Harry J. Benda

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 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 ISBN 978-1-78238-985-9, 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 ISBN 978-1-78238-985-9, 348-9.
2. "Harry Jindrich Benda | Council On Southeast Asia Studies at Yale". cseas.yale.edu.
3. Nguyen, Cindy A. (February 16, 2016). "ARTICLE REVIEWS: Van Leur (1934), Smail (1961), Benda (1964)".
4. Mcvey, Ruth T. (May 30, 1972). "Harry J. Benda: An Obituary". The Journal of Asian Studies. 31 (3): 589–590. doi:10.1017/S0021911800137155.
5. Kartodirdjo, Sartono (1972). "In Memoriam: Harry Jindrich Benda, 1919-1971". Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 3 (1): 171–174. doi:10.1017/S0022463400000990. JSTOR 20069980. S2CID 162396575 – via JSTOR.
6. "Benda Prize". Association for Asian Studies.
7. "U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)". Ancestry. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
8. "Harry J. Benda". Wisconsin State Journal. 27 October 1971. Retrieved 25 October 2023.