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Nancy K. Florida

Name: Nancy K. Florida

Title(s):

  • Professor of Javanese and Studies

Contact Information: 734.763.3239 , nflorida@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/asian/asian_detail/0,2929,25339%255Fpeople%255F07695816,00.html

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CSEAS
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Asian Languages & Cultures

Education Background: Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990; M.A. Cornell University, 1982; B.A., Connecticut College, 1975

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Southeast Asian Studies

Related Countries:

  • Indonesia

Research/Teaching Specialization: Indonesian literature, history, culture, and cultural studies; Island Southeast Asia literary and cultural studies; traditional Javanese literature and historiography; advanced Indonesian language; Asian studies; theory and method

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Perspectives on Indonesia: Writing, Culture and History; Southeast Asian Literature: Text, Performance and Politics in Island Southeast Asia; Sufi Literature in Java; Islam in Javanese Literature; Colonial Literature of Indonesia; Advanced Indonesian; Asian Studies: theory and method

Publications:

  • Menyurat Yang Silam, Menggurat yang Menjelang: Sejarah sebagai Nubuat dalam Jaman Kolonial di. 2003. (Authored Book)
  • Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future: History as Prophecy in Colonial Java. 1995. (Authored Book)
  • A Proliferation of Pigs: Spectres of Monstrosity in Reformation Indonesia. (forthcoming 2008). (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts. Manuscripts of the Mangkunagaran Palace, Vol. II. 2001. (Authored Book)