderingen and an Indonesian Revolutionary Public Sphere. In Chatterjee, C., Marks, S. G., Neuburger, M., & Sabol, S. (Eds.), The Global Impacts Of Russia's Great War And Revolution, Book 2: The Wider Arc Of Revolution, Part 2 (pp. 277-297). Indiana,USA. Indiana University Slavic Publishers.
Subijanto, R. (2009). Indonesian Islamist Media: A Struggle against or a Legitimacy of the Dominant Ideology?. In Le, T. (Ed.), Critical Discourse Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Perspective NY,USA. Nova Publisher.
Presentations
Subijanto, R. (2025, April 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. Northwestern’s Equality, Development, and Globalization (EDGS) Program. Northwestern UniversityIn Progress.
Subijanto, R. (2025, April 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. University of Wisconsin Madison The CSEAS Forum. University of Wisconsin Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison. In Progress.
Subijanto, R. (2025, February 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. LSE Southeast Asia Centre Book Talk. London School of EconomicsIn Progress.
Subijanto, R. (2025, July 9). Rawed: Gutta Percha, Deforestation, and the Quest for Global Imperialism. Historical Materialism and Inter Asia Cultural Studies 2025 Conference. Thailand: Inter Asia Cultural Studies 2025 Conference and Historical Materialism.
Subijanto, R. (2025, September 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia . Indoprogress Book Discussion. Indonesia: Indoprogress.
Subijanto, R. (2025, August 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia . Konsorsium Nasional Sejarah Komunikasi Book Discussion. Indonesia: Konsorsium Nasional Sejarah Komunikasi.
Subijanto, R. (2025, April 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. NYSEAN Book Talk. New York University: NYSEAN.
Subijanto, R. (2025, October 9). Translation is Political: Indonesian Marxists and Texts-In-Motion. University of Toronto “Marxism in/as Translation” Workshop. University of TorontoIn Progress.
Subijanto, R. (2025, August 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. NUS History Department Speaker Series. National University of Singapore: National University of Singapore.
Subijanto, R. (2025, July 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium Book talk. Book Culture: Book Culture and SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium.
Subijanto, R. (2025, July 9). Book Talk: Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia . Inter Asia Cultural Studies 2025 Conference. Thailand: Inter Asia Cultural Studies 2025 Conference.
Subijanto, R. (2025, June 9). Behind the Birth of Global Communication: Gutta Percha, Scarcity, and Ecological Extraction. 2025 AIFIS-MSU Conference on Indonesian Studies. Online: The American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) and Michigan State University (MSU) Asian Studies Center.
Subijanto, R. Book Discussion Buried Histories: The Anticommunist Massacres of 1965-1966 in Indonesia. Indoprogress (Zoom): Indoprogress.
Subijanto, R. Articulating a Marxist-Feminist Critique of Colonial Capitalism through Communist Media Production. Association for Asian Studies Conference. Seattle: Association for Asian Studies.
Subijanto, R. (2025, June 9). Feminism and revolutionary communication in radical times. Cultural Studies Association Conference. George Mason University: Cultural Studies Association.
Subijanto, R. (2025, August 9). Communist subjectivity and the nascent kromo women’s movement in 1920s. The First East and Southeast Asia Historical Materialism Conference. Universitas Indonesia: East and Southeast Asia Historical Materialism.
Subijanto, R. (2025, October 9). Arc of a Revolution: Reflecting on 100 years of Left Organizing in Indonesia from Sinar Hindia to Indoprogress. The Union for Democratic Communications Conference. University of Pennsylvania: The Union for Democratic Communications.
Subijanto, R. (2023, March 31). Radical printers in a time of revolution. Columbia University Seminar in Material Texts. Columbia University: Material Texts Seminar.
Subijanto, R. (2025, May 9). From Slogan to Feuilleton: The Communist Textual Traditions. International Communication Association Conference. Paris: International Communication Association.
Subijanto, R. (2022, April 30). Communication against Capital: Global Asia in the Making. “Global Asia in a Multipolar World” lecture series. Arizona State University: Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University.
Subijanto, R. (2022, December 31). Islam and Communism in Colonial Indonesia revised. Islamic Third Worldism II. : The Harvard Asia Research Center.
Subijanto, R. (2022, May 23). Women in Motion. One Hundred Years of Revolution: The Legacy of Indonesian Communism for the World. Leiden, The Netherlands: KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies) and the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.
Subijanto, R. (2021, March 24). From Ethical State to Police State: Communication Law and Policy in the Aftermath of the Indonesian Communist Revolt. Association for Asian Studies Conference. Online: Association for Asian Studies.
Subijanto, R. (2021, May 27). Revolutionary Communication and Enlightenment. International Communication Association Conference. Online: International Communication Association.
Subijanto, R. (2021, June 16). Islam and Communism in Colonial Indonesia. Islamic Third Worldism. : The Harvard Asia Research Center.
Subijanto, R. (2021, September 23). Global Emancipation and Red Movement in Colonial Indonesia. Cosmopolitan Currents in the Making of Modern Southeast Asia. New York: New York South East Asia Network.
Subijanto, R. (2020, October 9). Communication as Transport and Social Networks: The State of the Field of Communication History. Talk Series on Communication History. Via Zoom: Universitas Islam Indonesia.
Subijanto, R. (2020, March 21). From Ethical State to Police State: Communication Law and Policy in the Aftermath of the Indonesian Communist Revolt. Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference. Boston, MA: Association for Asian Studies.
Subijanto, R. (2019, July 19). Women in the Rise of Indonesian Communism. 11th International Convention of Asian Scholars. Leiden, the Netherlands: International Convention of Asian Scholars.
Subijanto, R. (2019, May 28). Communication Systems as Transport and Social Networks: Mobility, Technology, and Global Society. 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference. Washington DC: International Communication Association.
Subijanto, R. (2019, May 20). Revolutionary Communication: Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia. The Eugene M. Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship Program Luncheon and Reception. Baruch College: The Eugene M. Lang Faculty Research Fellowship Program.
Subijanto, R. (2019, March 9). Women in Motion: Producers of Revolutionary Communication and the Enlightenment in Colonial Indonesia. 2019 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference. New York, NY: American Journalism Historians Association and the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Subijanto, R. (2019, September 10). Slogans, Caricature, and Feuilleton: The Print Culture of Revolutionary Press in Colonial Indonesia. European Association for Southeast Asian Studies. Berlin, Germany: European Association for Southeast Asian Studies.
Subijanto, R. (2018, March 23). Seamen and the Global Making of Indonesian Communism. Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference. Washington DC: Association for Asian Studies.
Subijanto, R. (2018, January 17). Geografi Perlawanan: Vergadering dan Politik Ruang pada Era Pergerakan Nasional (Geography of Resistance: Meetings and Spatial Politics in the Era of National Movement). Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia: Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia.
Subijanto, R. (2018, June 21). Work and the Ordinary Making of Clandestine Communication by Communist Sailors in Southeast Asian Waters in 1920s. International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference. Eugene, Oregon: International Association for Media and Communication Research.
Subijanto, R. (2018, January 18). Geografi Perlawanan: Vergadering dan Politik Ruang pada Era Pergerakan Nasional (Geography of Resistance: Meetings and Spatial Politics in the Era of National Movement). Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia: Komunitas Pegiat Sejarah Semarang.
Subijanto, R. (2017, October 12). Media of Resistance: A Communication History of Anti-Colonial Movements in the Dutch East Indies, 1920-1926. awarding ceremony and a public panel presentation of 2016 AJHA Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize. Little Rock, Arkansas: American Journalism Historians Association.
Subijanto, R. (2017, October 27). Communist Openbare Vergaderingen and an Indonesian Revolutionary Public Sphere. Global Impact of the Russian Revolution Conference. Texas: University of Texas Austin.
Subijanto, R. (2017, May 27). Enlightenment and the Revolutionary Press in Colonial Indonesia. International Communication Association Conference. San Diego, California: International Communication Association.
Subijanto, R. (2016, November 17). Media of Resistance: A Communication History of the Communist Movement in the Dutch East Indies, 1920-1926. Seminar Inspiration from Afar: Responses to the Russian Revolution in the Dutch World. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: International Institute of Social History.
Subijanto, R. (2015, July 16). “Public peace and order”: Dutch policy measures to repress an anti-colonial movement in pre-independence Indonesia". 2015 Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada: International Association for Media and Communication Research.
Subijanto, R. (2015, May 21). Media of Resistance: Organizing the Anti-Colonial Movements in the Dutch East Indies, 1920-1927. ICA Communication History Preconference. San Juan, Puerto Rico: International Communication Association.
Subijanto, R. (2015, April 17). The Revolutionary Press in Pre-Independence Indonesia. Center for Asian Studies (CAS) Mediating Asia Symposium. Boulder CO: University of Colorado Bouder.
Subijanto, R. (2015, May 22). “Openbare Vergaderingen and the Communist Anti-Colonial Struggles in the Dutch East Indies". ICA Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico: International Communication Association.
Subijanto, R. (2014, October 26). The study of Islam, media and globalization: For a turn toward history. Global Fusion Conference. Texas: University of Texas at Austin, Austin.
Subijanto, R. (2013, November 7). Openbare vergaderingen (public meetings), communist women and the anti-colonial struggle in the Dutch East Indies. Tenth Annual Historical Materialism Conference. London, UK: SOAS.
Subijanto, R. (2013, June 12). Re-examining 1965: A new research agenda for a new generation of scholars. KITLV’s Annual Meeting and Seminar 'Ticket to Leiden: New Indonesian histories and postcolonial collections in the Netherlands',. Leiden, The Netherlands: KITLV.
Subijanto, R. (2012, November 11). A Communication History of Indonesian Communism: On Method. Ninth Annual Historical Materialism Conference. London, UK: SOAS.
Subijanto, R. (2012, January 31). Muslim Dating/Matrimonial Sites and the Changing Practices of Courting among Muslims in USA. The International Conference on Digital Religion. Colorado: University of Colorado at Boulder.
Subijanto, R. (2012, May 13). Islamism and Marxism: Ferment of Conflict During the Time of Alliance. Historical Materialism (North America) Conference. Toronto, Canada: York University.
Subijanto, R. (2011, November 16). Marxism and the Emergence of an Independent Indonesia. The National Communication Association (NCA) Preconvention Seminar. New Orleans, Lousiana: The National Communication Association (NCA).
Subijanto, R. (2011, November 11). Media, Intellectuals and Nation-State Formation: The Struggle of Anti- Imperialist Revolutionaries in Early Modern Indonesia. The Eighth Historical Materialism Conference. London, UK: SOAS.
Subijanto, R. (2010, August 31). Is Blogosphere a Public Sphere?: A Study of Islamic(ist) Discourses in Indonesian Muslim Blogs. Conference on Media, Religion and Culture. Toronto, Canada: Ryerson University.
Subijanto, R. (2010, December 31). Reflections on the conference in the closing plenary. Conference on Media, Religion and Culture. Toronto, Canada: Ryerson University.
Subijanto, R., & Echchaibi, N. (2010, August 31). Building Religious Authority in the Media Age: The New Muslim Media Personality. Conference on Media, Religion and Culture. Toronto, Canada: Ryerson University.
Subijanto, R. (2009, December 31). The Politics of Identity: My Case Study as an Indonesian Muslim. Student Panel on Islam: Insider and Outsider Perceptions of Islam and Muslims in Today's World. Boulder CO: ISSS-Office of International Education at University of Colorado, Boulder.
Subijanto, R. (2009, October 21). ‘Silenced but Not Forgotten’: A Memory of Communism in Post-Dictatorship Indonesia. Memory Politics: Education, Memorials and Mass Media. Berlin Germany: Irmgard Coninx Stiftung.
Subijanto, R. (2008, November 6). Producing a Religious TV Series: The Making of Popular Piety Culture in Indonesia. EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) Media Anthropology Network Second Workshop. Barcelona, Spain: European Association of Social Anthropologists.
Subijanto, R. (2008, August 31). Producing a Religious TV Series: The Making of Popular Piety Culture in Indonesia. Conference on Religion, Media and Culture. Brazil: Methodist University of Sao Paulo.
Subijanto, R. (2008, February 29). Mediated Religion and the Realization of Democracy in Indonesia’s New Media Age and Post Regime Era. Exploring New Media Worlds Conference. College Station, Texas: University of Texas A&M.
Subijanto, R. (2008, November 14). Standards and Practices in the Production of a Religious TV Series in Indonesia. Media, Culture and Communication Graduate Conference. New York: New York University.
Subijanto, R. (2008, December 31). The Visibility of a Pious Public. Invitational Masters Student Institute (IMSI) 2008. New Jersey: Rutgers University.
Subijanto, R. (2007, July 10). Commodifying Islam in Religious TV Series: the Making of a Popular Piety Culture. Piety and Politics in Asia. Singapore: Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS).
Subijanto, R. (2006, December 31). Tertiary Education in Indonesia: Problems and Challenges. The 8th ASEAN Universities Network (AUN) Educational Forum and Young Speaker Contest. Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS).
Subijanto, R. (2006, December 31). The Representation of ‘Asianness’ in Indonesian Local TV Advertisements. The Asian Cultural Studies Forum. Korea: Asian Cultural Studies Forum.
Subijanto, R. (2005, November 15). Indonesian Islamist Media: a Struggle against or a Legitimacy of the Dominant Ideology?. International Conference on Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory into Research. Launceston, Australia: University of Tasmania.
Subijanto, R. (2005, June 2). Empowering Learner Writers in the Classroom. International Conference on Education: Redesigning Pedagogy: Research, Policy, Practice. Singapore: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.
Subijanto, R. (2005, December 31). Food and Identity: the Representation and Identity of Indonesian Food and International Food in Indonesia. Food and Identity Teleconference between University of Indonesia, Indonesia, and Warwick University, Britain. Jakarta, Indonesia: The British Council.
Subijanto, R. (2005, December 31). Religion and radicalism: from the perspective of media. International Seminar on Religion and Radicalism. Indonesia: Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia.
Subijanto, R. (2004, December 31). Representing Bali and Balinese: A Critical Discourse Analysis Approach to Bali’s Hotel Brochures. The 9th English in Southeast Asia Conference. Indonesia: Sanata Dharma University.
Subijanto, R. (2003, May 2). Fenomena Budaya di Mal Jakarta: Studi Budaya Fenomena Budaya Mal sebagai Hasil Interaksi Pengunjung yang Ada di Mal Jakarta (Cultural Phenomena in a Mall: A cultural studies approach to ‘mall culture’ in Jakarta). The Competition of the Most Outstanding Students at Universitas Indonesia. School of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia: Universitas Indonesia.
Other Scholarly Works
Subijanto, R. (2024). Kata Pengantar (Foreword). Indonesian translation of Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital.
Subijanto, R. (2020). Budaya Perlawanan: Warisan Gerakan Komunis Antikolonial.
Subijanto, R. (2020). Media Kolektif dan Politik Kelas.
Subijanto, R. (2017). Verlichtingsidealen en de revolutionaire pers in koloniaal Indonesië: De inhoud, productie en distributie van Sinar Hindia (Enlightenment and the Revolutionary Press in Colonial Indonesia: The Content, Production, and Distribution of Sinar Hindia). 130(3), 449-466.
Subijanto, R. (2014). Mixed messages.
Subijanto, R., & Anugrah, I. (2014). 10 Mitos tentang Kepemimpinan Prabowo (10 Myths of Prabowo Leadership).
Subijanto, R., Rakhmani, I., Diani, C., & Triastuti, E. (2014). Tiga tantangan pemerintahan Jokowi-JK dalam bidang komunikasi publik (Three challenges of Jokowi-JK government in the area of public communication).
Subijanto, R. (2014). Antara ‘Rakyat’ dan ‘Publik’: Politik Komunikasi Pemilu 2014 (Between the ‘Mass’ and the ‘Public’: Political Communication of 2014 Election).
Subijanto, R. (2014). Ruang Publik Dulu dan Sekarang (The Public Sphere Then and Now).
Subijanto, R. (2014). Shadia Marhaban: Tentang Sejarah dan Militansi Rakyat Aceh (Interview with Shadia Marhaban: On the History of Acehnese Militancy).
Subijanto, R. (2013). Moral yang Minim: Mempertanyakan Kembali Perjuangan Perempuan (Minima Moralia: Questioning Women’s Struggles).
Subijanto, R. (2013). Karikatur Sinar Hindia dan Pergerakan Komunis Internasional (Caricatures in the Post World War I Sinar Hindia newspapers and the International Communist Movement).
Subijanto, R. (2013). Rangkaian Kritik Terhadap Tiga Pendekatan ‘Kritis’ Kajian Budaya (Bag. 3) (A Critique on Three ‘Critical’ Approaches to Cultural Studies (Part. 3)).
Subijanto, R. (2013). Rangkaian Kritik Terhadap Tiga Pendekatan ‘Kritis’ Kajian Budaya (Bag. 1) (A Critique on Three ‘Critical’ Approaches to Cultural Studies (Part. 1)).
Subijanto, R. (2013). Rangkaian Kritik Terhadap Tiga Pendekatan ‘Kritis’ Kajian Budaya (Bag. 2) (A Critique on Three ‘Critical’ Approaches to Cultural Studies (Part. 2)).
Subijanto, R. (2012). Marxisme Ortodoks: Ketaatan Pada Metode (Orthodox Marxism: Adherence to the Method Only).
Reviews
Subijanto, R. (2021,January 1). Book Review: John Roosa, Buried Histories: The Anticommunist Massacres of 1965–1966 in Indonesia. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press [Critical human rights], 2020, xvii + 352 pp. isbn: 9780299327309, price: usd 79.95 (hardcover).. Leiden,The Netherlands: Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia.
Subijanto, R. (2014,January 1). Book review: Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital, Vivek Chibber, London: Verso, 2013. Indonesia: IndoPROGRESS, Jurnal Pemikiran Marxis .
Research Currently in Progess
Subijanto, R.(n.d.). Women in Motion: How Perempoean Kromo Transformed the Red Movement in 1920s. In Progress.
For submission to the edited volume Beyond Party: The Indonesian Left in the Twentieth Century
| Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RADICAL PRINTERS AND PRINTING IN THE MALAY WORLD | PSC CUNY 52 | 07/01/2021 | 06/30/2023 | 04/15/2021 | 3500 | Completed |
| Revolutionary Communication: Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia | PSC-CUNY 51 | 07/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | 04/17/2020 | 6000 | Completed |
| Revolutionary Communication: Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia | PSC-CUNY 50 | 07/01/2019 | 12/31/2020 | 04/15/2029 | 5999 | Completed |
| Enlightenment of the Oppressed: Revolutionary Communication and Resistance in a Colony | Eugene Lang Fellowship | 06/01/2018 | 12/31/2020 | 03/29/2018 | 7763.39 | Completed |
| Geography of Resistance: The Spatial Politics of Communist Public Meetings in the Dutch East Indies, 1920-1926 | PSC-CUNY 48 | 07/01/2017 | 06/30/2018 | 04/14/2017 | 5999 | Completed |
| Indonesian Communist Women in Motion: Feminism and Revolutionary Communication in Radical Times | PSC-CUNY 54 | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 | 04/18/2023 | 6000 | Funded - In Progress |
| Communism and Islamism in Colonial Indonesia: Envisioning Islam in a Revolutionary Time through Newspapers | PSC CUNY 53 | 07/01/2022 | 12/31/2023 | 04/15/2022 | 3500 | Funded - In Progress |
| Radical Media and the Enlightenment in the Malay World | Waterhouse Family Institute | 09/01/2019 | 08/31/2023 | 08/01/2019 | 10000 | Funded - In Progress |
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honorable Mention for the 2016 AJHA Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize | The American Journalism Historians Association | 2017 | |
| Top poster award | political communication division, International Communication Association (ICA) Conference | 2015 | |
| Honorable Mention, CU-Boulder 2014-2015 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship | University of Colorado Boulder | 2014 | |
| Universitas Indonesia Essay Contest (International Journal Category) | Universitas Indonesia | 2011 | |
| Fulbright Southeast Asia Award | Fulbright | 2009 | This award was used to fund my documentary film on Muslim transgender community in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, titled "Women of God," which is still in production. |
| Mahasiswa Berprestasi 2003 (the most outstanding student 2003) Award | School of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia | 2003 | I won second place in the Mahasiswa Berprestasi competition 2013 held annually by the School of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia. |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Undergraduate Honors Program WSAS (Committee on Committees) | Committee Member | Present | |
| WSAS Strategic Planning Implementation Committee (SPIFI) | Committee Member | Present | |
| Committee on Educational Technology (Committee on Committees) | Committee Member | Present | |
| Departmental Executive Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Departmental Social Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Departmental Curriculum Committee | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Member of search committee for two assistant professor positions | Committee Member | Present | |
| Member of search committee for a position for an assistant professor | Committee Member | Present | |
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Alliance | Departmental liaison | Present | |
| Departmental Curriculum Committee, | Committee Member | Present | |
| Committee on Educational Technology (Committee on Committees) | Committee Member | Present | |
| Representatives to the Marxe School of Public & International Affairs | Committee Member | 12/31/2023 | |
| Committee on the Library (Committee on Committees) | Committee Member | 12/31/2022 | |
| Faculty Senate's Enrollment Management Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2020 | |
| Faculty mentor for online tech and pedagogy | Faculty Mentor | 12/14/2020 | |
| Rubric/Guidelines for Online Peer Observation | Committee Member | 9/28/2020 | |
| Global Media Cultures MA working group | Committee Member | 12/31/2017 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSC CUNY International Committee | Committee Member | 9/1/2016 | 5/31/2018 |
| Global Resistance and the Neoliberal University Conference | Program Organizer | 3/3/2017 | 3/4/2017 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde /Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia | Board of Advisors of a Company | 8/26/2022 | Present | International | ||
| Bloomsbury Series in Cultural History and Historical Culture | Editorial Review Board Member | 1/28/2025 | Present | International | ||
| The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography | Reviewer, junior fellow application | 11/1/2024 | 12/18/2024 | National | ||
| Indonesia Journal | Reviewer, Journal Article | 4/21/2024 | 6/30/2024 | International | ||
| Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division of International Communication Association | Officer, Other Officer | United States | 5/1/2020 | 5/31/2022 | ||
| Journal of Critical Bibliography | Editor, Journal Editor | 8/1/2019 | 5/31/2020 | International | ||
| Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Reviewer, Journal Article | Singapore | 4/1/2018 | 5/31/2018 | ||
| Journal of Labor and Society | Reviewer, Journal Article | 3/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | |||
| Activism, Communication, and Social Justice Division, International Communication Association Conference | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 8/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | |||
| Communication History Division, International Communication Association Conference | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 8/1/2017 | 12/31/2017 | |||
| Media History Journal | Reviewer, Journal Article | 2/26/2017 | 3/31/2017 | |||
| Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division, International Communication Association Conference | Reviewer, Conference Paper | 11/1/2016 | 12/31/2016 | International | ||
| Information, Communication and Society Journal | Reviewer, Journal Article | 12/31/2010 | ||||
| The Australian Journal of Communication | Reviewer, Journal Article | Australia | 12/31/2010 |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoprogress | Chairperson | 5/30/2020 | Present | International | ||
| New York Southeast Asia Network | Committee Member | Present | International | |||
| Indoprogress | Editorial board | Indonesia | 7/1/2012 | Present | International |