Matthew I. Cohen
Professor/Dramatic Arts

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Scholarly Contributions

164 Scholarly Contributions

65
Journal Articles
42
Poster/Presentations
23
Other Scholarly Works
16
Book Chapters
12
Artistic and Professional Performancess
3
Books
2
Book Reviews
1
Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blog, Podcast, Magazine/Trade Publication
ATJ Annual Lecture: Unlikely Archives in the Study of Indonesian Theatre and Performance
2025
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Wayang collections in global contexts.
2025
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Recent Research on Wayang: Puppet Theatre in Indonesia.
2025
Matthew I Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

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

Participant in Roundtable “Themes in Puppetry: Crossing Cultures, Reports on Creative Work, Professional Puppetry Education and Production.”
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Wayang Esther: Performing the Book of Esther as a Javanese-Style Shadow Puppet Play for the Holiday of Purim.
2023
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

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

Adventures in Jewish Puppet and Spectacle Performance Online Forum
2022
Matthew Cohen, John Bell, Jenny Romaine, Steve Abrams
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat sebagai Institusi yang Refleksif: Kreativitas Pelestarian dan Penciptaan Seni Budaya di Ruang Publik.
2022
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Round Table Panel Discussion with Jennifer Goodlander, Jennifer Lale, Cynthia Shin
2022
Matthew Cohen
Research Type: Poster/Presentation