Person

Suryadinata, Leo

1941

Leo Suryadinata is Visiting Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. His research interests include Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia; State Religion and Nationalism in ASEAN; China- ASEAN Relations; Indonesian Politics; Sino-Indonesian Relations. Suryadinata studied literature at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, receiving another bachelour's degree from that institution. He focused on Chinese literature, but began to show interest in the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. His thesis discussed the late 19th century Peranakan Chinese press and early 20th century resistance movements against the Dutch colonial government. In 1970, Suryadinata received a master's degree in history from Monash University in Australia. Two years later, he graduated from the University of Ohio in the United States with a master's degree in politics. He later received his doctorate from the American University in Washington, D.C.