Jessica Rahardjo

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DPhil Student

Supervisor: Dr R. Michael Feener
College Affiliation: Wolfson College
Email: jessica.rahardjo@history.ox.ac.uk

 

Education:

2018 – Present: DPhil in History, University of Oxford
Thesis Title: The formation of vernacular Islamic funerary material culture in the early modern Indian Ocean world: Batu Aceh tombstone tradition

 

2016 – 2018: MPhil in Islamic Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford – with Distinction
Supervisor: Associate Professor Zeynep Yürekli-Görkay and Dr R. Michael Feener
Dissertation Title: Royal Funerary Material Culture of Bima, Indonesia

 

2013 – 2016: BA History of Art (Asia, Africa & Europe), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and University College London – with First Class Honours
Supervisor: Professor Scott Redford
Dissertation Title: La face lumineuse d’Islam: Musée du Louvre’s Department of Islamic Art Galleries

 

2008 – 2011: Diploma in Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

 

Research Interests:

  • Southeast Asian Islamic art
  • Codicology
  • Funerary material culture