The authors of this book – Taufik Ahmad, Galuh Ambar Sasi, Maarten van der Bent, Esther Captain, Martijn Eickhoff, Maiza Elvira, Farabi Fakih, Roel Frakking, Apriani Harahap, Anne-Lot Hoek, Sarkawi B. Husain, Julianto Ibrahim, Gerry van Klinken, Hans Meijer, Erniwati Nur, Onno Sinke, Mawardi Umar, Anne van der Veer, Abdul Wahid, Tri Wahyuning M. Irsyam, and Muhammad Yuanda Zara – work with various universities in Indonesia and the Netherlands or with the research institutes KITLV, NIMH or NIOD.