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 | Elder Tim Behrend294 Blockhouse Bay Rd.Avondale, Auckland New Zealand 64.9.828-0307 Send Email |
| http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/staff/index.cfm?S=STAFF_tbeh002 | |
| Presidents: Miller Shurtleff (1972 - 1975) | Hendrick Gout (1975 - 1978) | |
| Served: 1974 - 1976 | |
| Language(s) spoken:French, Dutch, Indonesian, Javanese | |
| Areas Served: Surabaya, Solo, Bogor, Jakarta, Madiun, Jakarta | |
| Companions: martin case Barclay | Chuck Lambson | Kim C Peterson | Sanford Dee Porter | Gary Lyle Stephens | |
| Your Occupation: University Professor | |
| Spouse: Maren Olsen | |
| Comments: Left LDS church in 1980. Did graduate work in Indonesian Studies at Madison WI (1979-1983) and Australian National University (1984-1987). Worked in Indonesia (cultural preservation, Ford Foundatoin), 1987-1993. University of Auckland, Indonesian and Asian Studies, 1994-present. Made extended visits to Indonesia in 1980, 1985, then lived there 1987-1994. Now still make frequent, usually annual, return trips. Still in very close contact with Mark Cammack who has also made an academic study of Indonesia, specialising in family law. We spent the better part of 1985 sharing a house in Solo. Married to Maren Olsen (Colorado Springs) since April 1978. Four children: Abbie, Liz, Maggie, Sam. Only Sam currently in NZ, attending Otago University in Dunedin. Abbie (Aaron) and Liz live in Brooklyn [Liz is doing a graduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies specialising in Iran at NYU); Maggie is working in London. Liz plays Balinese gamelan and dances, has made several extended trips to Java. Maggie did her BA at Sydney Univ studying Sociology and Indonesian, which included a semester abroad at UGM. Everyone but Sam speaks Indonesian, but Maren is still the most fluent and has helped develop materials for an advanced Indonesian program at Univ of Hawai'i. Since the 9/11 crimes I have been researching and writing about so-called Jihadists in Indonesia and about Islamist political movements generally rather than the more esoteric field of pre-modern Javanese literature and society. | |
| Created: 17 Jan 2003 Modified: 25 Feb 2008 | |
| Last Login: 25 Jun 2008 04:05:49 AM | |
