Affiliation |
Faculty of Education and Human Studies Department of Regional Studies and Humanities |
Laboratory Address |
Education Building 3-126 |
Laboratory Phone number |
018-889-3307 |
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HORTON WILLIAM BRADLEY
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】
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Asian History
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Christianity
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Japanese occupied Indonesia
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islam
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Indonesian literature
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-2016.07
Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Ph.D.(lit.) by dissertation Graduated
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1985.09-1988.12
University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science Linguistics; Southeast Asian Studies Graduated
Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】
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1994.04-1997.04
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School History Southeast Asian History Doctor's Course Accomplished credits for doctoral program
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1989.09-1994.04
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School History Southeast Asian History Master's Course Completed
Degree 【 display / non-display 】
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Waseda University - Ph.D. in Literature
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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School - Masters of Arts (MA)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison - Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2025.04-Now
Akita University Faculty of Education and Human Studies Department of Regional Studies and Humanities Professor
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2018.04-2025.03
Akita University Faculty of Education and Human Studies Department of Regional Studies and Humanities Associate Professor
Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】
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2019.04-Now
Japan
Akita Association of English Studies
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2016.08-Now
Netherlands
EuroSEAS
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1995.01-Now
Netherlands
KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】
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Others / Others / Medical History
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Europe and America
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa / Southeast Asian History
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa
Thesis for a degree 【 display / non-display 】
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History Unhinged: World War II and the Reshaping of Indonesian History
Horton, William Bradley
2016.07
Single author
This dissertation concerns the absence and misrepresentation of the Japanese occupation in modern Indonesian history, and seeks to address the question of the transformation of historical understanding if this period and the cultural approaches to examining history and society were integrated into our understandings.
Research Achievements 【 display / non-display 】
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Festivals in a Time of War: Pasar Malam in Japanese-Occupied Indonesia
William Bradley Horton
Southeast Asian Studies ( 京都大学、東南アジア研究センター ) 14 ( 1 ) 109 - 126 2025.04 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal)
The advent of World War II in 1940 and the occupation of the Indies by the Japanese military for almost three and a half years were great shocks to residents of the Indies and brought about innumerable changes. However, the commonly reproduced cartoonish image of a nation uniformly suffering under the yoke of arbitrary Japanese military overlords from 1942 to 1945 was not particularly apt. The beloved Indonesian pasar malam festival is assumed to have vanished during the wartime years, as has been explicitly claimed in the case of the Pasar Malam Gambir. In fact, while somewhat unstable during the wartime years, the institution of the pasar malam never really disappeared, and 1943 could even be described as the “Year of the Festival” due to the relatively high visibility of pasar malam around Indonesia. Examinations of newspaper articles and published programs help to show how these festivals continued to be socially, economically, and even administratively important in somewhat new ways, foreshadowing postwar changes.
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Nur Aini Setiawati, Wasino Wasino, Safrial Fachry Pratama, William Bradley Horton, Fortuna Devi, Putri Sina
Paramita: Historical Studies Journal ( Universitas Negeri Semarang ) 34 ( 1 ) 67 - 78 2024.04 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal)
The history of influenza outbreaks extends back to the colonial era. Notably, the 1918 pandemic, often referred to as the Spanish flu, is estimated to have claimed the lives of approximately 100 million people worldwide. In historical development, influenza outbreaks reappeared from 1957 to 2022 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Daegu, South Korea, and even the world. This study uses historical research methods to examine policies for handling influenza so people can take preventive measures to prevent it. The Korean and Indonesian sources used include the collections of Gouvernement Besluit, Staatsblad, Bijblad, Rijksblad, and contemporary newspapers and the Korean Archives will be accessed through the Korean government’s official website, namely, Guksaphyeonchanwiwonhwe (National Institute of Korea) as well as the Royal Notes archive: Collection of Joseon Wangjo Sillok, accompanied by primary sources through FGDs and interviews. This paper proves there has been a delay in the response from the Indonesian government to deal with influenza, in contrast to the South Korean government, which is quicker and more responsive in suppressing the bad implications of influenza.Sejarah wabah influenza dimulai pada era kolonial. Khususnya, pandemi tahun 1918, yang sering disebut sebagai flu Spanyol, diperkirakan telah merenggut nyawa sekitar 100 juta orang di seluruh dunia. Dalam perkembanganya, wabah influenza muncul kembali pada tahun 1957 hingga 2022 di Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Daegu, Korea Selatan, bahkan dunia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian sejarah untuk mengkaji kebijakan penanganan influenza sehingga masyarakat dapat melakukan tindakan preventif untuk mencegahnya. Sumber Korea dan Indonesia yang digunakan antara lain koleksi Gouvernement Besluit, Staatsblad, Bijblad, Rijksblad, dan surat kabar kontemporer serta Arsip Korea akan diakses melalui situs resmi pemerintah Korea yaitu Guksaphyeonchanwiwonhwe (National Institute of Korea) serta Royal Arsip: Kumpulan Catatan Joseon Wangjo Sillok disertai narasumber primer melalui FGD dan wawancara. Tulisan ini membuktikan adanya keterlambatan respon pemerintah Indonesia dalam menangani influenza, berbeda dengan pemerintah Korea Selatan yang lebih cepat dan tanggap dalam menekan dampak buruk influenza.
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Husain D. Sarkawi, William Bradley Horton
Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences 44 ( 3 ) 781 - 788 2023.07 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) International Co-author
This article discusses the debate that took place in Negara Indonesia Timur (The State of East Indonesia) regarding a proposal to form a ministry of religion. This article specifically analyzes the reasoning of those promoting and opposing its formation. The main sources of this article are the SEI archives stored in the South Sulawesi Provincial Archives, magazines and newspapers obtained from the Southeast Asia Collection at Leiden University. The debate occurred between Mochtar Lutfi and his colleagues on one hand and Nadjamoeddin Daeng Malewa on the other. According to Mochtar Lutfi, the existence of a ministry of religion is a proof of the state’s partiality to people who adhere to certain religions, especially Islam. As for Malewa, the ministry of religion reflects the decline of a nation. After going through various pressures, the SEI government finally established a Minister of State to deal with Islamic matters during the Second Cabinet of Nadjamoeddin Daeng Malewa. However, it only lasted for four months and dissolved following the end of the Malewa Cabinet. Subsequent cabinets never set up any ministries again dealing with religious matters up to the breakup of the State of East Indonesia.
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Silence in an Indonesian Film: Aspects of Language Use in Seputih Hatinya, Semerah Bibirnya (1980)
ホートン ウィリアム, ブラッドリー
ソシオサイエンス 25 69 - 83 2019.03 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Single author
This limited study examines the uses of silence in three scenes from the classic Indonesian movie “Seputih Hatinya, Semerah Bibirnya” [Her Lips as Red as her Heart is White] (1980) to gain a better linguistic understanding of prosodic use of silence in Indonesian language and culture around 1980.
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ホートン ウィリアム, ブラッドリー
International Journal of Indonesian Studies Special Issue ( Southeast Asian Noir ) 93 - 108 2018.05 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Single author
This paper examines a forgotten novel (1941) featuring a Javanese detective, Raden Soebroto, and mysterious villain, Patjar Koening, presenting an analysis in the context of political scandals, and suggesting that it was shaped by legal risks facing the author and publisher, and inappropriate for readers in politically tense periods like the Japanese occupation (1942-5) or the revolution (1945-9).
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William Bradley Horton
Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ( KITLV ) 168 ( 2/3 ) 343 - 345 2012.06
Introduction and explanation (scientific journal) Single author
書評した書籍は、アチェが関わった国際関係に関する人類学及び歴史学の論文集である。
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Lindgard, Refugees and Rebels: Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia
William Bradley Horton
Journal of Asian Studies ( Association for Asian Studies ) 69 ( 3 ) 964 - 965 2010.08
Introduction and explanation (scientific journal) Single author
オランダ植民地時代、オーストラリアへ流刑されていたインドネシア人が戦時期に起こした反乱に関する図書の書評。
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Medicine and Money: Advertising for Malaria Medicines in the Final Years of the Netherlands East Indies
ホートン、ウィリアム・ブラッドリー
秋田大学教育文化学部研究紀要 人文科学・社会科学 76 91 - 100 2021.03
Research paper (university bulletin, research institution) Single author
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Djiwa Baroe: The Japanese Occupation of Java and the Indonesian Press
ホートン ウィリアム・ブラッドリー
秋田大学高等教育グローバルセンター紀要 2 49 - 58 2021.03
Research paper (university bulletin, research institution) Single author
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Revision of Examinations in a 1st Year University English Program: The practicality and reliability of using in-house versus textbook publishers’ examinations
パターソン エイドリアン, ホートン, ホートン, ウィリアム・ブラッドリー
秋田大学教育文化学部研究紀要 教育科学 75 2020.03
Research paper (university bulletin, research institution) Domestic Co-author
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Shifting Communication: Language learning during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia
ホートン ウィリアム・ブラッドリー
秋田大学教育文化学部研究紀要 人文・社会科学 75 11 - 19 2020.03
Research paper (university bulletin, research institution) Single author
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ギィ・ポーカーと1950〜70年代のアメリカ—インドネシア関係
ホートン ウィリアム・ブラッドリー
アジア太平洋討究 29 85 - 104 2017.09 [Refereed]
Research paper (university bulletin, research institution) Single author
東西冷戦期インドネシアに於いて、インドネシア人エリートの米国留学、またエリート同士のフィクサーとして名をはせたギィ・ポーカーの生い立ちと、彼の学問背景および政治家との関係を検証するとともに、当時の学術界が如何に政治と密着な関係があったかを詳らかにした。本研究は、単なる過去のこととして片づけられるものではなく、現在も何らかの形で見出せる学問倫理を問う問題である。
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Listen Carefully, I Shall Say This Only Once: The BBC’s ’Allo ’Allo! in the Classroom
William Bradley Horton, Adrian Paterson
秋田英語英文学 62 2021.03
Research paper (research society, symposium materials, etc.) Single author
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From Hero to Criminal (and Back Again): The Yellow Adventures of Baroness Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel in Indonesia
ホートン ウィリアム・ブラッドリー
秋田英語英文学 61 1 - 13 2020.03
Research paper (research society, symposium materials, etc.) Single author
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Digital Humanities in the Covid Era: The Perspective of a Historian of Modern Indonesia from Northern Japan
William Bradley Horton
Paramita: Historical Studies Journal 32 ( 2 ) 243 - 252 2022.09
The covid-19 era has changed the world, including more “open access” publications, the increasing importance of digital research materials, and engagement in digital interactions of increased importance in the humanities. Perspectives of isolated scholars, in this case, working on the history of Indonesia during World War II from a small national university in a remote city in northern Japan, provide an essential perspective on conducting research and creating digital archives. Far closer to Indonesian students and researchers than researchers in major universities in the West, such practical perspectives are urgently needed to achieve the full potential of digital humanities. Some archives and public library collections have developed digital collections for readers and researchers, however smaller collections of materials made by scholars in the course of their research are also of significant importance but present a large number of unique problems, including dependence on low-budget efforts by individual scholars in their “spare time” to do all the planning and digitizing of their research materials. A coordinated effort by a group of scholars in northern Japan to digitize materials on Indonesian history is making progress but faces different problems than those of large institutions. These problems include long-term support, determining and coding materials for their accessibility, depending on the nature of the material and the rights involved. None-the-less, it is hoped that innovative collaboration will allow some of these materials to be made available to the general public and outside researchers while minimizing the disadvantages.
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William Bradley Horton
Academia Letters ( Academia.edu ) 1 - 6 2022.04
In 1963, the US government publisher JPRS issued an unauthorized translation of a seminal Japanese work on the wartime administration of Java. The appearance of this book resulted in the abrupt end of Harry J. Benda's Rockefeller Foundation supported translation project. This article attempts to grapple with this mysterious event and the repercussions of the US government's arrogant attitude towards authorial rights in the 1960s.
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William Bradley Horton
The Encyclopedia of Empire ( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ) 1 - 3 2016.01
A kingdom centered in South-Central Java between the 16th century and 1755, when it was formally divided, Mataram has its roots in the mid-16th-century kingdoms of Pajang and Pengging, with legends ascribing its founding to Kyai Gedhe Mataram and expansion to his son Panembahan Senapati Ingalaga (r. c.1584–1601). Mataram reached the peak of its power under Sultan Agung in the early 17th century, based on his political ability and continual military exploits. However, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was also aggressively expanding throughout the Indonesian archipelago, and had located its headquarters on the northwest coast of Java. The reign of Amangkurat I and the wars for succession over the next hundred years drew the VOC into Javanese affairs, and allowed them to intervene in the shrinking kingdom of Mataram. The division of the kingdom in 1755 is conventionally considered the end of Mataram.
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International Workshop: Japan and the Comfort Women of Asia
ホートン ウィリアム, ブラッドリー
WOJUSS International Symposium; Report 2014 3 - 10 2015.03
Meeting report etc. Single author
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Refugees and Rebels: Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia
William Bradley Horton
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES ( CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS ) 69 ( 3 ) 954 - 956 2010.08
Book review and document introduction, etc. Single author
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Books 【 display / non-display 】
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Njioer Melambai by Isobe Yuji
William Bradley Horton
Terbang Lepas 2024.09
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Sastra Indonesia Tionghoa
Njoo Joe Lan, William Bradley Horton
Terbang Lepas 2023.09
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Laut Sama Direnangi: A Festschrift for James T. Collins
William Bradley Horton
Institut Kajian Etnik, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022.06 ISBN: 9789670741826
"Patjar Koening and the Mysterious Death of Moh. Hoesni Thamrin"
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A Bibliography of Japanese Language Primary Sources on the Japanese Military Administration in Indonesiaerials Catalog
Aiko Kurasawa (author), "Bibliography" Compilation Committee (editors)
Ryukei Shosha 2020.08 ISBN: 4844706055
"Bibliography" Compilation Committee member.
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Understanding Indonesian Dramas of the Japanese Period [Memahami Drama-drama Indonesia Zaman Jepang]
2019.09
Author of "Kata Pengantar" [Introduction]
Academic Awards Received 【 display / non-display 】
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Certificate of Appreciation
2019.06.26 Directorate-General of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia Certificate of Appreciation
Winner: William Bradley Horton
In recognition of his valuable contribution to the compilation of Bibliografi Beranotasi: Sumber Sejarah Masa Pendudukan Jepang di Indonesia.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 【 display / non-display 】
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Indonesian Malaria War-Society during the Japanese Occupation as Seen from the Epidemic Prevention and Medical System (Translation, not official title)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
Project Year: 2022.04 - 2026.03 Investigator(s): Horton William, B
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Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
Project Year: 2019.04 - 2023.03 Investigator(s): Horton William.B
In Indonesia during the Japanese occupation, medical units actively investigated infectious diseases and tropical diseases. In particular, they had a strong interest in malaria, which is highly infectious. This study focuses on medical care and hygiene, in which public policies are directly linked to individual life and the actual conditions of life are reflected in the policies, in this case malaria, which was a high cause of death at that time, together with medical care and hygiene. The purpose is to depict the social situation at that time by scrutinizing and analyzing related documents and understanding them in a multifaceted and comprehensive manner. In addition to standard humanities and social science research (historical documentary research), this project's research will be conducted under an interdisciplinary system that also introduces physical science analysis. This research will create a new field of medical care and hygiene in the social history of Indonesia during the Japanese occupation, and at the same time, create a new academic field of fusion of literature and science.
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"Missing Link" in Modern Indonesian History: Post-war society seen through Japanese military administration
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
Project Year: 2019.04 - 2023.03 Investigator(s): Mayumi Yamamoto
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The Invisible Hand of the Great Country over Indonesia during the Cold War Era-Critical Consideration of the Western Scholarly World
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
Project Year: 2018.04 - 2021.04 Investigator(s): Kochi Kaoru
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The "missing link" of modern history in Indonesia-Japanese military networks connecting the prewar and postwar periods
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)
Project Year: 2016.04 - 2020.03
Presentations 【 display / non-display 】
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Pramoedya and the Comfort Women of Buru
William Bradley Horton [Invited]
Pramoedya’s World: Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Pramoedya Ananta Toer (京都大学 東南アジア研究研究所) 2025.03 - 2025.03
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Neutralizing Colonial Neutrality: The Case of Mohammad Husni Thamrin in the Netherlands East Indies
ホートン ウィリアム, ブラッドリー
2024 Neutrality Conference: Reimagining Neutrality and its Research (京都大学) 2024.10 - 2024.10
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The Role of Literature in the Digital Era: A Few Thoughts from an Indonesian Specialist in Japan
William Bradley Horton [Invited]
33rd International Literature Conference 2024.10 - 2024.10 Himpunan Sarjana-Kesusastraan Indonesia (HISKI) [Association of Indonesian Literature Scholars]
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A Comedy of Errors: English Language Education in Japan in the 21st Century
William Bradley Horton [Invited]
International Conference on Science, Education and Technology (ISET) 2024 (Gracia Hotel, Semarang) 2024.07 - 2024.07 Postgraduate School of the State University of Semarang (UNNES)
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Obat Asli: Indonesian Doctors, the Jamu Commission and Alternative Medicines for Malaria from Local Indonesian Materials during World War II
William Bradley Horton [Invited]
International Symposium: Malaria and Medicine during the War. (The Missing Links of Modern Indonesian History during the Japanese Occupation) 2024.01 - 2024.01
Media Report 【 display / non-display 】
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Japanese Occupied Indonesia's Malaria War (1942-1945)