HORTON WILLIAM BRADLEY

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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

Mail Address

E-mail address

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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】

  • Asian History

  • Christianity

  • Japanese occupied Indonesia

  • islam

  • Indonesian literature

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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

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    2016.07

    Waseda University   Graduate School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences   Ph.D.(lit.) by dissertation   Graduated

  • 1985.09
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    1988.12

    University of Wisconsin-Madison   College of Letters and Science   Linguistics; Southeast Asian Studies   Graduated

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • 1994.04
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    1997.04

    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School  History  Southeast Asian History  Doctor's Course  Accomplished credits for doctoral program

  • 1989.09
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    1994.04

    University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School  History  Southeast Asian History  Master's Course  Completed

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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • Waseda University -  Ph.D. in Literature

  • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School -  Masters of Arts (MA)

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison -  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025.04
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    Akita University   Faculty of Education and Human Studies   Department of Regional Studies and Humanities       Professor  

  • 2018.04
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    2025.03

    Akita University   Faculty of Education and Human Studies   Department of Regional Studies and Humanities       Associate Professor  

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Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

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    Japan

     

    Akita Association of English Studies

  • 2016.08
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    Netherlands

     

    EuroSEAS

  • 1995.01
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    Netherlands

     

    KITLV (Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Others / Others  / Medical History

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Europe and America

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa  / Southeast Asian History

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa

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Thesis for a degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • 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.

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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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  • Fighting Flu in Asia: Comparative Study of Response Policies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Daegu, South Korea

    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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  • The debate between Mochtar Lutfi and Nadjamoeddin Daeng Malewa regarding a ministry of religion within Negara Indonesia Timur (The State of East Indonesia), 1946–1950

    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.

  • A Fictional Detective's Exploration of the Swirling Maelstrom of Indonesia in the Early 1940s: Patjar Koening and the Mysterious Death of Moh. Hoesni Thamrin

    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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    ◆Introduction and explanation【 display / non-display 】

  • Mapping the Acehnese Past

    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。

  • 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

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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

  • 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

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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

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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

  • 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

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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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  • A Cautionary Tale of Arrogance: How the US Government Shattered Harry Benda's Collaborative Translation Project on Japanese Scholarship on Wartime Indonesia

    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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  • Mataram, Sultanate of

    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

  • 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 】

  • Njioer Melambai by Isobe Yuji

    William Bradley Horton

    Terbang Lepas  2024.09

  • Sastra Indonesia Tionghoa

    Njoo Joe Lan, William Bradley Horton

    Terbang Lepas  2023.09

  • 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"

  • 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]

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Academic Awards Received 【 display / non-display 】

  • 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.

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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

  • The Malaria War in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation Period: "Colonial" society as seen from medical care and hygiene

    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.

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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 

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • 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 

  • 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 

  • 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]

  • 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)

  • 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 

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Media Report 【 display / non-display 】

  • Japanese Occupied Indonesia's Malaria War (1942-1945)

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