Mr David Hanan - Researcher Profile

Biography

After teaching literature at Monash and Melbourne Universities, and taking a Post-graduate Diploma in Film Studies at University College London, I established Film Studies courses in the Dept of Visual Arts at Monash. In the 1980s, for seven years I was honorary company secretary of the Melbourne International Film Festival, and in this capacity set up links between the Indonesian film world and Australian film festivals and filmmakers. I was the editor of Film in South East Asia: Views from the Region (Hanoi: SEAPAVAA and the Vietnam Film Institute, 2001). I have successfully supervised half a dozen PhDs, on a wide variety of topics; done translations for subtitles for more than a dozen Indonesian films; initiated several film preservation projects; and, in addition to teaching, supervision and research work at Monash, am currently curator of ‘Between Three Worlds DVD’ (a division of the MAI Press) that distributes South East Asian films internationally. At Monash I have taught film form, film history, documentary film, film theory, Asian cinema and European cinema, and in 2000 introduced a unit in video and DVD production. I am currently completing a book on Indonesian cinema from 1950 to 2010.

Qualifications

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FILM STUDIES (2 YEARS)

Institution: University College London (Slade School of Fine Art)

Year awarded: 1978

LITERATURE & THOUGHT 1870-1925 - PLUS MINOR THESIS

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1975

BA (HONS) IN ENGLISH AND PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1967

Publications

Book Chapters

Hanan, D.M., 2012, Changing social formations in Indonesian and Thai teen movies, in Popular Culture in Indonesia: Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics, eds Ariel Heryanto, Jalasutra, Yogyakarta, pp. 79-103.

Hanan, D.M., 2012, Observational documentary comes to Indonesia: Aryo Danusiri's Lukas' moment, in Southeast Asian Independent Cinema, eds Tilman Baumgartel, Hong Kong University Press, Aberdeen Hong Kong, pp. 105-116.

Hanan, D.M., 2009, A tradition of political allegory and political satire in Indonesian cinema, in Asian Hot Shots: Indonesian Cinema, eds Yvonne Michalik and Laura Coppens, Schuren Verlag, Marburg Germany, pp. 14-45.

Hanan, D.M., 2008, Changing social formations in Indonesian and Thai teen movies, in Popular Culture in Indonesia: Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics, eds Ariel Heryanto, Routledge, Oxford UK, pp. 54-69.

Dharmasena, P., Hanan, D.M., 2006, Centre, periphery, and famine in Distant Thunder and In Search of Famine, in Representing the Rural: Space, Place and Identity in Films about the Land, eds Catherine Fowler and Gillian Helfield, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, USA, pp. 104-118.

Hanan, D.I.M., 2002, Garin Nugroho: Refusing the Stereotype. Challenges Posed by Indonesia's Filmmaker of the 1990's, in Reading Garin's Films, eds Philip Cheah, Pustaka Pelajar, Yogyakarta Indonesia, pp. 108-146.

Hanan, D.M., 2001, An introduction, in Film in South East Asia: Views from the Region: Essays on Film in Ten South East Asia-Pacific Countries, eds David Hanan, SEAPAVAA Vietnam Film Institute and NSSAA, Hanoi Vietnam, pp. 14-29.

Hanan, D.I.M., 1999, Is there an Australian Inflection of Orientalism? A Question Answered Mainly with Reference to Australian Documentary Films, in Twin Peeks, Australian and New Zealand. Feature Films, Damned Publishing, St Kilda Vic Australia, pp. 85-104.

Hanan, D.I.M., 1998, Representations of Indonesia in Australian Documentary Films of the Late 1930's and Early 1940's, in Representations of Indonesia in Australia, Monash Asia Institute- Cnt Sth East Asian Studies, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 10-20.

Journal Articles

Hanan, D., Koesasi, B., 2011, Betawi Moderen: Songs and films of Benyamin S from Jakarta in the 1970s - further dimensions of Indonesian popular culture, Indonesia [P], vol 91, Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, US, pp. 35-76.

Hanan, D.M., 2010, Innovation and tradition in Indonesian cinema, Third Text [P], vol 24, issue 1, January 2010, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 107-121.

Hanan, D.M., 2007, Fellow Travellers, Meanjin, vol 66, issue 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, pp. 52-58.

Hanan, D.M., 2007, Traditions minangkabau, reforme islamique et droits de la femme dans deux films de la fin de la periode coloniale a Sumatra-Ouest, Le Banian [P], vol 3, Association franco-indonesienne Pasar Malam, Paris, France, pp. 33-72.

Hanan, D.M., 2004, The films of Garin Nugroho: Political Documentaries and Essay Films by Garin Nugroho in Late New Order and Post 'Reformasi' Indonesia, Spectator: The University of Southern California Journal of Film and Television Criticism, vol 24, issue 2, University of Southern California, Los Angeles USA, pp. 39-49.

Hanan, D.I.M., 1997, Five classic Indonesian masters, Cinemaya, vol n/a, Cinemaya, New Delhi India, pp. 58-61.

Hanan, D.I.M., 1997, Indonesia: regionalism and politics in the 50s and 60s, Cinemaya, vol n/a, Cinemaya, New Delhi India, pp. 39-44.

Conference Proceedings

Hanan, D.M., 2008, Garin Nugroho's West Papuan films: The `West Papuan Spring? and its aftermath, Proceedings of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 1 July 2008 - 3 July 2008, Monash Asia Institute, http://arts.monash.edu.au/mai/asaa/index.php, p. 0.

Other

Hanan, D.M., Koesasi, B., 2009, Kantata Takwa, Translation of subtitles for 70 minute commercially released film, Ekapraya Tata Cipta Film & Sedco Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Hanan, D.M., 2008, Indonesia at the Margins: Political Documentaries and Essay Films (1991-2002) by Garin Nugroho, DVD of 4 Indonesian documentaries and essay films totalling 135 mins. Roles - executive producer, translator, subtitler, designer and DVD author. Also authored 12,500 word essay included in PDF form on DVD, Beteween Three Worlds Video and DVD, A division of the Monash Asia Institue Press, Clayton Vic, Australia.

Hanan, D.M., 2008, Indonesia at the Margins: Political Documentaries and Essay Films by Garin Nugroho 1991 - 2002: Developments in Political Documentary in Indonesia, 12,500 word essay included on DVD of 4 documentaries/essay films entitled Indonesia at the Margins, Beteween Three Worlds Video and DVD, A division of the Monash Asia Institue Press, Clayton Vic, Australia.

Hanan, D.M., 2006, Ada Apa Dengan Cinta (What's Up with Love?), Between 3 Worlds DVD, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne.

Hanan, D.M., 2005, Political Documentaries about Aceh by Aryo Danusiri: Between Anthropology and Current Affairs, Between Three Worlds Video and DVD - Monash Asia Institute Press, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Hanan, D.M., 2004, Beyond Cultural Politics?, Pekan Film Diskusi Publik: Potret Budaya Politik Dalam Sinema (Film Week & Public Discussion on 'A Portrait of Political Culture in Cinema'), Komunikatif Foundation, Jakarta Indonesia.

Hanan, D.M., 2004, Study Guide for Eros Djarot's film 'Tjoet Nja Dhien' (Indonesia 1988), Between Three Worlds Video and DVD - Monash Asia Institute Ps, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Hanan, D.I.M., 1997, Multi-culturalism and the late flowering alternative cinemas of Australia and Indonesia, Alamgir Kabir Memorial Lecture.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Key topic area: Writing for contemporary performance. Full length play / exegesis.

Supervisors:

Worth, C (Main), Hanan, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The films of Teguh Karya.

Supervisors:

Williams, D (Main), Hanan, D (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Biswas, M.

Program of Study:

HISTORICAL REALISM: MODES OF MODERNITY IN INDIAN CINEMA 1940-60. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Hanan, D (Main).

Student:

Hashim, R.

Program of Study:

Malay comedy in a late colonial and post-colonial context: the Singapore comedy films of P.Ramlee, 1957-1964. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Hanan, D (Main), Lokuge, C (Associate).

Student:

Nguyen, U.

Program of Study:

Orientalist Visuality in a Postcolonial Context. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Hanan, D (Main).

Student:

Pathiraja, D.

Program of Study:

THE DIALECTIC OF REGION AND NATION IN THE FILMS OF THE BENGALI INDEPENDENTS: GHATAK, RAY AND SEN. (PHD) 1999.

Supervisors:

Hanan, D (Main).

Student:

Wan Yahaya, W.

Program of Study:

Historical films and the Asian nations: struggles for independence and emancipation, a gendered perspective. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Hanan, D (Main), Martin, A (Associate).