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IN MEMORIAM PROF. ANTHONY REID

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Sumber gambar: Google Search.    HISTORIAN AND ONE OF THE SO-CALLED INDONESIANIST By: Fransiskus Borgias (Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia)   Introduction The news of the death of Prof. Tony Reid (short name of Anthony Reid) a few weeks ago was certainly a sad news for us because we lost one of the great historians (and also anthropologians) of Southeast Asia, even South Asia and especially Indonesia. He, who was born in 1939, has finally left us all to the eternal life beyond the valley of death. It was Prof. Bernard Adeney, who conveyed the sad news to the ICRS family and ICRS Alumni via our Whatsapp Group. At that very moment, Prof. Bernie also did not forget to provide a brief note about his own “dynamic encounter” with the late Tony Reid. Requiescat in Pace Prof. Tony.   Some “Memories” When I read the sad news of Prof. Tony’s death, I immediately remembered several “memories” related to him....