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Harry Poeze

Poeze2 Harry A. Poeze (1947) was until 2010 the director of KITLV Press, one of the departments of the KITLV. He studied Political Science at the University of Amsterdam, where he graduated in 1972. In 1976 he obtained his PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam with a thesis on the biography of the Indonesian political leader Tan Malaka. At that time Poeze was an alderman in the local government of Castricum. Later he became head of the KITLV Publications Department (1981), which has since developed into the KITLV Press. Since 2010 he is senior publisher with the Press.

His research interest is in the developments in the Indonesian political world since 1900, during Dutch colonial rule, the Japanese occupation, and the Indonesian Revolution in particular. A three-volume (2,200 pages) history of the Indonesian Left during the Indonesian Revolution, concentrating on the role of Tan Malaka, was published in 2007. In preparation are now a publication on Indonesian political songs (1925-1965), the biography of Tan Malaka till 1945, and a monograph on Boven-Digoel, the Dutch colonial internment camp for political prisoners.

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A full list of KITLV publications and their authors can be obtained from our archive of annual reports.
 

Selected Publications

‘The Cold War in Indonesia’, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 40:497-517, 2010.

Verguisd en vergeten; Tan Malaka, de linkse beweging en de Indonesische Revolutie, 1945-1949. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 2007. (Three volumes.)
(These volumes will be published in a revised edition in Indonesian translation. Of the six volumes projected, three now have appeared; the remaining will be published in 2011 and 2012.)

‘Patjar Merah, de Indonesische Rode Pimpernel; Misleiding van de Politieke Inlichtingendienst in de jaren dertig’, Indische Letteren 17:50-57, 2002

‘Di antara fakta dan fiksi; Kata pengantar’, in: Matu Mona, Pacar Merah Indonesia; Buku pertama; Tan Malaka, petualangan buron polisi rahasia kolonial, pp. xvii-xxxii. Jakarta/Yogyakarta: Perwakilan KITLV/Jendela, 2001.

‘Soekarno’s political testament’, in: Harry A. Poeze and Antoinette Liem (eds), Lasting fascinations; Essays on Indonesia and the Southwest Pacific to honour Bob Hering, pp. 291-305. Stein: Yayasan Kabar Seberang, 1998. [Translated into Indonesian.]

(With Henk Schulte Nordholt) (eds), De roep om Merdeka; Indonesische vrijheidlievende teksten uit de twintigste eeuw. Amsterdam: Mets, 1995.

‘Political intelligence in the Netherlands Indies’, in: Robert Cribb (ed.), The late coloniale state in Indonesia; Political and economic foundations of the Netherlands Indies 1880-1942, pp. 229-245. Leiden: KITLV Press, 1994.

Jef Last; Liedjes op de maat van de rottan; Indische revolutionaire gedichten (introduced and ed.). Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1994.

Professor Teeuwprijs 1994; Indonesiërs in Indië. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1994.

De biografie in Nederland en België [Vlaanderen]. Kampen: Kok Agora, 1991, 1993, 1995. [Drie delen.]

‘Early Indonesian emancipation; Abdul Rivai, Van Heutsz and Bintang Hindia’, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 145 (1989):87-106.

‘De weg naar de hel; De aanleg van een spoorlijn op West-Java tijdens de Japanse bezetting’, in: Oorlogsdocumentatie ‘40-‘45; Tweede jaarboek van het Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, pp. 9-47. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 1989.

In het land van de overheerser; Indonesiërs in Nederland 1600-1950. Dordrecht: Foris, 1986. [Verhandelingen KITLV 100.]

‘The PKI-Muda 1936-1942’, Kabar Seberang 13/14 (1984):157-176.

‘De Indonesische kwestie 1945-1950; Sociaal-democratie in de klem’, in: Joost Divendal et al (eds), Nederland, links en de Koude Oorlog; Breuken en bruggen, pp. 38-57. Amsterdam: De Populier, 1982.

Politiek-politioneele overzichten van Nederlandsch-Indië 1927-1941; Bronnenpublikatie. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij, 1982-1994. [Vier delen.]

Tan Malaka, strijder voor Indonesië’s vrijheid; Levensloop van 1897 tot 1945. ‘s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1976. [Verhandelingen KITLV 78.] [Translated into Indonesian.]