Matthew I. Cohen
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Preservation and Study of Wayang at Yale University. Invited presentation at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta (Indonesia), November 8, 2023.
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Ramayana and Animism in Wayang Puppet Theatre
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Indian Shadow Puppetry. Panelist in a Puppet Forum held at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry with the Indian scholar-practitioner Rahul Koonathara and Professor Claudia Orenstein, in conjunction with the exhibition “Tradition and Revolution in Indian Shadow Puppetry” at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry.
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Yudhistira meets Sunan Kalijaga in the Serat Centhini: An Epistemological Mash-Up as a Charter Myth for the Transmission of Wayang Tradition in Java. Invited keynote presentation for the International Webinar: Literature and Art in the Javanese Tradition. Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia, August 11, 2023.
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Wayang Wahana and the modernization of Javanese wayang kulit. Keynote Address at the Sixth International Conference on Performing Arts (ICPA): Reinforcing Puppet Identity in the Era of Industrial Revolution 4. Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta.
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Performing Hell in Indonesian Shadow Puppet Theatre
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Wayang Thithi, Wayang Kulit Tionghoa, Wacinwa: Origins and Revival of a Modern Chinese-Javanese Shadow Puppet Theatre. Invited public lecture at the Jogja International Heritage Festival, Yogyakarta (Indonesia), November 6, 2023.
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Sea Offerings
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Artistic and Professional Performances

European Modernism and the Enjoyment of Wayang
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Book Chapter

Review of Jaap Erkelens, Dardanella: Perintis Teater Indonesia Modern, Duta Kesenian Indonesia Melanglang Buana.
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Book Review

Who is the Dalang? The Indonesian art of shadow puppetry sheds light on our new political reality.  
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Other Scholarly Work

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/american-politics-shadow-puppetry
Gambyong Style: Golek Puppetry and Social Dancing in the Centhini. 
2024
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The Exhibition Value of Wayang in Colonial Modernity: The Case of Tasripin’s Puppets
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Peranan Tasripin dalam Pengembangan Kebudayaan Jawa. 
2024
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Partasuwanda and wayang golek modern: Teknik and modernization in Sundanese rod puppetry
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Wayang Kulit Tionghoa: Assembling a Modern Chinese-Javanese Shadow Puppet Theatre
2024
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Hide and Shade
2025
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Artistic and Professional Performances

Review of Sumarsam, The In-Between in Javanese Performing Arts: History and Myth, Interculturalism and Interreligiosity
2025
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Book Review

The MukaMukaMu Collection of Indonesian Puppets and Masks at the Asia Culture Center
2025
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Journal Article

ATJ Annual Lecture: Unlikely Archives in the Study of Indonesian Theatre and Performance
2025
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation