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Selo Soemardjan | |
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Born | Soemardjan May 23, 1915 |
Died | June 11, 2003 | (aged 88)
Burial place | Kuncen Cemetery, Yogyakarta |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Thesis | Social Changes in Jogjakarta (1959) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
Institutions | University of Indonesia |
Selo Soemardjan (May 23, 1915 in Yogyakarta[1] – June 11, 2003 in Jakarta), also spelled as Selo Sumarjan or Selo Sumardjan, was a well known senior academic in sociology at the University of Indonesia, and is known as the Pioneer of Indonesian Social Sciences.[1] He was awarded with the title Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo, a knighthood from the Yogyakarta Sultanate.
Selo Soemardjan obtained his PhD at Cornell University. After his return from the United States in 1959, he held a range of academic posts, although the majority of his time was spent at UI and the Social Sciences Foundation (Yayasan Ilmu-ilmu Sosial — YIIS) which he co-founded and headed for three decades.[1][2]