Pricey New Mandala readers,
From at this time I’ll be taking up as Editor of New Mandala as Dr Elly Kent prepares to go away the ANU to tackle a brand new function within the Indonesian Research program at UNSW Canberra.
Longstanding readers may recognise me as a little bit of a New Mandala veteran: together with colleagues on the ANU I co-edited the location’s protection of the 2014 Indonesian elections and their aftermath, and served as its Editor (ably assisted by a team of country and thematic editors) between April 2017 and July 2019.
A (qualified) farewell from the editor
Engaged on New Mandala has been a labour of affection which has motivated me to pursue my very own tutorial work as a researcher and trainer.
New Mandala is nothing if not a ardour challenge, and protecting the location on-line and vigorous is extra labour-intensive than you may assume. I feel I can communicate for New Mandala’s readership, contributors and colleagues on the ANU after I lengthen my deep appreciation to Elly for all of the onerous work she’s achieved in overseeing New Mandala since she took over from Dr Rebecca Gidley in 2020. Elly has taken the location in thrilling new instructions with its protection of arts and tradition, and I’m very happy that she’ll be staying on board as Section Editor for ARTSEA, New Mandala’s platform for writing on art, design and architecture in Southeast Asia. For those who missed it, please learn the farewell note Elly put online yesterday.
New Mandala all the time displays its editors’ pursuits and experience, their private {and professional} schedules, and the sources out there to them. As a pupil of Indonesian politics, I carry loads of private curiosity (and by now, one would hope, a bit of experience) to the job. However sources are at the moment at a low ebb, so managing New Mandala might be a decidedly part-time affair for the second. I have to flag each to readers and contributors that the location’s publishing capability might be restricted in the meanwhile, so count on a slower publication schedule. I recognize contributors’ persistence with longer turnaround occasions on edits than may need been the norm lately.
That mentioned, I’m eager to be sure that what does make it onto the location displays the perfect of New Mandala’s custom of knowledgeable and opinionated commentary on Southeast Asian affairs. With this purpose in thoughts, I’ve up to date and streamlined our pointers for contributors, which you can read here.
It’s a privilege to as soon as once more be answerable for New Mandala and I welcome suggestions, suggestions, and submissions at [email protected] (submissions to the ARTSEA collection ought to be directed to [email protected]).
With thanks
Liam Gammon | the Editor