Dr Stuart Robson
Dr Stuart Robson, Honorary Research Associate
Biography
Qualifications
Contact Details
Supervision
Research Interests
Publications
Biography
Born in Sydney, Stuart Robson spent many years overseas, in Holland, Indonesia and New Zealand. He taught Javanese at the University of Leiden 1977-90, before returning to Australia to become Associate Professor of Indonesian at Monash University from 1991 to 2001. He is now retired.
For more than 40 years he has pursued interests in Javanese, Old Javanese and Classical Malay, and has many publications to his name in these and related fields.
Stuart is married to Prateep Changchit (PhD Monash, 1997), a teacher of Thai and artist.
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Qualifications
B.A. (Hons.), University of Sydney, in Indonesian and Malayan Studies, 1962.
M.A. (Hons.), University of Sydney, in Indonesian and Malayan Studies, 1966 (Classical Malay).
D.Lit., University of Leiden, 1971, dissertation on a Middle Javanese text.
Contact details
| Email: | stuart.robson@arts.monash.edu.au |
| Mailing Address: |
Assoc. Prof. S. Robson School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics PO Box 11A Monash University Australia 3800 |
Supervision
Not available.
Research interests
Old Javanese language and literature
Modern Javanese language
Lexicography of Javanese and related languages
Translation (Javanese-English; Dutch-English; Indonesian-English)
Publications
A Selection of Recent Publications
Instant Thai (with Prateep Changchit). Singapore: Periplus, 2007.
Bhomāntaka: The death of Bhoma (edition and translation, with A. Teeuw). Bibliotheca Indonesica 32, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2005.
Welcome to Indonesian: A beginner’s survey of the language. Tuttle, 2004.
The Kraton: Selected essays on Javanese courts (ed. with introduction). Translation Series 28, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2003.
Javanese-English Dictionary (with Singgih Wibisono; assisted by Yacinta Kurniasih). Singapore: Periplus, 2002.
Javanese Grammar for Students (second edition). Clayton: Monash Asia Institute, 2002.
From Malay to Indonesian: The genesis of a national language. Working Paper 118, Monash Asia Institute, 2002.
Now in press: Arjunawiwāha (edition and translation, with an introduction). Leiden: KITLV Press.