Benedict Anderson papers
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Contains some of the source material used by Anderson for the Cornell Paper (A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965, Coup in Indonesia).
Also digital files that are recordings of a symposium held when Anderson retired at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand in August 1998. The moderator is Kasian Tejapira, panelists include Supot Jaengraew, Seksan Prasertkul, Akin Rabhibhat, and Thanet Apornsuwan. These include discussion of Andersons influence on Thai students and what they learned from him. They include anecdotal reminiscences of the students interaction with him at his house.
Dates
- 1965, 1998
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professor emeritus of International Studies, Cornell University and head of its Indonesian program. Anderson was born in Kunming, China in 1936 and in 1941 the family moved to California. In 1957, Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Cambridge University, and in 1967 he earned a Ph.D. from Cornell's Department of Government, where he studied modern Indonesia. He was well-known for his book, “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism,” which was first published in 1983. Anderson was renowned not only for his theoretical contributions but also for his detailed examinations of language and power in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Extent
37 cubic feet. (37 cubic feet.)
1.6 gigabytes. (1.6 gigabytes.)
Abstract
Contains some of the source material used by Anderson for the Cornell Paper (A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965, Coup in Indonesia).
Abstract
Also digital files that are recordings of a symposium held when Anderson retired at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand in August 1998. The moderator is Kasian Tejapira, panelists include Supot Jaengraew, Seksan Prasertkul, Akin Rabhibhat, and Thanet Apornsuwan. These include discussion of Andersons influence on Thai students and what they learned from him. They include anecdotal reminiscences of the students interaction with him at his house.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- March 2018
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, March 2018
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, October 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- March 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu