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                       WHAT IS _ANTARA KITA_?

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Antara Kita ("Between Us") is the official English-language bulletin of
the Indonesian Studies Committee, the group within the Association for
Asian Studies in the U.S. responsible for helping to advance the study of
Indonesia here.

Beginning with Antara Kita No. 33 -- which will be sent to subscribers in
late May 1993 -- John MacDougall, editor of Indonesia Publications, has
become the new editor of Antara Kita for a 3-year period.  Rita Kipp, a
professor at Kenyon College and chair of the Indonesian Studies Committee,
has become co-editor.

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                        THE NEW _ANTARA KITA_

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These personnel changes will affect the operations and content of Antara Kita.

  o Antara Kita will now appear at least 4 times a year at subscription
    rates lower than those previously in effect.

  o Antara Kita will keep you up-to-date on activities and projects
    of the Indonesian Studies Committee.

  o Antara Kita will cover more scholarly disciplines than before.

  o Antara Kita will have a more contemporary focus.

  o Antara Kita will cover not just what foreign researchers are doing
    in Indonesia, but what Indonesian researchers are doing as well.

  o Antara Kita will open itself to the views and contributions of the
    over 10,000 Indonesian students in the U.S. alone and the even larger
    numbers studying elsewhere abroad.

  o Antara Kita will provide some insight into political, economic, and
    social trends occurring in Indonesia.

  o Antara Kita will try to be useful by providing citations of recent
    theses and dissertations written about Indonesia.

  o Antara Kita will provide notices of new books, monographs, and
    periodical sources dealing with Indonesia.  This includes
    Indonesian-language materials.  Thematic bibliographies will
    also appear.

  o Antara Kita will present brief articles explaining the extensive
    information about Indonesia which may be obtained online.

  o Antara Kita, in line with the technological changes sweeping the
    field of communications, will offer an inexpensive _email_ (electronic
    mail) edition.

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                      CONTRIBUTING TO _ANTARA KITA_

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Contributions (small to large ones) and ideas (humble to grandiose) for
Antara Kita may be sent directly to the editors, ideally by _email_ but
also by other available means.

Antara Kita editors are looking for active scholars interested in
reporting as regional sub-editors on research activity in the following
geographic areas:

  Sumatra
  Java
  Bali
  Kalimantan
  Sulawesi
  Maluku
  Nusa Tenggara
  Irian Jaya
  Timor Timur
  Indonesia as a whole, cross-national comparisons, and multi-region
    comparisons within Indonesia

Several sub-editors per region are needed due to great intra-regional
diversity.

Sub-editors focusing on any one of a wide range of specific academic
disciplines are also needed.  A few volunteer lexicographers and humorists
will also be greatly appreciated.

The editors also welcome reports of Indonesia-related recently completed
research and research-in-progress by faculty and students.

Publishers are invited to send review copies of recent works on Indonesia
to co-editor Rita Kipp.

Antara Kita does not accept advertisements, but cash donations to assist
the work of the Indonesian Studies Commitee are always appreciated.

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                       SUBSCRIBING TO _ANTARA KITA_

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The editors invite all foreign scholars and all Indonesian scholars --
whatever their area of specialization -- to enter a subscription _now_ to
Antara Kita.

Subscription rates:

  A 4-issue _paper_ Antara Kita subscription sent by first class mail
  in the U.S. and Canada and by airmail elsewhere costs

    U.S. - US$6
    Canada - US$7
    Other Western Hemisphere: US$8
    Europe - US$9
    Asia, Africa, & elsewhere: $10.

  A 4-issue _email_ Antara Kita subscription costs

    US$5 anywhere (_email_ copies may not be further distributed
                    electronically by the subscriber)

You may enter your subscription for as few as 4, or as many as 12 issues,
of Antara Kita at this time.

Make your checks payable to the _Indonesian Studies Committee_ and mail
them to:

  Antara Kita
  7538 Newberry Lane
  Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland 20706
  USA

All subscriptions must be paid _in advance_.  If invoices are required, an
additional US$3 charge will be due.  If checks are sent in a negotiable
currency other than U.S. dollars, please add the equivalent of US$3 to
your check.

Some back issues of Antara Kita are available for purchase from Randal
Baier, 1133 Birk Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103, USA.  Phone:
313-994-5218.

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                        YOUR _ANTARA KITA_ BONUS

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You deserve a bonus for subscribing to Antara Kita and thereby aiding the
growth of the field of Indonesian studies.

If you subscribe now, you will be placed, if you wish, on the free
'indonesia' and/or 'easttimor' mailing lists managed by Antara Kita
editor, John MacDougall.

These lists contain news, views, and commentary on contemporary Indonesia.
Most members of the lists are academics or Indonesian students living
abroad.  Messages posted to the list(s) go directly to your emailbox.

Your only obligation as a member of either list is occasionally to make a
posting which contributes to the discussion and information exchange. As
an Antara Kita subscriber, you can signon and signoff either list at any
time.

These online lists represent very good opportunities for Indonesians and
non-Indonesians to exchange views on Indonesian issues in a polite yet
serious manner.  A copy of the lists' 'ground rules' will be sent to each
participant.

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                             _ANTARA KITA_
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                       INDONESIAN STUDIES COMMITTEE
                              ADDRESSES

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Editorial addresses:

  John MacDougall:

   Email: apakabar@access.digex.com (Internet)
   Post: Indonesia Publications. 7538 Newberry Lane, Lanham-Seabrook,
         Maryland 20706, USA
   Fax: 301-552-4465
   Phone: 301-552-3251

  Rita Kipp:

   Email: kipp@kenyon.edu (Internet)
   Post: Anthropology Department, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022, USA
   Fax: 614-427-3077
   Phone: 614-427-5853

Other members of the Indonesian Studies Commitee:

 Charles Bryant, Yale University -
    cbryant@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu
 P. Bion Griffin, University of Hawaii at Manoa -
    griffin@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
 Karl Heider, University of South Carolina -
     no6003@univscvn.csd.scarolina.edu
 Sidney Jones, Asia Watch -
     hrwatchnyc@igc.org
 Dwight King, Northern Illinois University -
     ti0dyke@niu.bitnet
 A. Kohar Rony, Library of Congress -
     aron@seq1.loc.gov
 James Rush, Arizona State University -
     602-965-5851 (no email address)
 Paul Taylor, Smithsonian Institution -
     202-357-4730 (email address pending)