Kompas and Koran Jakarta , 25 June 2015

ISRSF proudly present the 2015 Arryman Fellow Symposium on the 24th June 2015 at the Ford Foundation Auditorium, Jakarta. The Symposium was intended to present the researches done by the 2014 Arryman Fellows, Sabina Puspita and Yoes Kenawas, who are in the doctoral program in political science, and Wara Urwasi, who is doing her doctorate in sociology.

In 19 June 2015, ISRSF held a discussion at @america, Pacific Place Mall, South Jakarta. The agenda of the seminar is to introduce the candidates of next year’s Arryman Fellowship to the nature of the scholarship. Also, the seminar is held to celebrate the opening of the general application for the 2016 ISRSF Arryman Fellows Scholarship.

Diskusi Publik bersama Walikota Bogor

The three 2014 Arryman Fellows whose are Kadek Wara Urwasi, Sabina Satriyani Puspita and Yoes Chandra Kenawas, have already been accepted at Graduate School Northwestern University. Kadek was accepted in Sociology, and both Sabina and Yoes were accepted in Political Science.
 

By the end of March 2015, the selection committee of Arryman Fellows has made an announcement for the winner of 2015 Arryman Fellows. Norman Joshua, has graduated from University of Indonesia majoring in History respectively. Norman was the 2nd winner of 2014 ISRSF History Essay Competition so that he got a golden ticket for direct interview with the Selection committee of the Arryman Fellows.

Pada hari Kamis (12/2) Jurnal Perempuan menghadiri Prize Awarding Ceremony yang diadakan oleh ISRSF (The Indonesian Scholarship and Research Support Foundation). Acara yang diselenggarakan di kantor ISRSF, Graha Iskandarsyah ini diadakan dalam rangka pengumuman pemenang dan pemberian hadiah atas 2014 Indonesian History Essay Competition and Essay Competition for Indonesian Women yang dibuat oleh ISRSF. Dalam acara itu, dewan juri Indonesian History Essay Competition, yang terdiri dari Prof. Peter Carey (Universitas Indonesia dan Oxford University), Prof. Bambang Purwanto (Universitas Gadjah Mada) dan Dr. Baskara Wardaya (Universitas Sanata Dharma), berhasil memutuskan tiga pemenang dan tiga Honorable Mention dari 36 esai yang masuk. Ketiga pemenang itu adalah Sammy Kanadi dengan tulisan berjudul “The Ethical Policy and Indonesian Nationalism”, Norman Joshua Soelias dengan esai berjudul “The Price of Containment: Marshall Plan and the Mutual Security Program in Indonesia, 1948-1952. Terakhir, Hendri Yulius Wijaya dengan tulisan berjudul “Women, Islam, and National Building Examining Transnational Frictions of Indonesia’s Early Feminism.”

As part of our endeavor to recruit the most promising candidates for Arryman Fellowship, in 2014 ISRSF conducts two essay competitions. The Prize Awarding Ceremony to the essay Winners and Honorable Mention were held on Thursday, February 12, 2015. The ceremony were attended by the Media, The Panel Judges, Foundation Board Member, The Winners and Honorable mention.

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In the fall of 2014, the Arryman Fellows and Scholars had an opportunity to study with Prof. Rudolf Mrazek, emeritus professor from the University of Michigan, who was in residence at Northwestern University as the EDGS Rajawali Scholar in Residence.  Prof. Mrazek is one of the world's leading scholars of Indonesian history.