The latest news from Mahadaya comes from Amaluddin Sope, a fourth-semester Master of Archaeology student in the Faculty of Cultural Sciences at UGM. Amaluddin is currently working on his thesis and believes that success is not just about achieving a perfect GPA, but also applying the knowledge gained during his studies.

In 2021, only two months after being awarded Mahadaya status, Amaluddin was accepted as a recipient of the Indonesian Education Scholarship (BPI) for prospective lecturers in the Kemdikbudristek and LPDP programs. This allowed him to have all his living expenses, books, lectures, and thesis research funded by the state while studying for his Masters at UGM. In the same year, Amaluddin was selected as the Indonesia Education Scholarship Awardee for UGM until March 2023. During this time, he was connected to the Higher Education Financing Service Centre and its work unit to bridge S1 to S3 BPI awardees on the UGM campus.

At the study programme level, Amaluddin supervised the construction of the Rumah Kalang exhibition system into the Kotagede Intro Living Heritage Museum for six months in 2021. The museum is managed by the Yogyakarta Provincial Culture Office (Kundha Kabudayaan). In 2022, he was also selected to participate in the Summer Course SAAAP SOAS (University of London) – Gadjah Mada University – Yogyakarta Province Cultural Heritage Preservation Centre: Summer Collections of Central Java 25 July – 30 July 2022. Additionally, he was chosen as a participant in the summer course entitled “Austronesian Today: Origin, Culture, and Diaspora” organised by the Department of History, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Diponegoro University from 1 – 4 November 2022.

Amaluddin’s hard work has resulted in seven scientific papers being published in national journals, some of which are SINTA accredited, while others are not yet accredited. He has also published several articles in national newsletters with ISSN, with two of his manuscripts currently in the publishing process. One of these is in the Archaeological Journal of the Archipelago (JANUS), which is managed by the Archaeology Department of Gadjah Mada University.

Attachment of Amaluddin Sope’s Scientific Paper

• The Concept of Feng Shui in Chinese Tombs at the Pandan Island Site in Kendari. Siddhayatra Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 26, No. 2 (2021). South Kalimantan Archaeological Centre.
• Japanese Defence Remains in Kendari City: Pacific War Period-Dai Toa Senso Senkum. Journal of Archaeology Kindai Etam. Vol. 7 No. 2. (2021).
• Megalithic Tradition and the Menhir Tombstone Phenomenon at the Ancient Tomb Site of Pandan Island Kendari. Journal of Papuan Archaeology. Vol. 13 Edition No. 2 / November 2021: 133-146.
• The Importance of Dutch Colonial Relics in Kendari Old Town. Kora-Kora Bulletin VIII Edition 2021 BPCB North Maluku.
• Japanese Pillbox Remains in Kendari City: A Review of the Importance of Archaeological Resources. Umulolo Bulletin Volume X of 2021 BPCB Gorontalo.
• The Importance of Determining Important Values for Cultural Resources. Widya Prabha Journal Number 10/X/2021. BPCB Yogyakarta Special Region.
• The Application of Swot Analysis in the Management of Dutch Colonial and Japanese Occupation Sites in Kendari Old Town and Its Environs. Kundungga Bulletin Vol 10 of 2021 BPCB East Kalimantan.

SOAS is partnering with Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) to solicit contributions to Volume III of the anthology series The Creative South: Buddhist and Hindu Art in Medieval Maritime Asia.

The workshop aims to maintain the Southeast Asian Arts Academic Programme’s (SAAAP) strategic goal of setting standards for anthologies together with regional partners, including universities, museums, and conservation bodies, and to engage Alphawood alumni in expanding local to global appreciation of art and culture related to ancient to pre-modern cultural architecture in Southeast Asia.

The workshop will be co-organised by SAAAP and Vice Dean of Faculty of Arts UGM Dr. Mimi Savitri, M.A. (SOAS alumni), with support from Emma Natalya Stein, curator at the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, Washington, who is negotiating an exhibition on Javanese Tantric mandalas. The exhibition will ultimately provide an international exhibition experience for invited Alphawood alumni.

Some of the highlights, including from Alphawood alumni, will be streamed. These will later be edited and widely distributed via the SOAS-SAAAP page (https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/schools-and-departments/school-arts/department-history-art-and-archaeology/southeast-asian).

More details on how to access the event online will be shared soon via https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/yogyakarta-summer-programme-2023

Salut, Mahadaya!

The faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM is delighted. On 9-15 June 2023, the Department of French Language and Literature of the Faculty of Arts, Universitas Brawijaya held the “Humanities Studies Competition of French”. This opportunity was not missed by Mahadaya from French Literature. There are three representatives from FIB including Jasmine Nabila, Meitri Lathifah and Agata Aubrey. They competed in two different categories, poetry reading and translation.

The three representatives from the French Literature Study Programme of FIB UGM managed to win the championship podium with the following details.

1. Jasmine Nabila (1st place in French Poetry Reading)
2. Meitri Lathifah (1st place in Translation)
3. Agata Aubrey (2nd place in translation)

Congratulations, winners!

Thursday, 20 July 2023, the Open Examination of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences Graduate Program UGM for the Doctoral Promotion of Ajar Pradika Anantra Tur was held. His dissertation entitled “A Study on Linguistic Features, Motivations, and Perceived Interplays of Personal Names of Yogyakarta’s Kraton Soldiers’ Offspring” is the result of research on the adaptation of the flexible mental attitude of palace soldiers in representing Javanese tradition to the globalisation era with a case study of naming trends. He graduated with an outstanding remark.