PROFESSOR TEEUW AWARD 1994 PRESENTED TO DR. HARRY POEZE

By Dick van der Meij

The Professor Teeuw Foundation was set up as a lasting tribute to
Professor A. Teeuw for his contribution to Indonesian Studies.
Prof. Teeuw, who held the chair of Indonesian Language and
Literature at the University of Leiden from 1955 - 1976, has
always taken a keen interest in Indonesian studies in a broad
sense. An advocate of large-scale cultural exchange between
Indonesia and the Netherlands, he was the initiator of the
Indonesian Studies Programme, launched in 1975 for the purpose of
fostering co-operation between Indonesia and the Netherlands in
the fields of the Humanities and the Social Sciences.
The Professor Teeuw Foundation intends to award the Professor
Teeuw Award biennially, alternately to an Indonesian and a Dutch
nominee. The prize consist of a medal and the sum of Dfl. 15.000.
In 1992 the first Professor Teeuw Award was awarded to Goenawan
Mohamad, the Indonesian poet, essayist, literary critic,
journalist, and editor. In 1994 it was awarded to Dr. Harry Poeze
(1947), historian and Editor-in-Chief of the KITLV Press. He
received this award for his detailed publications on the modern
history of Indonesia, most specifically on political aspects of
the history as seen by the people. The well known Dutch novelist
Hella Haase was asked to present Dr. Poeze with the award.
The texts of the introduction by Prof. Schoorl, the introduction
to Hella Haase by Prof. Fasseur, the speech by Dr. Poeze, and a
general outline of Prof. Teeuws' life and career by Dr. Van
Fraassen were published by KITLV Press 1994.
The next Professor Teeuw Award will be presented to an Indonesian
nominee in 1996.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Professor Teeuw Fonds
p/a Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
P.O. Box  9515
2300 RA Leiden