Teaching of Bernard Arps

Below is a list of courses on BA and Masters level offered by Ben Arps in the current academic year and in recent years.

2012/13

• Indonesian language 1 (5174KSA06W). Coordinator. Co-taught with drs. Suryadi and Dr Aone van Engelenhoven. First-year seminar in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester I) and also available as an elective for students from elsewhere.
• Nation, community, self: questions of culture in South and Southeast Asia (5481V2NCS). Coordinator; co-taught with Dr Sanjukta Sunderason. First-year lecture series in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester II).
• The languages of South and Southeast Asia: history, context, and structure (5481V2TAL). Coordinator; co-taught with Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, Dr Marian Klamer, and Dr Sanjukta Sunderason. First-year lecture series in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester II).
• Literatures of South and Southeast Asia (5482K2AB1). First-year seminar (semester II), co-taught with Prof. Peter Bisschop, Dr Sanjukta Sunderason, and drs. Suryadi.
• Indonesian language 2 (5481K2IN). Coordinator. Co-taught with drs. Suryadi and Dr Aone van Engelenhoven. First-year seminar in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester II) and also available as an elective for students from elsewhere.
• Modern media in South and Southeast Asia (5482K1A03). Coordinator. Co-taught with Dr Sanjukta Sunderason and drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar in the BA in South and Southeast Studies (semester III).
• The politics of culture in Southeast Asia (5174VSA01). Seminar in the MA in Asian Studies (semester I).
• MA in Asian Studies thesis classes: culture and literature (5174VJA01). Seminar in the MA in Asian Studies (semester I).
• Theory and method in area studies (5474VTM12). Seminar in the Research MAs in Asian Studies and Middle Eastern Studies (year I, semester I).

2011/12

Ben Arps spent this academic year as Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

2010/11

• Nation, community, self: questions of culture in South and Southeast Asia (5481VMCU1). Coordinator; co-taught with Prof. Nira Wickramasinghe. First-year lecture series in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).
• Indonesisch 1A en 1B (5481KIN1A, B). Coordinator. Co-taught with drs. Suryadi and Dr Aone van Engelenhoven. First-year seminar in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester I) and also available as an elective for students from elsewhere.
• De talen van Zuid- en Zuidoost-Azië: geschiedenis, context en structuur [The languages of South and Southeast Asia: history, context, and structure] (5481VTC1). Coordinator; co-taught with Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, Dr Marian Klamer, and Prof. Nira Wickramasinghe. First-year lecture series in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester II).
• Moderne media in Indonesië (5742VMMI). Coordinator. Co-taught with drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar in the BA in Indonesian Studies (semester III).
• Performance, literatuur en media (5741VLT2). Second-year seminar in the BA in South and Southeast Asian Studies (semester IV).
• The politics of culture in Southeast Asia (5744VSE1A). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).
• Audio-vision and its allure: the performance of language in Indonesian media (5744VID2B). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: Indonesian Studies track (semester I).

2009/10

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (c-TC-1). Coordinator; co-taught with Dr Aone van Engelenhoven. First-year lecture series (semester I).
• Literaturen van Indonesië (c-Lit-1). First-year seminar (semester I), co-taught with drs. Suryadi.
• Moderne media in Indonesië (c-MMI). Coordinator. Other contributing teacher: drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar (semester III).
• Performance, literatuur en media (c-Lit-2). Second-year seminar (semester IV).
• The politics of culture in Southeast Asia (LD-Se1a). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).
• Performance studies (LD-Id2b). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: Indonesian Studies track (semester II).

2008/09

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (c-TC-1). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Aone van Engelenhoven and Dr Don van Minde. First-year lecture series (semester I).
• Literaturen van Indonesië (c-Lit-1). First-year seminar (semester I), co-taught with drs. Suryadi.
• Moderne media in Indonesië (c-MMI). Coordinator. Other contributing teacher: drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar (semester III).
• The politics of culture in Southeast Asia (LD-Se1a). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: ASEAN Society, Economy and Politics track (semester I).
• Media studies (DS-Lpm1). Disciplinary specialization in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).
• History and society: the ethnography of Javanese economics. Disciplinary specialization in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semesters I and II).

2007/08

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (b-TC-1). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Aone van Engelenhoven and Dr Don van Minde. First-year lecture series (semester I).
• Moderne media in Indonesië (MMI). Coordinator. Other teacher: drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar (semester III).
• Javaanse taal en discours 2: contemporary Javanese part 2 (b-JTD-2). Second-year seminar (semester III), taught jointly with drs. I. Supriyanto.
• Accent: taal en discours: taalvermenging [Accent: language and discourse: language mixing] (b-TaDisc). Third-year seminar (semester V), taught jointly with Dr Don van Minde, Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, and drs. Suryadi.
• The politics of culture in Southeast Asia (LD-Se1a). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: ASEAN Society, Economy and Politics track (semester I).
• Javanese language and discourse 1b: varieties of Javanese (LD-Jvm1b). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: Javanese Studies track (semester I), co-taught with drs. I. Supriyanto.
• Media studies (DS-Lpm1). Disciplinary specialization in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).
• Performance studies (LD-Id2b). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: Indonesian Studies and Javanese Studies tracks (semester II).
• Performance studies (DS-Amp1). Disciplinary specialization in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).
• Media studies (DS-Lpm2). Disciplinary specialization in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester II).

The following course was taught by drs. Revo Arka Giri Soekatno:

• Javanese language and discourse 2a: Javanese culture in classical texts (LD-Jvm2a). Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies: Javanese Studies track (semester II).

2006/07

Ben Arps spent this academic year at the University of Michigan as the Netherlands Visiting Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures. His courses were:

• Stories across Faiths: Transreligious Translation, Adaptation, and Interpretation of Narrative. Asian Studies 480, Fall Semester.
• Missionary Media and Promotional Performance: the Propagation of Faiths in Contemporary Southeast Asia. Asian Studies 480, Winter Semester.

In June 2007 Ben Arps taught a course in the Socrates Intensive Programme Transnational, national and regional identities in contemporary Southeast Asia, held at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris, 4–16 June 2007:

• National identity and arts in Southeast Asia.

2005/06

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (b-TC-1). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, Dr Marian Klamer, Dr Don van Minde. First-year lecture series (semester I).
• Moderne media in Indonesië (MMI). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Bart Barendregt and drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar (semester III).
• Elementair Javaans 2 (b-JTD-2). Second-year seminar (semester III), taught jointly with drs. I. Supriyanto.
• Taalverwerving Indonesisch 5b: verslag over het leeronderzoek [Indonesian language acquisition 5b: reporting on the field project] (b-Ind-5b). Third-year seminar (semester V).
• Literary criticism, philology and media studies. Disciplinary specialization in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I), co-taught with Dr Willem van der Molen and Prof. Md. Salleh Yaapar.
• Performance studies. Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester II).
• Popular culture in Asia. Coordinator. Masterclass in the MPhil in Asian Studies (semester II).
• Internet and media: the imagination of Indonesian culture. Course in the Socrates Intensive Programme Cultural and Social Change in Southeast Asia, held at Leiden University, 21 May–3 June 2006.

The following course was taught by drs. Judith Bosnak:

• Taalverwerving Indonesisch 4b: Yogyakarta [Indonesian language acquisition 4b: Yogyakarta] (b-Ind-4b). Second-year seminar (semester IV).

2004/05

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (b-TC-1). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, Dr Don van Minde, Prof. Hein Steinhauer. First-year lecture series (semester I).
• Elementair Javaans 2 (b-JTD-2). Second-year seminar (semester III), taught jointly with drs. I. Supriyanto.
• Taalverwerving Indonesisch 5b: verslag over het leeronderzoek [Indonesian language acquisition 5b: reporting on the field project] (b-Ind-5b). Third-year seminar (semester V).
• Javaans taalvaardigheid 4: “taalbeheersing” [Javanese language 4: language under control] (b-JTD-4b). Third-year seminar (semester V).
• Performance studies. Seminar in the MA in Southeast Asian Studies (semester I).

Because Ben Arps was on leave during the second semester, the following courses were taught by drs. Judith Bosnak:

• Taalverwerving Indonesisch 4b: Yogyakarta [Indonesian language acquisition 4b: Yogyakarta] (b-Ind-4b). Second-year seminar (semester IV).
• Moderne media in Indonesië (MMI). Coordinator. Other teacher: drs. Suryadi. Third-year seminar (semester VI).

2003/04

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (b-TC-1). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, Dr Jan van der Putten, Prof. Hein Steinhauer. First-year lecture series.
• Taalvaardigheid Javaans 2 [Javanese traditional literature and poetics] (b-JTD-3b). Second-year seminar.
• Teksten in tembang [Texts in tembang] (JTD-5b). Teachers: Dr Jan van den Veerdonk and Prof. Ben Arps. Third-year seminar.
• Taalvariatie Javaans [Javanese language variation] (JTD-6a). Third-year seminar.
• Het schaduwtoneel van Zuidoost-Azië [Shadow puppetry in Southeast Asia] (IC-6K). Third-year seminar (elective).
• Theater op Java(Jav-4c). Second-year seminar (elective).

2002/03

• Taal en cultuur in Zuidoost-Azië [Language and culture in Southeast Asia] (b-TC-1). Coordinator. Other teachers: Dr Aone van Engelenhoven, Dr Jan van der Putten, Prof. Hein Steinhauer. First-year lecture series.
• Moderne media in Indonesië-1 (MMI-1 = IC-3a). Coordinator. Other teachers: drs. Judith Bosnak, Dr Freek Colombijn, drs. Katinka van Heeren, drs. Suryadi. Second-year seminar.
• Moderne media in Indonesië-2 (MMI-2 = IC-4b). Second-year seminar.
• Etnografie van Indonesische culturen (IC-4a). Second-year seminar.
• Theater in Indonesië (IC-4K). Second-year seminar (elective).

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Last updated: 28 February 2013