New “American Institute for Indonesian Studies”

The American Institute for Indonesian Studies is a new nonprofit educational organization formed as a consortium of U.S. universities and colleges with an interest in furthering the development of Indonesian studies. The main goals of AIFIS are to foster scholarly exchange between Indonesian and American scholars, to promote educational and research efforts by U.S. scholars in Indonesia, and to facilitate visits by Indonesian scholars to the U.S. AIFIS has a new office in Jakarta and is planning an inaugural event in January 2012. AIFIS administration in the U.S. is based at Cornell University.

Website: http://aifis.org