Overview
Background
Annie Pohlman is an Associate Professor 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
- Associate Professor 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 Studies
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Indonesian politics
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Genocide
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Indonesian history
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Torture
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Sexual Violence
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Perpetrators of mass violence and atrocity
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Complicity in mass violence and atrocity
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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2020
Book
Places of traumatic memory: a global context
Amy Lynn Hubbell, Natsuko Akagawa, Sol Rojas-Lizana and Annie Pohlman eds. (2020). Places of traumatic memory: a global context. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-52056-4
2020
Book Chapter
Acknowledging trauma in a global context: narrative, memory and place
Hubbell, Amy L., Rojas-Lizana, Sol , Akagawa, Natsuko and Pohlman, Annie (2020). Acknowledging trauma in a global context: narrative, memory and place. Places of traumatic memory: a global context. (pp. 1-12) edited by Amy Lynn Hubbell, Natsuko Akagawa, Sol Rojas-Lizana and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-52056-4_1
2020
Conference Publication
Reading the CHART Archives for Women's Experiences during the Indonesian Occupation
Pohlman, Annie (2020). Reading the CHART Archives for Women's Experiences during the Indonesian Occupation. Timor-Leste Studies Association's Understanding Timor-Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste, 27-28 June 2019. Hawthorn, VIC Australia: Swinburne Press.
2020
Book Chapter
The sexual and visual dynamics of torture: analysing atrocity photographs from Indonesian-occupied East Timor
Loney, Hannah and Pohlman, Annie (2020). The sexual and visual dynamics of torture: analysing atrocity photographs from Indonesian-occupied East Timor. Gender, violence and power in Indonesia: across time and space. (pp. 84-100) edited by Katharine McGregor, Ana Dragojlovic and Hannah Loney. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003022992-4
2020
Book Chapter
No place to remember: haunting and the search for mass graves in Indonesia
Pohlman, Annie (2020). No place to remember: haunting and the search for mass graves in Indonesia. Places of traumatic memory: a global context. (pp. 61-82) edited by Amy L. Hubbell, Natsuko Akagawa, Sol Rojas-Lizana and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-52056-4_4
2019
Journal Article
Between sakit and schizophrenia in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Narny, Yenny, Andoni, Yudhi, Herwandi, Herwandi and Pohlman, Annie (2019). Between sakit and schizophrenia in West Sumatra, Indonesia. SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 34 (3) 1, 491-520. doi: 10.1355/sj34-3e
2019
Book Chapter
Kekerasan seksual sebagai penyiksaan: Kejahatan terhadap umat manusia selama pembantaian 1965-66 di Indonesia
Pohlman, Annie (2019). Kekerasan seksual sebagai penyiksaan: Kejahatan terhadap umat manusia selama pembantaian 1965-66 di Indonesia. 1965 Pada Masa Kini: Hidup dengan Warisan Peristiwa Pembantaian Massal. (pp. 231-262) edited by Martijn Eickhoff, Gerry van Klinken, Geoffrey Robinson, Baskara T. Wardaya (Translator) and Antonius Sumarwan (Translator). Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Sanata Dharma University Press.
2019
Journal Article
Review of Unmarked Graves: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia, by Vannessa Hearman
Pohlman, Annie (2019). Review of Unmarked Graves: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in East Java, Indonesia, by Vannessa Hearman. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 41 (1), 138-140. doi: 10.1355/cs41-1g
2019
Book Chapter
The Indonesian genocide and the International People's Tribunal for 1965
Wieringa, Saskia E., Melvin, Jess and Pohlman, Annie (2019). The Indonesian genocide and the International People's Tribunal for 1965. The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian genocide. (pp. 1-21) edited by Saskia E. Wieringa, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429427763-1
2019
Book Chapter
Sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, and forced marriage as crimes against humanity during the Indonesian killings of 1965-66
Pohlman, Annie (2019). Sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, and forced marriage as crimes against humanity during the Indonesian killings of 1965-66. The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian genocide. (pp. 96-114) edited by Saskia E. Wieringa, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman. New York, United States: Routledge.
2019
Book
The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian genocide
Saskia E. Wieringa, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman eds. (2019). The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian genocide. Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series, New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429427763
2018
Journal Article
Book review: We Shall Bear Witness: Life Narratives and Human Rights. By Meg Jansen and Margaretta Jolly (eds.). Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014.
Pohlman, Annie (2018). Book review: We Shall Bear Witness: Life Narratives and Human Rights. By Meg Jansen and Margaretta Jolly (eds.). Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014.. Oral History Review, 45 (1), 173-176. doi: 10.1093/ohr/ohy019
2018
Other Outputs
The malignant problem of torture in Indonesia: a legacy of atrocity and the failures of prevention
Pohlman, Annie (2018). The malignant problem of torture in Indonesia: a legacy of atrocity and the failures of prevention. Annual report series on torture, KontraS (special themed report) Jakarta, Indonesia: KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, Indonesia).
2018
Book Chapter
A case for genocide: Indonesia, 1965-1966
Melvin, Jess and Pohlman, Annie (2018). A case for genocide: Indonesia, 1965-1966. The Indonesian genocide of 1965: causes, dynamics and legacies. (pp. 27-46) edited by Katharine McGregor, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4_2
2018
Book
The Indonesian genocide of 1965: causes, dynamics and legacies
Katharine McGregor, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman eds. (2018). The Indonesian genocide of 1965: causes, dynamics and legacies. Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4
2018
Book Chapter
Two women's testimonies of sexual violence during the 1965-1966 Indonesian massacres
Pohlman, Annie (2018). Two women's testimonies of sexual violence during the 1965-1966 Indonesian massacres. The Indonesian genocide of 1965: causes, dynamics and legacies. (pp. 115-132) edited by Katharine McGregor, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4_6
2018
Book Chapter
New interpretations of the causes, dynamics and legacies of the Indonesian genocide
McGregor, Katharine, Melvin, Jess and Pohlman, Annie (2018). New interpretations of the causes, dynamics and legacies of the Indonesian genocide. The Indonesian genocide of 1965: causes, dynamics and legacies. (pp. 1-26) edited by Katharine McGregor, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4_1
2018
Book Chapter
After 1965: legal matters for justice?
Evanty, Nukila and Pohlman, Annie (2018). After 1965: legal matters for justice?. The Indonesian genocide of 1965: causes, dynamics and legacies. (pp. 311-334) edited by Katharine McGregor, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71455-4_16
2017
Journal Article
Sexual violence as torture: crimes against humanity during the 1965-1966 killings in Indonesia
Pohlman, Annie (2017). Sexual violence as torture: crimes against humanity during the 1965-1966 killings in Indonesia. Journal of Genocide Research, 19 (4), 574-593. doi: 10.1080/14623528.2017.1393949
2017
Journal Article
Evaluation of Complementary-Alternative Medicine (CAM) questionnaire development for Indonesian clinical psychologists: a pilot study
Liem, Andrian, Newcombe, Peter A. and Pohlman, Annie (2017). Evaluation of Complementary-Alternative Medicine (CAM) questionnaire development for Indonesian clinical psychologists: a pilot study. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 33, 14-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2017.05.003
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor 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
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Mixed qualitative and quantitative mapping of mass violence
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Complicity in, and perpetration of, mass violence and atrocity
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Women, trauma, and memory writing in post-New Order Indonesian novels
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy Hubbell
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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
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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Doctor Philosophy
Beyond Backlash: The Politics of Islamist Opposition to Gender Equitable Reform in Post-Reformasi Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicole George
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Doctor Philosophy
Illegitimate Children of Dutch Colonialism in Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy Hubbell
Completed supervision
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2024
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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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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