Dr Jane Ahlstrand

Lecturer , Indonesian Studies - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Jane Ahlstrand

Phone: +61 2 6773 5044

Email: jahlstra@une.edu.au

Biography

Jane joined UNE in 2018 as a Lecturer in Indonesian. Jane has a passion for teaching and learning the Indonesian language, as well as the arts of Indonesia. She is an advocate for transculturalism and sees the importance of meaningful interpersonal engagement between people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Jane conducted her PhD research at the University of Queensland, where she examined the use of language in the Indonesian online news media to represent female politicians and their dynamic relationship with power during a period of political and social transition. Specialising in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Jane’s research interests include power relations, political discourse, media discourse, Indonesian studies and gender studies.

In addition to teaching Indonesian at UNE, Jane teaches and performs Balinese dance in Australia and overseas.

Qualifications

BA Asian and International Studies, Griffith University
BA Languages and Applied Linguistics, Griffith University
Honours (Humanities), Curtin University
PhD, University of Queensland

Awards

  • Winner of the 2017 Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Multicultural Art Award
  • Winner of the 2015 National Australia Indonesia Language Awards (NAILA)
  • Winner of the  2017 National Australia Indonesia Language Awards (NAILA).
  • Winner of the 2019 National Australia Indonesia Language Awards (NAILA) for teaching

Primary Research Area/s

Critical Discourse Analysis; Indonesian Studies; Gender Studies; Media Studies

Publications

Ahlstrand, J.L, Maniam, V. (forthcoming) Kartini, online media and the politics of the Jokowi era: A critical discourse analysis. Asian Studies Review.

Ahlstrand, J. L. (2023) Gender, media and populism: The vilification of first lady Ani Yudhoyono in the Indonesian online news media. In D.B. Sudebi, H. Brasted, K.V. Strokirch & A. Scott (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of populism in the Asia Pacific. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160014

Ahlstrand, J. L. (2023) Challenging the elite-public divide: Representing former Indonesian first lady, Ani Yudhoyono in online news discourse.Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 24(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.17510/wacana.v24i1.1165

Ahlstrand, J. (2022). Women, Media, and Power in Indonesia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003083252

Ahlstrand J.L. (2021). Strategies of ideological polarisation in the online news media: A social actor analysis of Megawati Soekarnoputri. Discourse & Society, 32(1), 64–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/095792652096163

Ahlstrand, J. (2020). Conveying Emotion in the Poetry of Norman Erikson Pasaribu: Review of Tiffany Tsao’s Translation of Sergius Seeks Bacchus. The AALITRA Review: A Journal of Literary Translation, 15(December 2020), 64-67.

Memberships

Asian Studies Association of Australia

Consultancy Interests

Film and media