Curriculum Vitae

2010-03-06T00:47:00.000-08:00

Education

1996-2003
University of Amsterdam

Master in Political Science
Comparative Politics and Political Theory

Master in Philosophy
Ethics and Political Philosophy

Professional

2010-present

Freelance writer for international media

2010

Reviewer of submitted and editor of accepted papers for the third Arte Polis International Conference on ‘creative collaboration and the making of place, learning from creative experiences’, Bandung, 22-24 July 2010

2009, August-October
Political Theory lecturer at the Department of Developmental Studies, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia

2008, November-2010, June
Editor Melintas, international journal of philosophy

2008, January-2009, December
Political Theory lecturer at the Department of International Relations (HI), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), Parahyangan Catholic University (UNPAR), Bandung, Indonesia

2006, August-2010, June
Philosophy lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy, UNPAR

2005-2006
Philosophy lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities (FIB), University of Indonesia (UI), Depok, Indonesia

2004, August-December
Philosophy lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy, UNPAR

2004, February-August
Political Theory lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), Padjadjaran University (UNPAD), Bandung, Indonesia

2003, June-July
Philosophy lecturer at the Department of Fine Art and Design (FSRD)

Publications

“Introduction,” in Overlapping Territories, Asian Voices on Culture and Civilization,

eds. Bambang Sugiharto and Roy Voragen (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press,

forthcoming); see here for more info

“Civil Society and Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia,” in Overlapping

Territories, Asian Voices on Culture and Civilization, eds. Bambang Sugiharto and

Roy Voragen (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, forthcoming)

"Metropolitan Bandung, Public Space and Tobucil," in Semua Hal Besar Berawal Dari Hal Kecil, ed. Tarlen Handayani (Bandung: Tobucil, fortcoming); see here

“Behind the post-Suharto city,” the Jakarta Globe, forthcoming

“Albert Yonathan, Ceramic Poetry,” the Pocket Arts Guide 26 (December 2011): 18-21; see here

“Three Begets Ten Thousand Things,” Asia Views/Tempo Magazine, November 16-22, 2011, 24-6

“Lontar: found in translation, Publishing Indonesian literature in English,” International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter 58 (Autumn/Winter 2011): 38-9; see here

“The art of video art: video art and OK. Video Festival,” C-Arts Magazine 21 (October 2011): 88-96; see here

“Eyes on Indonesian Art,” the Pocket Arts Guide 24 (October 2001): 22-7; see here

“Achmad D. Tardiyana: the sensibilities of an architect,” Futurarc 23, no.4 (2011): 53

“Rumah Baca,” Futurarc 23, no.4 (2011): 50-3

“Opening-up architecture, rethinking life, a review of ‘Houses without Doors’ exhibition,” the Jakarta Globe, 19-7-2011; republished at rujak.org, 7-8-2011, see here

"Public Space and the Right to the City," Tempo Magazine, June29-July5 2011, 49; see here

"System Singapore," the Jakarta Globe, 21-6-2011; see here

"Art as play, the drawings of R.E.Hartanto," Whiteboard Journal, 18-5-2011; see here

"Open house in a not so open society, The third Singapore Biennale, 13 March-15 May," Tempo Magazine, May 18-24 2011, 64-5; see here

"Solidarity in global risk society," the Jakarta Post, 18-2-2011, 7; see here

"Art of Living as a Tragic Fate, An Autobiographical Reading of Friedrich Nietzsche's Ecce Homo," in Ecce Homo, exhibition catalog (Semarang: Semarang Gallery, 2010); see here

"If we're all special, culture is meaningless," the Jakarta Globe, 4-1-10; see here

"Search for identity requires open mind," the Jakarta Globe, 30-6-9, A15; see here

"Overlapping Territories, The Proximity of Strangers," Melintas 25, no.1 (April 2009): 31-43

"Politics Matters, But We Hate It," Melintas 25, no.1 (April 2009): 93-6

"Political Liberalism, A Defense of State Neutrality and Civic Neutrality," in Relations Between religions and Cultures in Southeast Asia, eds. Gadis Arivia and Donny Gahral Adian (Washington: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2009); see here

"Modern-day Nihilists, The Inherent Value of Life and the Reason Amrozi Smiled," the Jakarta Globe, 6-1-9, A14; see here

"Ludwig Wittgenstein, Religion as a Form of Life," Melintas 24, no.3 (December 2008): 385-406; see here and for the Indonesian translation of the same essay see here

"Pornografie in Indonesie," Waterstof 39 (22-12-2008); see here

"Questions made possible by the porn law," the Jakarta Globe, 11-12-8, A14; see here

"The Cosmopolitanization of Bandung in the Era of Globalization," Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional 4, no.2 (September 2008): 114-30; see here

"The City as Autobiography, The Self and the City as Reflexive Projects," Melintas 24, no.2 (August 2008): 163-83; see here

"Place Polygamy, Globalization and Cosmopolitanization," Melintas 24, no.2 (August 2008): 285-8

"Bandung, The World in the City," the Jakarta Post, 28-6-8, 6; see here

"Wie ben ik waar," Waterstof 35 (18-6-8); see here

"What if Socrates would have been Indonesian? Religious Intolerance and Civic Toleration in Present-day Indonesia," Arabia 10, no.20 (October 2007-March 2008): 112-24

"Freedom of expression running wild, wilder, Wilders," the Jakarta Post, 14-3-8, 6; see here

"Holy Cows in the Big Durian," Thoughts Outside the Indonesian Box, 7-2-8; see here

"Southeast Asian Democratization in the Era of Globalization," the Jakarta Post, 16-1-8, 6; see here

"Fear and Freedom in Indonesian Cities," the Jakarta Post, 3-11-7, 7; see here

"Hoeveel gezichten heeft armoede in Indonesie?" Waterstof 17 (22-10-7); see here

"The many faces of poverty in Indonesia," the Jakarta Post, 22-8-7, 7

"Filosoof op reis, Indonesie: mijn academie," Waterstof 25 (20-6-7); see here

"In the Face of Fatality: Amor Fati, Fatum Brutum," Amor Fati, exhibition catalog (Bandung: Selasar Sunaryo ArtSpace, 2007); see here

"Turn Jakarta in a city for the rich and the poor," the Jakarta Post, 5-5-7, 7

"Civil Society and Democracy in Post-Soeharto Indonesia," Melintas 22, no.3 (December-March 2007): 741-54

"Pamuk: A great writer, a worthy Nobel laureate," the Jakarta Post, 4-11-6, 6; see here

"Clash of Civilizations? Discussions on Islam in the Netherlands," Arabia 8, no.17 (April-September 2006): 123-30

"How free are Indonesians today?" the Jakarta Post, 5-6-6, 6; see here

"Dutch Muslim woman enrages Islamists," the Jakarta Post, 4-3-6, 6

"Agreed to Disagree, Freedom of Expression and Diversity," Melintas 21, no.3 (December 2005-March 2006): 317-30

"Freedom of the press or religious freedom," the Jakarta Post, 14-2-6, 6

"Pluralism and Disagreement: State Neutrality and Civic Tolerance," Philosophia 1, no.3 (January 2006): 13-7

"As if we all are free: Socrates and Nietzsche on moral freedom," Melintas 21, no.64 (April-August 2005): 35-46

"How to be tolerant, in the right way," the Jakarta Post, 17-7-4, 7; see here

Personal data

Birth: 25-1-1974 in Heerlen, the Netherlands
Mail: royvoragen@hotmail.com
Blog: http://fatumbrutum.blogspot.com/

C.V. Roy Voragen

Curriculum Vitae