Prof. dr. D.E.F. (David) Henley
- Professor
- Contemporary Indonesia Studies
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2226 |
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| E-Mail: | d.e.f.henley@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS Indonesie |
| Office Address: |
Johan Huizingagebouw Doelensteeg 16 2311 VL Leiden Room number 1.35 |
Fields of interest
My fields of interest cover the politics, history and geography of Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia. Within Indonesia I have a special interest in the island of Sulawesi. I have published on nationalism and regionalism, on environmental, demographic and agricultural history, on colonial expansion, on political institutions and ideology, and on economic development and finance. My most recent research has been on the comparative economic histories of Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, and on processes of state formation in Southeast Asia.
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Education
PhD in Human Geography, Australian National University, 1992
BA in Geography, Cambridge University, 1985
Employment
Professor of Contemporary Indonesia Studies, Leiden University, 2010-present
Researcher, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), 1993-2011
Lecturer in Asian Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, 1991-1992
Key publications
Authored monographs
- Fertility, Food and Fever: Population, Economy and Environment in North and Central Sulawesi, 1600-1930, Leiden: KITLV Press, 2005
- Jealousy and Justice: The Indigenous Roots of Colonial Rule in Northern Sulawesi, Amsterdam: Free University Press, 2002
- Nationalism and Regionalism in a Colonial Context: Minahasa in the Dutch East Indies, Leiden: KITLV Press, 1996
Edited volumes
- [with Aditya Goenka] Southeast Asia's Credit Revolution: From Moneylenders to Microfinance, London: Routledge, 2010
- [with Peter Boomgaard] Credit and Debt in Indonesia, 860-1930: From Peonage to Pawnshop, From Kongsi to Cooperative, Singapore: ISEAS, 2009
- [with Jamie S. Davidson] The Revival of Tradition in Indonesian Politics: The Deployment of Adat from Colonialism to Indigenism, London: Routledge, 2007
- [with Peter Boomgaard and Manon Osseweijer] Muddied Waters: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Management of Forests and Fisheries in Island Southeast Asia, Leiden: KITLV Press, 2005
- [with Peter Boomgaard] Smallholders and Stockbreeders: Histories of Foodcrop and Livestock Farming in Southeast Asia, Leiden: KITLV Press, 2004
- [with Peter Boomgaard and Freek Colombijn] Paper Landscapes: Explorations in the Environmental History of Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1997
Selected journal articles
- 'Agrarian roots of industrial growth: rural development in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa', Development Policy Review 30/1 (2012): 25-47.
- 'Swidden farming as an agent of environmental change: ecological myth and historical reality in Indonesia', Environment and History 17 (2011), pp. 525-554
- 'Forced labour and rising fertility in colonial Indonesia', Asian Population Studies 7 (2011), pp. 3-13
- [with Ian Caldwell] 'Kings and covenants: stranger-kings and social contract in Sulawesi', Indonesia and the Malay World 36 (2008), pp. 269-291
- [with Jamie S. Davidson] 'In the name of adat: regional perspectives on reform, tradition, and democracy in Indonesia', Modern Asian Studies 42 (2008), pp. 815-852
- 'Natural resource management: historical lessons from Indonesia', Human Ecology 36 (2008), pp. 273-290
- 'The fate of federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta', Moussons: Social Science Research on Southeast Asia, 11 (2007), pp. 89-105
- 'From low to high fertility in Sulawesi (Indonesia) during the colonial period: explaining the "first fertility transition"', Population Studies 60 (2006), pp. 309-327
- 'Population and the means of subsistence: explaining the historical demography of island Southeast Asia, with particular reference to Sulawesi', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 36 (2005), pp. 337-372
- 'Agrarian change and diversity in the light of Brookfield, Boserup, and Malthus: historical illustrations from Sulawesi, Indonesia', Asia Pacific Viewpoint 46 (2005), pp. 153-172
- 'Conflict, justice, and the stranger-king: indigenous roots of colonial rule in Indonesia and elsewhere', Modern Asian Studies 38 (2004), pp. 85-144
- 'Malaria past and present: the case of North Sulawesi, Indonesia', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 32 (2001), pp. 595-607
- 'Ethnogeographic integration and exclusion in anticolonial nationalism: Indonesia and Indochina', Comparative Studies in Society and History 37 (1995), pp. 286-324
Teaching
I am involved in a range of Leiden University courses and programmes including the MA Indonesian Studies programme and the following undergraduate courses:
- State, Politics and Economy in Modern South and Southeast Asia
- Politics of Southeast Asia
- South and Southeast Asian Futures
- Anthropology and Sociology of Modern Day Southeast Asia
PhD supervision
Ahmad Helmy Fuady
Elites and Economic Policies in Indonesia and Nigeria, 1966-1998
degree expected 2012
(with Peter Boomgaard, University of Amsterdam)
Un Leang
A Comparative Study of Education and Development in Post-Conflict Cambodia and Uganda
degree expected 2012
(with Henk Schulte Nordholt, University of Amsterdam)
F.X. Widiarso
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry, 1945-1955
project started 2011
Grants and awards
For Tracking Development, an international, multidisciplinary research project on the reasons for African economic retardation in relation to Southeast Asian development success: € 2.5 million from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the five-year period 2006-2011. The successful proposal was co-authored by Deborah Bryceson of the African Studies Centre, Leiden.
Senior Visiting Fellowship, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, January-October 2005.
Various NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) fieldwork grants for myself and other members of the EDEN (Ecology, Demography and Economy in Nusantara) research project of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), 1993-2003.
Administration and service to the profession
- Coordinator for Asia, Tracking Development (see above under 'Grants and awards'), 2006-present
- Core group member, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Knowledge Platform 'Growth and Equity', 2009-present
- Member of Board of Advisors, CHATSEA (The Challenges of the Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia), Université de Montréal, 2008-present
- Member of Advisory Committee, Van Vollenhoven Instituut en Adatrechtfonds van Vereniging KITLV, 2006-present
- Southeast Asia editor, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 2007-present
- Member of editorial board, Moussons: Social Science Research on Southeast Asia, 1999-present
- Member of editorial board, Itinerario: European Journal of Overseas History, 2002-2007
- Editor and contributor, Indonesian Environmental History Newsletter, 1993-2003
- Book reviews editor, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1997-2011
2012
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Henley, D.E.F. (2012)
Agrarian roots of industrial growth: rural development in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Development Policy Review, 30 (1), pp. 25-47.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2012)
Flawed vision: Nigerian development policy in the Indonesian mirror, 1965-1990. Development Policy Review, 30 (1), pp. 49-71.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. & van Donge, J.K. & Lewis, P. (2012)
Tracking development in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa: the primacy of policy. Development Policy Review, 30 (1), pp. 5-24.
(Article)
2011
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Henley, D.E.F. (2011)
Forced labour and rising fertility in colonial Indonesia. Asian Population Studies, 7 (1), pp. 3-13.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2011)
Hygiene, housing and health in colonial Sulawesi. In: van Dijk, K. & Taylor, J.G. (Eds.), Cleanliness and culture; Indonesian histories (Verhandelingen KITLV), 272. , pp. 95-116. Leiden: KITLV Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2011)
Swidden farming as an agent of environmental change: ecological myth and historical reality in Indonesia. Environment and History, 17 (4), pp. 525-554.
(Article)
2010
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Henley, D.E.F. & Davidson, J.S. & Moniaga, S. (Eds.) (2010)
Adat dalam politik Indonesia. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia / KITLV-Jakarta.
(Book editorial) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Goenka, A. (2010)
Introduction: from moneylenders to microfinance in Southeast Asia. In: Goenka, A. & Henley, D.E.F. (Eds.), Southeast Asia's credit revolution; From moneylenders to microfinance (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia), 90. , pp. 1-17. London: Routledge.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2010)
Microfinance in Indonesia: evolution and revolution, 1900-2000. In: Goenka, A. & Henley, D.E.F. (Eds.), Southeast Asia's credit revolution; From moneylenders to microfinance (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia), 90. , pp. 173-189. London: Routledge.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Goenka, A. (Eds.) (2010)
Southeast Asia's credit revolution; From moneylenders to microfinance. London: Routledge.
(Book editorial) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2010)
[Bespreking van: Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison and Richard Robison (eds), The political economy of South-East Asia; Markets, power and contestation [third edition]. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006)]. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 166, pp. 362-363.
(Book review)
2009
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Henley, D.E.F. & Boomgaard, P. (Eds.) (2009)
Credit and debt in Indonesia, 860-1930; From peonage to pawnshop, from kongsi to cooperative. Singapore: ISEAS.
(Book editorial) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2009)
Credit and debt in Indonesian history: an introduction. In: Henley, D. & Boomgaard, P. (Eds.), Credit and debt in Indonesia, 860-1930; From peonage to pawnshop, from kongsi to cooperative, pp. 1-40. Singapore: ISEAS.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Bryceson, D. (2009)
From agrarian moral economy to plural civil society in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sugimura, K. (Ed.) Comparative perspectives on moral economy: Africa and Southeast AsiaFuki: Fukui Prefectural University.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2009)
[Bespreking van: John H. McGlynn, Oscar Motuloh, Suzanne Charlé, Jeffrey Hadler, Bambang Bujono, Margaret Glade Agusta, and Gedsiri Suhartono, Indonesia in the Soeharto years; Issues, incidents and images (Jakarta: The Lontar Foundation in association with Ridge Books and KITLV Press, 2007)]. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 165, pp. 153-155.
(Book review)
2008
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Henley, D.E.F. & Caldwell, I. (Eds.) (2008)
'Stranger-Kings in Indonesia and Beyond', theme issue of Indonesia and the Malay World (36/105). London: Routledge.
(Book editorial) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Davidson, J.S. (2008)
In the name of adat: regional perspectives on reform, tradition, and democracy in Indonesia. Modern Asian Studies, 42 (4), pp. 815-852.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Caldwell, I. (2008)
Introduction; The stranger who would be king: magic, logic, polemic. Indonesia and the Malay World, 36 (105), pp. 163-175.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Caldwell, I. (2008)
Kings and covenants: stranger-kings and social contract in Sulawesi. Indonesia and the Malay World, 36 (105), pp. 269-291.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2008)
Natural resource management: historical lessons from Indonesia. Human Ecology, 36 (2), pp. 273-290.
(Article)
2007
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Henley, D.E.F. (2007)
"The folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us": the end of nature in Southeast Asia? Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 163, pp. 440-453.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2007)
Custom and koperasi; The cooperative ideal in Indonesia. In: Davidson, J.S. & Henley, D. (Eds.), The revival of tradition in Indonesian politics; The deployment of adat from colonialism to indigenism, pp. 87-112. London: Routledge.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Davidson, J.S. (2007)
Introduction; Radical conservatism - the protean politics of adat. In: Davidson, J.S. & Henley, D. (Eds.), The revival of tradition in Indonesian politics; The deployment of adat from colonialism to indigenism, pp. 1-49. London: Routledge.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Schouten, M.J.C. & Ulaen, A.J. (2007)
Memelihara perdamaian di Minahasa pasca-Orde Baru. In: Nordholt, H.S. & van Klinken, G. (Eds.), Politik lokal di Indonesia, pp. 406-431. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia / KITLV-Jakarta.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2007)
Natural resource management and mismanagement: observations from Southeast Asian agricultural history. In: Bankoff, G. & Boomgaard, P. (Eds.), A history of natural resources in Asia; The wealth of nature, pp. 19-37. Houndmills, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Schouten, M.J.C. & Ulaen, A.J. (2007)
Preserving the peace in post-New Order Minahasa. In: van Klinken, G. & Nordholt, H.S. (Eds.), Renegotiating Boundaries; Local politics in post-Soeharto Indonesia (Verhandelingen KITLV), 238. , pp. 307-326. Leiden: KITLV Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2007)
The fate of federalism: North Sulawesi from Persatuan Minahasa to Permesta. Moussons; Social Science Research on Southeast Asia, 11, pp. 89-105.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Davidson, J.S. (Eds.) (2007)
The revival of tradition in Indonesian politics; The deployment of adat from colonialism to indigenism. London: Routledge.
(Book editorial) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Bryceson, D. (2007)
Uiteenlopende wegen naar welvaart en naar armoede; Zuidoost-Azië en Sub-Sahara Afrika in vergelijkend perspectief. Internationale Spectator, 61 (7/8), pp. 377-380.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2007)
[Bespreking van: Richard Stubbs, Rethinking Asia's economic miracle; The political economy of war, prosperity and crisis (Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)]. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 163, pp. 578-581.
(Book review)
2006
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Henley, D.E.F. (2006)
From low to high fertility in Sulawesi (Indonesia) during the colonial period; Explaining the "first fertility transition". Population Studies, 60 (3), pp. 309-327.
(Article) -
Henley, D.E.F. & Asnan, G. & Pasande, D. & Raben, R. & Velthoen, E. (2006)
Nation, region and the ambiguities of modernity in Indonesia in the 1950s. In: Nordholt, H.S. & Hoogenboom, I. (Eds.), Indonesian transitions, pp. 115-162. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar.
(Part of book or chapter of book) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2006)
[Bespreking van: Maribeth Erb, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto and Carole Faucher (eds), Regionalism in post-Suharto Indonesia (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2005)]. In: Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 42, pp. 410-411.
(Book review) -
Henley, D.E.F. (2006)
[Bespreking van: Hanneman Samuel and Henk Schulte Nordholt (eds), Indonesia in transition; Rethinking 'civil society', 'region', and 'crisis' (Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 2004)]. In: Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 162, pp. 149-151.
(Book review)
2005
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Henley, D.E.F. (2005)
Fertility, food and fever; Population, economy and environment in North and Central Sulawesi, 1600-1930. (Verhandelingen KITLV, 201). Leiden: KITLV Press.
(Book (monograph))
2002
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Henley, D.E.F. (2002)
Jealousy and justice; The indigenous roots of colonial rule in northern Sulawesi. (Comparative Asian Studies, 22). Amsterdam: Free University Press.
(Book (monograph))