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==Biography==
==Biography==
Tan was born on 11 June 1930 in Jakarta, Indonesia,<ref name=t298/> to a "probably fifth generation" Chinese father and second generation mother;<ref name=t281282/> she was the third of five siblings.<ref name=t298/> As a child and teenager, she studied foreign languages, including [[Dutch language|Dutch]], English, French, and German, speaking Dutch with her father and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] with her mother.<ref name=t281282>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=281–282}}</ref>
Tan was born on 11 June 1930 in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]] (now Jakarta, Indonesia),<ref name=t298/> to a "probably fifth generation" Chinese father and second generation mother;<ref name=t281282/> she was the third of five siblings.<ref name=t298/> As a child and teenager, she studied foreign languages, including [[Dutch language|Dutch]], English, French, and German, speaking Dutch with her father and [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] with her mother.<ref name=t281282>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=281–282}}</ref>


Tan studied for her bachelor's degree at the Department of [[Sinology]] at the University of Indonesia. In her third year, she entered a scientific writing competition that was organized by the Catholic Scientific Circle, winning the competition with her sociological field study. Tan later wrote that that was one of the factors that interested her in studying sociology formally; the contemporary focus on [[Chinese literature]] bored her.<ref name=t280281/>
Tan studied for her bachelor's degree at the Department of [[Sinology]] at the University of Indonesia. In her third year, she entered a scientific writing competition that was organized by the Catholic Scientific Circle, winning the competition with her sociological field study. Tan later wrote that that was one of the factors that interested her in studying sociology formally; the contemporary focus on [[Chinese literature]] bored her.<ref name=t280281/>
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When [[G. William Skinner]] arrived in Jakarta to study Chinese Indonesians, Tan was chosen as one of his three apprentices. Using the opportunity to study fieldwork and research [[methodology]], Tan spent 18 months in the position. Based on her work with him, Skinner chose Tan to receive the Cornell Southeast Asia Training Fellowship.<ref name=t280281>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=280–281}}</ref> Tan later graduated from the University of Indonesia in 1959.<ref name="Suryadinata">{{Harvnb|Suryadinata|1995|p=174}}</ref>
When [[G. William Skinner]] arrived in Jakarta to study Chinese Indonesians, Tan was chosen as one of his three apprentices. Using the opportunity to study fieldwork and research [[methodology]], Tan spent 18 months in the position. Based on her work with him, Skinner chose Tan to receive the Cornell Southeast Asia Training Fellowship.<ref name=t280281>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=280–281}}</ref> Tan later graduated from the University of Indonesia in 1959.<ref name="Suryadinata">{{Harvnb|Suryadinata|1995|p=174}}</ref>


In January 1959, Tan arrived in [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to begin her studies at Cornell University. Despite slight [[culture shock]], Tan enjoyed her studies.<ref name=t283284>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=283–284}}</ref> She received her [[Master of Arts]] in [[sociology]] in 1961,<ref name=tempo/> with her thesis based on her studies with Skinner.<ref name=t280281/> The thesis was later published in 1963 as ''The Chinese of Sukabumi: A Study in Social and Cultural Accommodation''.<ref name=t283284/>
In January 1959, Tan arrived in [[Ithaca, New York]], to begin her studies at Cornell University. Despite slight [[culture shock]], Tan enjoyed her studies.<ref name=t283284>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=283–284}}</ref> She received her [[Master of Arts]] in [[sociology]] in 1961,<ref name=tempo/> with her thesis based on her studies with Skinner.<ref name=t280281/> The thesis was later published in 1963 as ''The Chinese of Sukabumi: A Study in Social and Cultural Accommodation''.<ref name=t283284/>


After graduation, Tan returned to Jakarta to teach sociology at the [[Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia]], Jakarta, later becoming a researcher with the Center for Economic and Social Research of the Indonesian Council of Sciences (ICS, later renamed the [[Indonesian Institute of Sciences]]) in 1963. The ICS sent her to further her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in August 1963.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=285}}</ref> She later described this period as a time of great anxiety, as the political turmoil that Indonesia was experiencing &ndash; including a deteriorating economy and growing [[Communist Party of Indonesia|communist party]] &ndash; led many students to fear that their fellowships would be cancelled.<ref name=jp/> During her studies at Berkeley, Tan participated in sit-ins as part of the [[Free Speech Movement]], only stopping when warned that she could be deported if arrested.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=286}}</ref>
After graduation, Tan returned to Jakarta to teach sociology at the [[Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia]], Jakarta, later becoming a researcher with the Center for Economic and Social Research of the Indonesian Council of Sciences (ICS, later renamed the [[Indonesian Institute of Sciences]]) in 1963. The ICS sent her to further her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in August 1963.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=285}}</ref> She later described this period as a time of great anxiety, as the political turmoil that Indonesia was experiencing &ndash; including a deteriorating economy and growing [[Communist Party of Indonesia|communist party]] &ndash; led many students to fear that their fellowships would be cancelled.<ref name=jp/> During her studies at Berkeley, Tan participated in sit-ins as part of the [[Free Speech Movement]], only stopping when warned that she could be deported if arrested.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=286}}</ref>
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In August 1968, Tan returned to Indonesia.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=290}}</ref> Within a few months, she had become head of a subdivision at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=293}}</ref><ref name=jp/> During this period, she also concentrated on advancing the teaching and study of sociology at the [[University of Indonesia]].<ref name="Napitupulu"/> In the early 1970s, she became involved in discussions for the economic development of Indonesia. In an article in ''[[Tempo (Indonesian magazine)|Tempo]]'', Tan argued for development to use local materials, manufacturers, and equipment.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=291–292}}</ref>
In August 1968, Tan returned to Indonesia.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=290}}</ref> Within a few months, she had become head of a subdivision at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=293}}</ref><ref name=jp/> During this period, she also concentrated on advancing the teaching and study of sociology at the [[University of Indonesia]].<ref name="Napitupulu"/> In the early 1970s, she became involved in discussions for the economic development of Indonesia. In an article in ''[[Tempo (Indonesian magazine)|Tempo]]'', Tan argued for development to use local materials, manufacturers, and equipment.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|pp=291–292}}</ref>


Afterwards, Tan later took numerous jobs as a lecturer. From 1968 to 1997, Tan taught [[women’s studies]] at the University of Indonesia. During the same period, she taught at the Jakarta Police Academy. From 1997 – 2001, Tan became the head of the research department at the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Jakarta.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=299}}</ref> On 15 July 1998, responding [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia|several days of rioting]] the previous May, Tan &ndash; together with the activists {{ill|Saparinah Sadli|id}}, {{ill|Mayling Oey|id|Mayling Oey-Gardiner}}, and [[Sinta Nuriyah]] &ndash; spoke with President [[B. J. Habibie]] regarding the need to prevent [[violence against women]]; the [[National Commission on Violence against Women (Indonesia)|National Commission on Violence against Women]] was established later that year.<ref name="Napitupulu"/> [[Charles Coppel]] noted that, after the riots and the [[violence against Chinese Indonesians]] that resulted, Tan's academic studies of Chinese Indonesians shifted from explorations of assimilation to questions of discrimination.<ref name=jp/>
Afterwards, Tan later took numerous jobs as a lecturer. From 1968 to 1997, Tan taught [[women’s studies]] at the University of Indonesia. During the same period, she taught at the Jakarta Police Academy.<ref name="Tan299"/> She taught at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the [[University of Kyoto]], Japan, from 1986 to 1987.<ref name="Suryadinata" />
From 1997 to 2001, Tan served as the head of the research department at the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Jakarta.<ref name="Tan299">{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=299}}</ref> On 15 July 1998, responding [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia|several days of rioting]] the previous May, Tan &ndash; together with the activists {{ill|Saparinah Sadli|id}}, {{ill|Mayling Oey|id|Mayling Oey-Gardiner}}, and [[Sinta Nuriyah]] &ndash; spoke with President [[B. J. Habibie]] regarding the need to prevent [[violence against women]]; the [[National Commission on Violence against Women (Indonesia)|National Commission on Violence against Women]] was established later that year.<ref name="Napitupulu"/> [[Charles Coppel]] noted that, after the riots and the [[violence against Chinese Indonesians]] that resulted, Tan's academic studies of Chinese Indonesians shifted from explorations of assimilation to questions of discrimination.<ref name=jp/>


As of 2008, she worked as a lecturer on Police Practices at the University of Indonesia.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=299}}</ref> She was recognized for her scholarship on Chinese Indonesians, [[social stratification]], and gender and development.<ref name="Napitupulu"/> She took the position that sociology should work together with economics and politics to promote development and allow for better understandings of cooperation.<ref name=jp/>
As of 2008, she worked as a lecturer on Police Practices at the University of Indonesia.<ref>{{harvnb|Tan|2008|p=299}}</ref> She was recognized for her scholarship on Chinese Indonesians, [[social stratification]], and gender and development.<ref name="Napitupulu"/> She took the position that sociology should work together with economics and politics to promote development and allow for better understandings of cooperation.<ref name=jp/>
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* 1995: [[Bintang Jasa Nararya]]<ref name=t300301/>
* 1995: [[Bintang Jasa Nararya]]<ref name=t300301/>
* 2000: [[Bintang Mahaputera Pratama]]<ref name=t300301/>
* 2000: [[Bintang Mahaputera Pratama]]<ref name=t300301/>

==Selected publications==
* ''The Chinese in Sukabumi'' (1963)<ref name="Suryadinata" />
* ''The Chinese in the United States: Social Mobility and Assimilation'' (1971)<ref name="Suryadinata" />
* The Social and Cultural Context of Family Planning in Indonesia'' (1971)<ref name="Suryadinata" />
* ''Golongan Etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia'' ("The Ethnic Chinese of Indonesia", 1979)<ref name="Suryadinata" />
* ''Perempuan Indonesia: Pemimpin Masa Depan'' ("Indonesian Women: Future Leaders, editor, 1991)<ref name="Suryadinata" />


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 21:03, 30 April 2024

Mely G. Tan
Born
Mely Tan Giok Lan

(1930-06-11)11 June 1930
Jakarta, Indonesia
Died30 April 2024(2024-04-30) (aged 93)
Jakarta, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Alma materUniversity of Indonesia
Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley
Known forStudies on Chinese Indonesians
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
Doctoral advisorWolfram Eberhard (main)
Robert Blauner
Daniel Lev
Mely G. Tan
Traditional Chinese陳玉蘭
Simplified Chinese陈玉兰
Indonesian name
IndonesianTan Giok-lan

Mely Tan Giok Lan (11 June 1930 – 30 April 2024), professionally known as Mely G. Tan,[1] was an Indonesian sociologist. Tan obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Indonesia, later receiving a scholarship to study at Cornell University. After finishing her doctorate at University of California, Berkeley, Tan returned to Indonesia and wrote extensively on economics and Chinese Indonesians.[2]

Biography

Tan was born on 11 June 1930 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia),[1] to a "probably fifth generation" Chinese father and second generation mother;[3] she was the third of five siblings.[1] As a child and teenager, she studied foreign languages, including Dutch, English, French, and German, speaking Dutch with her father and Indonesian with her mother.[3]

Tan studied for her bachelor's degree at the Department of Sinology at the University of Indonesia. In her third year, she entered a scientific writing competition that was organized by the Catholic Scientific Circle, winning the competition with her sociological field study. Tan later wrote that that was one of the factors that interested her in studying sociology formally; the contemporary focus on Chinese literature bored her.[4]

When G. William Skinner arrived in Jakarta to study Chinese Indonesians, Tan was chosen as one of his three apprentices. Using the opportunity to study fieldwork and research methodology, Tan spent 18 months in the position. Based on her work with him, Skinner chose Tan to receive the Cornell Southeast Asia Training Fellowship.[4] Tan later graduated from the University of Indonesia in 1959.[2]

In January 1959, Tan arrived in Ithaca, New York, to begin her studies at Cornell University. Despite slight culture shock, Tan enjoyed her studies.[5] She received her Master of Arts in sociology in 1961,[6] with her thesis based on her studies with Skinner.[4] The thesis was later published in 1963 as The Chinese of Sukabumi: A Study in Social and Cultural Accommodation.[5]

After graduation, Tan returned to Jakarta to teach sociology at the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, later becoming a researcher with the Center for Economic and Social Research of the Indonesian Council of Sciences (ICS, later renamed the Indonesian Institute of Sciences) in 1963. The ICS sent her to further her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in August 1963.[7] She later described this period as a time of great anxiety, as the political turmoil that Indonesia was experiencing – including a deteriorating economy and growing communist party – led many students to fear that their fellowships would be cancelled.[8] During her studies at Berkeley, Tan participated in sit-ins as part of the Free Speech Movement, only stopping when warned that she could be deported if arrested.[9]

Tan took her oral examination with Wolfram Eberhard, Herbert Blumer, Robert Blauner, Neil Smelser, and Daniel Lev as her examiners. After passing, Tan began work on her dissertation.[10] Tan wrote her dissertation under the guidance of Eberhard, Blauner, and Lev, with approval given on 13 June 1968. Tan became the first Indonesian to receive a PhD in sociology from Berkeley as well as the first female Indonesian with a doctorate in sociology.[11][12] The dissertation, Social Mobility and Assimilation: The Chinese in the United States, was later published in Taiwan in 1971.[6]

In August 1968, Tan returned to Indonesia.[13] Within a few months, she had become head of a subdivision at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.[14][8] During this period, she also concentrated on advancing the teaching and study of sociology at the University of Indonesia.[12] In the early 1970s, she became involved in discussions for the economic development of Indonesia. In an article in Tempo, Tan argued for development to use local materials, manufacturers, and equipment.[15]

Afterwards, Tan later took numerous jobs as a lecturer. From 1968 to 1997, Tan taught women’s studies at the University of Indonesia. During the same period, she taught at the Jakarta Police Academy.[16] She taught at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Kyoto, Japan, from 1986 to 1987.[2]

From 1997 to 2001, Tan served as the head of the research department at the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Jakarta.[16] On 15 July 1998, responding several days of rioting the previous May, Tan – together with the activists Saparinah Sadli, Mayling Oey [id], and Sinta Nuriyah – spoke with President B. J. Habibie regarding the need to prevent violence against women; the National Commission on Violence against Women was established later that year.[12] Charles Coppel noted that, after the riots and the violence against Chinese Indonesians that resulted, Tan's academic studies of Chinese Indonesians shifted from explorations of assimilation to questions of discrimination.[8]

As of 2008, she worked as a lecturer on Police Practices at the University of Indonesia.[17] She was recognized for her scholarship on Chinese Indonesians, social stratification, and gender and development.[12] She took the position that sociology should work together with economics and politics to promote development and allow for better understandings of cooperation.[8]

Tan died on 30 April 2024 at Medistra Hospital, Jakarta. She was 93.[12]

Recognition

Tan received six honorary medals from the government of Indonesia, including the Satyalancana Karya Satya and Bintang Mahaputra Pratama in 1995 and the Bintang Jasa Nararya in 2000.[8] Atma Jaya University opened the Mely G. Tan reading room in her honour in 2008.[8] In 2009, she received the Nabil Award. She was recognized by the newspaper Kompas with a Cendekiawan Berdedikasi Award for her dedication to academia in 2010.[12]

List of awards

Selected publications

  • The Chinese in Sukabumi (1963)[2]
  • The Chinese in the United States: Social Mobility and Assimilation (1971)[2]
  • The Social and Cultural Context of Family Planning in Indonesia (1971)[2]
  • Golongan Etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia ("The Ethnic Chinese of Indonesia", 1979)[2]
  • Perempuan Indonesia: Pemimpin Masa Depan ("Indonesian Women: Future Leaders, editor, 1991)[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Tan 2008, p. 298
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Suryadinata 1995, p. 174
  3. ^ a b Tan 2008, pp. 281–282
  4. ^ a b c Tan 2008, pp. 280–281
  5. ^ a b Tan 2008, pp. 283–284
  6. ^ a b "Mely G. Tan". Pusat Data dan Analisa Tempo. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  7. ^ Tan 2008, p. 285
  8. ^ a b c d e f Hermawan, Ary (19 June 2008). "Melly G. Tan: Promoting multiculturalism". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  9. ^ Tan 2008, p. 286
  10. ^ Tan 2008, pp. 287–288
  11. ^ Tan 2008, pp. 288–289
  12. ^ a b c d e f Napitupulu, Ester Lince (30 April 2024). "Perempuan Doktor Sosiologi Pertama Indonesia Berpulang" [Indonesia's First Female Doctor of Sociology has Passed]. Kompas (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ Tan 2008, p. 290
  14. ^ Tan 2008, p. 293
  15. ^ Tan 2008, pp. 291–292
  16. ^ a b Tan 2008, p. 299
  17. ^ Tan 2008, p. 299
  18. ^ a b c d e f Tan 2008, pp. 300–301

References

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