Kenneth M. George, is a Professor of Anthropology and a specialist on Indonesia. His research interests include the cultural politics of language, art, and religion; violence and visual culture; public culture; personal narrative; material culture; and globalization. Ken's first book, Showing Signs of Violence, was awarded the 1998 Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast Asian Studies. He has been a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, and was recently awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in recognition of his research on contemporary Islamic art in Southeast Asia. Ken is also associated with the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle and the Visual Culture Studies Group.

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Selected Publications:
-- "Designs on Indonesia's Muslim Communities" in Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 57(3):6 93-713, 1998.
-- "Some Things That Have Happened to The Sun After September 1965: Politics and the Interpretation of an Indonesian Painting" in Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 39(4): 599-634, 1997.
-- Showing Signs of Violence: The Cultural Politics of a Twentieth-Century Headhunting Ritual. Berkley: University of California Paress, 1996.
-- "Violence, Solace, and Ritual: A Case Study from Island Southeast Asia" in Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, vol. 19(2): 225-260, 1995.
-- "Visual Surprise and Visual Dzikir in the Work of A.D. Pirous" in Words of Faith: Paintings and Graphic Works by A.D. Pirous, Balai Seni Lukis Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. October 6-27, 2003.
-- Signature Work: Bandung, 1994. Ethos 64(2):212-231. (1999)
-- A.D. Pirous: Vision, Faith, and a Journey in Indonesian Art, 1955-2002. Bandung: Yayasan Serambi Pirous, 2002. (co-authored with Mamannoor).

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How to contact Professor George:
Email: kmgeorge@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-5818Address:
Department of Anthropology
5317 Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory DriveUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706-1393