The Recurrent Mystical

I Made Bandem is a distinguished ethnomusicologist, dancer, and scholar, widely regarded as one of Bali’s most influential cultural thinkers. He has authored several seminal works on Balinese dance and gamelan music. Recently, Bandem published Gong & Palegongan: The Historical and Aesthetic Legacy of Mpu Ageng I Gusti Putu Made Geria, as well as Masks of Bali: Between Heaven & Hell, a collaboration with Bruce W. Carpenter and photographer Doddy Obenk. In recognition of his achievements and lifelong dedication to the arts, Bandem has received numerous prestigious honors, including the International UNESCO Music Council Award, the Habibie Award, the Koizumi Fumio Prize, the Cultural Medal of the Republic of Indonesia, and The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan. He also served as Rector of the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta from 1997 to 2006.

I Made Bandem adalah seorang etnomusikolog, penari, dan cendekiawan ternama, yang dikenal sebagai salah satu pemikir budaya paling berpengaruh di Bali. Ia telah menulis sejumlah karya penting tentang tari Bali dan musik gamelan. Baru-baru ini, Bandem menerbitkan Gong & Palegongan: The Historical and Aesthetic Legacy of Mpu Ageng I Gusti Putu Made Geria (Gong & Palegongan: Warisan Sejarah dan Estetika Mpu Ageng I Gusti Putu Made Geria) serta Masks of Bali: Between Heaven & Hell (Topeng-topeng Bali: Antara Surga dan Neraka), sebuah kolaborasi dengan Bruce W. Carpenter dan fotografer Doddy Obenk. Atas prestasi dan dedikasinya seumur hidup terhadap seni, Bandem telah meraih berbagai penghargaan bergengsi, di antaranya International UNESCO Music Council Award, Habibie Award, Koizumi Fumio Prize, Medali Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, serta The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon dari Kaisar Jepang. Ia juga pernah menjabat sebagai Rektor Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta pada 1997–2006.

Ingrid Rojas Contreras is a Colombian writer best known for her 2022 memoir The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir, which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize for Memoir and the National Book Award for Nonfiction, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award. She also won a Medal in Nonfiction from the California Book Awards for that work and was long-listed for a Carnegie Medal in Excellence in Nonfiction. Her first novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, won the California Book Award. Her essays and short stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, and The Paris Review, among others. Rojas was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and immigrated to the United States at the age of 14. She teaches fiction at the University of San Francisco and is a visiting professor at Saint Mary's College of California.

Ingrid Rojas Contreras adalah penulis asal Kolombia yang dikenal lewat memoarnya tahun 2022, The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir. Buku ini menjadi finalis Pulitzer Prize untuk kategori Memoir, National Book Award untuk Nonfiksi, dan National Book Critics Circle Award. Ia juga meraih Medali Nonfiksi dari California Book Awards untuk karya tersebut, serta masuk daftar panjang Carnegie Medal in Excellence in Nonfiction. Novel pertamanya, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, memenangkan California Book Award. Esai dan cerita pendeknya telah terbit di The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, dan The Paris Review, di antara publikasi lainnya. Rojas lahir dan besar di Bogotá, Kolombia, lalu pindah ke Amerika Serikat pada usia 14 tahun. Ia mengajar fiksi di University of San Francisco dan menjadi profesor tamu di Saint Mary’s College of California.

Titah AW is an Indonesian freelance journalist and writer who explores narratives at the intersection of ecology, culture, and magical realism. She has also contributed to prominent media outlets in Indonesia.

Titah AW adalah jurnalis lepas dan penulis asal Indonesia yang mengeksplorasi narasi di persimpangan antara ekologi, budaya, dan realisme magis. Ia juga telah berkontribusi pada berbagai media ternama di Indonesia.

William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians, a bestselling author, and the co-Founder of the Jaipur Literature Festival. He is the co-host of the chart-topping podcast Empire with Anita Anand. Dalrymple is the bestselling author of In Xanadu, City of Djinns, From the Holy Mountain, Age of Kali, White Mughals, The Last Mughal, Nine Lives, Return of a King, and Kohinoor. He has won many awards, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Hemingway, the Kapuscinski, the Thomas Cook, and the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize. Prior to the shortlisting of Return of a King, he had been longlisted four times for the Samuel Johnson/Baillie Gifford Prize. He has also been awarded the prestigious President's Medal by the British Academy.

William Dalrymple adalah salah satu sejarawan besar Inggris, penulis laris, dan salah satu pendiri Jaipur Literature Festival. Ia juga merupakan co-host siniar Empire bersama Anita Anand. Dalrymple adalah penulis buku laris seperti In Xanadu, City of Djinns, From the Holy Mountain, Age of Kali, White Mughals, The Last Mughal, Nine Lives, Return of a King, dan Kohinoor. Ia telah memenangkan banyak penghargaan, termasuk Wolfson Prize for History, Hemingway, Kapuscinski, Thomas Cook, dan Duff Cooper Memorial Prize. Sebelum Return of a King masuk daftar pendek, ia telah empat kali masuk daftar panjang Samuel Johnson/Baillie Gifford Prize. Ia juga telah dianugerahi Medal of Honor dari British Academy.