Thank you for your intention to submit an extended abstract or paper to the International Symposium on Javanese Culture 2026. Please note that the submission is now closed. We sincerely appreciate your interest and encourage you to participate in future symposiums.
Call for Paper
Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat will host the International Symposium on Javanese Culture 2026, themed: “Architecture, Spatial Planning, and Territory in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta”. This symposium is part of a series of events commemorating the 37th Anniversary of the Ascension of Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X to the Throne in 2026.
We invite you to participate in the Symposium by submitting your papers through the Call for Papers, open from Monday, 1 September to Tuesday, 30 September 2025. Submissions may adopt political, historical, artistic, performance, or socio-cultural perspectives. Selected papers will be invited to a writing workshop with editors and academic reviewers, presented at the Symposium, and/or published
Timeline
1 – 30 Sep 2025
Submission of extended abstracts/full papers through Call for Papers
November 2025
Announcement of 20 selected extended abstracts/full papers
Writing workshop Phase 1 by reviewers for the 20 selected extended abstracts/full papers
31 Desember 2025
Submission of full paper following Writing Workshop Phase 1
14 January 2026
Announcement of the final selected papers
17 January 2026
Writing workshop Phase 2 by reviewers for selected presenters
28 February 2026
Submission of final papers and slides
April 2026
The Day International Symposium on Javanese Culture
Editor & Reviewers
Prof. Dr. Drs. R.M. Pramutomo, M.Hum.
Professor of Ethnochoreology at Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta, Indonesia
Editor
Prof. Ir. Bakti (Bobi) Setiawan, MA., Ph.D.
Professor of Urban Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Reviewer
Dr. Hélène Njoto Feillard
Art & Architecture Historian, Associate Researcher at École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), France-Jakarta’s Office
Reviewer
Dr. Verena Meyer
Assistant Professor of Leiden Institute of Area Studies (LIAS) in the field of Islamic Studies in Southeast Asia, Leiden University, Netherlands
Reviewer
Prof. Koji Miyazaki
Professor Emeritus of Foreign Studies at Tokyo University, Executive Director at National Institutes for the Humanities, Japan