Harry J. Benda Explained

Harry Jindrich Benda (October 28, 1919 – October 26, 1971) was a Czechoslovakian-born American full professor at Yale University. He specialised in Indonesian politics.^[1]

Born to a Jewish family in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, he was sent to Java by his father to escape Nazism.^{[2] [3] [4]} He was the first director of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.^[5]

The Association for Asian Studies' prize for first book in Southeast Asian studies is named in his honour.^[6]

Benda emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1960.^[7] He died in New Haven, Connecticut on October 26, 1971, at the age of 51.^[8]

Books

• Benda, Harry J. The Crescent and the Rising Sun: Indonesian Islam Under the Japanese Occupation, 1942–1945. Dordrecht [etc.: Foris Publications, 1983. {{ISBN| 9789067650496}}.' *Benda, Harry J. ''Japanese Military Administration in Indonesia''. New Haven: Yale University Southeast Studies, 1965 *Benda, Harry J, and John A. Larkin. ''The World of Southeast Asia: Selected Historical Readings. ''New York: Harper & Row, 1967 {{OCLC| 610671749}} *Benda, Harry J, and Ruth T. McVey. The Communist Uprisings of 1926-1927 in Indonesia: Key Documents. Jakarta: Equinox Pub, 2009. {{ISBN| 9786028397254}} *Bastin, John, and Harry J. Benda''. A History of Modern Southeast Asia: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Decolonization''. Sydney : Prentice-Hall of Australia, 1977. {{ISBN| 9780724805532}} *Benda, Harry J. Peasant Movements in Colonial Southeast Asia. New Haven, Conn: Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1966. *Benda, Harry J, and Adrienne Suddard. ''Continuity and Change in Southeast Asia: Collected Journal Articles of Harry J. Benda''. New Haven: Yale Univ. Southeast Asia Studies, 1972 *Benda, Harry J. ''Continuity and Change in Indonesian Islam''. New Haven, Conn: Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1965 **translated into Indonesian by Taufik Abdullah. as ''Islam Di Indonesia: Sepintas Lalu Tentang Beberapa Segi''. Jakarta: Tintamas, 1974. *McVey, Ruth T, Adrienne Suddard, and Harry J. Benda. ''Southeast Asian Transitions: Approaches Through Social History''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. *Benda, Harry J. ''The Samin Movement.'' New Haven: Connecticut, 1969 ==Further reading== * [[Andreas Daum|Andreas W. Daum]], "Refugees from Nazi Germany as Historians: Origins and Migrations, Interests and Identities", in Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan, eds., The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016, 1‒52.

References

1. For a brief biography and list of publications, see Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan, eds., The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016, 348-9.
2. Web site: Harry Jindrich Benda | Council On Southeast Asia Studies at Yale. cseas.yale.edu.
3. Web site: ARTICLE REVIEWS: Van Leur (1934), Smail (1961), Benda (1964). Cindy A. . Nguyen . February 16, 2016.
4. Harry J. Benda: An Obituary. Ruth T.. Mcvey. May 30, 1972. The Journal of Asian Studies. 31. 3. 589–590. 10.1017/S0021911800137155. free.
5. In Memoriam: Harry Jindrich Benda, 1919-1971. Sartono Kartodirdjo. Kartodirdjo, Sartono. 1972. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 3. 1. 171–174. 10.1017/S0022463400000990 . 20069980 . 162396575 . JSTOR. free.
6. Web site: Benda Prize. Association for Asian Studies.
7. Web site: U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) . Ancestry . 25 October 2023.
8. News: Harry J. Benda . 25 October 2023 . Wisconsin State Journal . 27 October 1971.