Mona Lohanda

Mona Lohanda (4 November 1947 – 16 January 2021) was an Indonesian historian, archivist and academic, as well as a curator of the National Archives of Indonesia. She was a leading authority on the history of Batavia, as well as its Chinese-Indonesian community. Lohanda grew up in Tangerang, Indonesia.

Education In 1975, Lohanda graduated with a B.A. degree from the Faculty of Literature, University of Indonesia.

Major works Sejarah sosial DKI Jakarta Raya (in Indonesian) [English: 'The Social History of Jakarta']. Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Direktorat Sejarah dan Nilai Tradisional, Proyek Inventarisasi dan Dokumentasi Sejarah Nasional, 1984. The Kapitan Cina of Batavia, 1837-1942: A History of Chinese Establishment in Colonial Society. Jakarta: Djambatan, 1996. Growing pains: the Chinese and the Dutch in colonial Java, 1890-1942. Jakarta: Yayasan Cipta Loka Caraka, 2002. Sejarah para pembesar mengatur Batavia (In Indonesian) [English: 'A History of the Officialdom in Charge of Batavia']. Jakarta: Masup Jakarta, 2007. Membaca sumber menulis sejarah (In Indonesian) [English: 'Reading Sources. Writing History']. Jakarta: Penerbit Ombak, 2011.