The Path to the Indonesian Declaration of Independence

The Indonesian Independence movement began with the anti-colonialist student groups that formed in the 1900s in both the Netherlands and in Indonesia, and the formation of the Indonesian National Party led by Soekarno in 1927. The Indonesian Youth Congress of 1928 declared that the Dutch East Indies should be one nation, Indonesia, with one language, Indonesian.
It was the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies in 1942 and its subsequent surrender in 1945 that led to the Indonesian Declaration of Independence from Dutch rule on 17 August, 1945.

DELIVERY MODE

• Hybrid (F2F & Online simultaneously)

SUGGESTED READING

• Revolusi – Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World, David Van Reybrouck

COURSE OUTLINE

• The importance of the change by the Dutch Colonial Government from the ‘Cultivation System’ to the Ethical System’.
• The importance of the extension of studies in the Dutch language to some Primary and Secondary students, as well as University studies in the Netherlands.
• How student groups in the Netherlands and Indonesia began anti-colonialist activities.
• How these students became the core of the Indonesian Nationalist Party and the campaign for Independence.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the importance of the change by the Dutch Colonial Government from the ‘Cultivation System’ to the Ethical System’.
2. Understand the importance of the extension of studies in the Dutch language to some Primary and Secondary students, as well as University studies in the Netherlands.
3. Understand how student groups in the Netherlands and Indonesia began anti-colonialist activities.
4. Understand how these students became the core of the Indonesian Nationalist Party and the campaign for Independence.