Koentjaraningrat

Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo Koentjaraningrat (; 15 June 1923 – 23 March 1999) was an Indonesian anthropologist. He is sometimes referred to as "the father of Indonesian anthropology".

During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Koentjaraningrat was working at the National Library of Indonesia. He was tasked with escorting books from Jakarta to Yogyakarta for safekeeping. He later enrolled at Gadjah Mada University, majoring in Indonesian literature, because the political situation did not allow him to return to Jakarta.

On 29 April 1954, Koentjaraningrat became engaged to Kustiani Sarwano, whom he met at the Faculty of Arts in Jakarta. That same year Koentjaraningrat received a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States under George Murdock. The following year, he and Kustiani were married. The ceremony took place in Jakarta, while Koentjaraningrat was in New Haven. He was represented by a kris (an Indonesian dagger). Kustiani later joined him in New Haven.

Awards During his career, Koentjaraningrat received many awards and honours. He received the Satyalencana Dwidja Sistha twice, in 1968 and 1982, the Bintang Jasa Utama in 1994, and the Bintang Mahaputra Utama posthumously in 1999 from the Indonesian government. In 1976 he received an honoris causa doctorate from the University of Utrecht. He was named Lecturer of the Year by the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning in 1968. In 1990, Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII conferred upon him the title of Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo. In 1997, he received the Penghargaan Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial from the Indonesian Association for the Development of the Social Sciences.

Books in English

A Preliminary Description of the Javanese Kinship System. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. Some Social-anthropological Observations on 'Gotong Rojong' Practices in Two Villages of Central Java. Translated by Claire Holt. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Department of Far Eastern Studies, Cornell University, 1961. Villages in Indonesia (as editor). Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. Village Life South of Jakarta: Brief Report of a Comparative Study on 'Village Life Around Capital Cities of Southeast Asia'''. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 1973. Anthropology in Indonesia: A Bibliographical Review. 's-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1975. Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Indonesia and Malaysia. Menlo Park, CA.: Cummings, 1975. The Social Sciences in Indonesia. Volume I (as editor). Jakarta: Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), 1975. Javanese Culture. Singapore/Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. West Irian: A Bibliography (with J. van Baal and K.W. Galis). Dordrecht/Cinnaminson: Foris, 1984. Life Style and Aspirations of the Aged in Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Report of a Research on the Life Style and Aspirations of the Aged in Indonesia'' (with Anto Achadiyat, Hadi Poernomo, Meutia F. Swasono, Hari Poerwanto and Rudy Agusyanto. n.p.: Biro Riset Ilmu Sosial, 1994.