New Futures for Indonesian Objects will convene a summer seminar from 8 to 16 July 2026 at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, and in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The programme will bring together consortium partners, external […].

The ongoing discourse surrounding the return of cultural objects has become a central concern in Indonesia, especially after the several rounds of recent repatriation from the Netherlands.

The New Futures for Indonesian Objects is an international collaborative initiative dedicated to rethinking the histories, meanings, and future possibilities of Indonesian cultural objects especially the looted objects from the island of Lombok.

We are delighted to announce that our research programme, Exploring New Futures for Indonesian Objects: Dismantling Colonial Knowledge Production and Recovering Lost Histories and Memories, is now live on Instagram.

Ayu Wulandari, M.A., our PhD student in New Futures for Indonesian Objects, has marked an important milestone by holding her proposal seminar on 2 December 2025.

As the New Futures For Indonesian Objects project commenced its vital on-the-ground research processes, the team consisted of Dr. Sadiah Boonstra, Dr. Yulianti, Ayu Wulandari, and Hizkirani Jatiningrum, embarked on their first fieldwork trip to Lombok Island.

A new research project on Indonesian repatriated heritage, entitled “Exploring New Futures for Indonesian Objects: Dismantling Colonial Knowledge Production and Recovering Lost Histories and Memories” was officially launched on 25 January 2025.

As part of the launch of the New Futures For Indonesian Objects , the project hosted a seminar at the Department of History, Universitas Gadjah Mada, featuring a public lecture by Dr. Sadiah Boonstra titled […].