Overview
Background
Annie Pohlman is Senior Lecturer in Indonesian Studies at The School of Languages and Cultures, St Lucia campus, UQ. Her research interests include Indonesian history and politics, comparative genocide studies, torture, gendered experiences of violence, and testimony studies. She also works with human rights NGOs in Indonesia on the documentation of human rights abuses.
Availability
- Dr Annie Pohlman is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Indonesian politics
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Indonesian Studies
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Genocide
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Indonesian history
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Torture
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Sexual Violence
Research impacts
Indonesia faces the critical challenge of how to deal with its entrenched culture of impunity for past--and ongoing--mass atrocities and other gross human rights violations. The impact of Pohlman's research relates to her investigation and documentation of gross violations in the Indonesian past, and their ongoing practices.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Patterns of New Order torture: initial findings from the Indonesia Torture Mapping (IndoTorM) Dataset
Pohlman, Annie, Wibisono, Susilo, Casey, Mavourneen, Pohlman, Catherine L. and Louis, Winnifred R. (2024). Patterns of New Order torture: initial findings from the Indonesia Torture Mapping (IndoTorM) Dataset. Indonesia, 117 (1), 59-88. doi: 10.1353/ind.2024.a926786
2024
Journal Article
A theoretical model of victimization, perpetration, and denial in mass atrocities: case studies from Indonesia, Cambodia, East Timor, and Myanmar
Putra, Idhamsyah Eka, Rufaedah, Any, Thontowi, Haidar Buldan, Pohlman, Annie and Louis, Winnifred (2024). A theoretical model of victimization, perpetration, and denial in mass atrocities: case studies from Indonesia, Cambodia, East Timor, and Myanmar. Personality and social psychology review. doi: 10.1177/10888683241239097
2023
Book Chapter
The KKR Aceh’s mapping of torture practices
Berueh, Muhamad Daud, Hadi, Faisal and Pohlman, Annie (2023). The KKR Aceh’s mapping of torture practices. Resisting Indonesia’s culture of impunity: Aceh’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (pp. 139-167) edited by Jess Melvin, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem and Annie Pohlman. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/rici.2023.06
2023
Book Chapter
The search for truth and justice in Aceh
Jess Melvin, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem and Annie Pohlman (2023). The search for truth and justice in Aceh. Resisting Indonesia's culture of impunity: Aceh's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (pp. 1-31) edited by Jess Melvin, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem and Annie Pohlman. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian National University Press. doi: 10.22459/RICI.2023.01
2023
Book Chapter
The KKR Aceh and transitional justice in Aceh
Melvin, Jess, Fernida, Indria, Wahyuningroem, Sri Lestari and Pohlman, Annie (2023). The KKR Aceh and transitional justice in Aceh. Resisting Indonesia’s culture of impunity: Aceh’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (pp. 33-61) edited by Jess Melvin, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem and Annie Pohlman. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/rici.2023.02
2023
Book
Resisting Indonesia’s culture of impunity: Aceh’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Jess Melvin, Sri Lestari Wahyuningroem and Annie Pohlman eds. (2023). Resisting Indonesia’s culture of impunity: Aceh’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Asian Studies Series, Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/rici.2023
2022
Journal Article
Indonesian civilians’ attributions for anti-Chinese violence during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia
Mutiara Himawan, Eunike, Louis, Winnifred and Pohlman, Annie (2022). Indonesian civilians’ attributions for anti-Chinese violence during the May 1998 riots in Indonesia. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 10 (2), 536-553. doi: 10.5964/jspp.5489
2022
Journal Article
“This Is What Happens to Enemies of the RI”: The East Timor torture photographs within the New Order’s history of sexual and gender-based violence
Loney, Hannah and Pohlman, Annie (2022). “This Is What Happens to Enemies of the RI”: The East Timor torture photographs within the New Order’s history of sexual and gender-based violence. Indonesia, 2022 (114), 51-74. doi: 10.1353/ind.2022.0010
2022
Journal Article
Revisiting the May 1998 riots in Indonesia: civilians and their untold memories
Himawan, Eunike Mutiara, Pohlman, Annie and Louis, Winnifred (2022). Revisiting the May 1998 riots in Indonesia: civilians and their untold memories. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 41 (2), 240-257. doi: 10.1177/18681034221084320
2022
Book Chapter
Torture camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970
Pohlman, Annie (2022). Torture camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970. Detention camps in Asia: the conditions of confinement in modern Asian history. (pp. 137-155) edited by Robert Cribb, Christina Twomey and Sandra Wilson. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004512573_009
2022
Book Chapter
Crimes against humanity in Indonesia (1965-1966)
Melvin, Jess and Pohlman, Annie (2022). Crimes against humanity in Indonesia (1965-1966). The Oxford handbook of atrocity crimes. (pp. 1-28) edited by Barbora Holá, Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira and Maartje Weerdesteijn. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190915629.013.34
2022
Journal Article
Revisiting the May 1998 riots in Indonesia: civilians and their untold memories
Himawan, Eunike Mutiara, Pohlman, Annie and Louis, Winnifred (2022). Revisiting the May 1998 riots in Indonesia: civilians and their untold memories. Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 41 (2), 186810342210843-257. doi: 10.1177/18681034221084320
2021
Other Outputs
Enforced disappearances: Chapter of the Final Report to the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR-Aceh)
Melvin, Jess, Pohlman, Annie, Hadi, Faisal, Christanty, Linda and Yusuf, Fidaus (2021). Enforced disappearances: Chapter of the Final Report to the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR-Aceh). Banda Aceh, Indonesia: KKR-Aceh (Komisi Kebenaran dan Rekonsiliasi Aceh, Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission).
2021
Other Outputs
Torture: Chapter of the Final Report to the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR-Aceh)
Pohlman, Annie, Melvin, Jess, Wandita, Galuh and Kanesia, Putri (2021). Torture: Chapter of the Final Report to the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (KKR-Aceh). Banda Aceh, Indonesia: KKR-Aceh (Komisi Kebenaran dan Rekonsiliasi Aceh, Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission).
2021
Journal Article
Memahami dinamika psikologis individu yang turut terlibat dalam kerusuhan massa Mei 1998: Sebuah kerangka psikologis
Himawan, Eunike Mutiara, Pohlman, Annie and Louis, Winnifred (2021). Memahami dinamika psikologis individu yang turut terlibat dalam kerusuhan massa Mei 1998: Sebuah kerangka psikologis. Jurnal Psikologi Ulayat. doi: 10.24854/jpu464
2021
Other Outputs
The strategic importance of Indonesian literacy to Queensland: reinvigorating Indonesian language learning
Hudghton, Fiona, Kopp, Heather, Nataprawira, Halim, Pohlman, Annie and Goebel, Zane (2021). The strategic importance of Indonesian literacy to Queensland: reinvigorating Indonesian language learning. Brisbane, Australia: BBBIQ (Balai Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia, Queensland).
2020
Journal Article
Witnessing Torture: Perspectives of Torture Survivors and Human Rights Workers ed. by Alexandra S. Moore and Elizabeth Swanson (review)
Pohlman, Annie (2020). Witnessing Torture: Perspectives of Torture Survivors and Human Rights Workers ed. by Alexandra S. Moore and Elizabeth Swanson (review). Biography, 42 (4), 916-920. doi: 10.1353/bio.2019.0068
2020
Journal Article
Debate on the army and the Indonesian genocide: mechanics of mass murder, by Jess Melvin, with Jess Melvin, Ratna Saptari, Ken MacLean, Annie Pohlman
Saptari, Ratna, MacLean, Ken, Pohlman, Annie and Melvin, Jess (2020). Debate on the army and the Indonesian genocide: mechanics of mass murder, by Jess Melvin, with Jess Melvin, Ratna Saptari, Ken MacLean, Annie Pohlman. Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 176 (2-3), 373-394. doi: 10.1163/22134379-17602018
2020
Journal Article
The inefficacy of naming genocide in contemporary Southeast Asia
Pohlman, Annie Elizabeth (2020). The inefficacy of naming genocide in contemporary Southeast Asia. Humaniora, 32 (2), 110-123. doi: 10.22146/jh.54488
2020
Journal Article
Review of: Gender Violence in Australia: Historical Perspectives. Edited by Alana Piper and Ana Stevenson (Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing, 2019)
Annie Pohlman (2020). Review of: Gender Violence in Australia: Historical Perspectives. Edited by Alana Piper and Ana Stevenson (Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing, 2019). Australian Journal of Politics and History, 66 (1), 166-167. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12651
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Annie Pohlman is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Indonesian history and politics
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Comparative genocide studies
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sexual violence, particularly as part of mass violence
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Torture
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Southeast Asian history
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Approaching Lives in the Aftermath: Journalism and the Empathetic Representation of Bosnian Muslim Male Testimonies of Life After the Concentration Camps
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
A Political Biography of Sumitro Djojohadikusumo: Power and Influence in the Political Development of Modern Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Robert Elson
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Master Philosophy
From Reactive to Proactive Shaping The Future of Teacher Professional Learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ravinder Sidhu
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Doctor Philosophy
Legal quotas, Islam and women's substantive representation: A case study of Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicole George
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Doctor Philosophy
The Illegitimate Children of Dutch Colonialism in the Dutch East Indies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy Hubbell
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The Psychological Perspectives of Civilians and Civilian Perpetrators of the May 1998 Riots in Indonesia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Winnifred Louis
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
A complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) study among clinical psychologists in Indonesia using mixed-methods design
Associate Advisor
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