Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University under the supervision of O. West. Wolters.
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Merle Calvin Ricklefs
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Career
He has taught at School of Oriental and African Studies, All Souls College, Monash University, Australian National University and University of Melbourne. Ricklefs recently retired from the Professorship of Southeast Asian history at the National University of Singapore. His publications have focused on the history of Mataram, Kartasura, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, locations in Central Java.
He has also regularly updated his history of Indonesia - Few other living English speaking writers can claim the scope of his knowledge of the history of Java from the 17th to the 20th century.
