Staff

Dr. Uli Kozok

Ulrich Kozok Email: kozok[at]hawaii.edu
Research Interests:
Paleography of Island Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia and the Philippines). Prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Philology and oral literature of Sumatra (Batak, Kerinci, Rejang-Lebong, Lampung). Modern Indonesian Literature. Modern Indonesian Culture and Society. Methodology of Language Learning and Teaching Distance Education.

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA

Full name: Ulrich Kozok
Date of birth: 26 May 1959; Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany
Nationality: German. Permanent resident of New Zealand & USA
Contact: Ph. +1 (808) 956 7574; Fax 956 5978
Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Hawaiian and Indo- Pacific Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, U.S.A.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MA, 1989 University of Hamburg, Seminar für Indonesische und Südseesprachen. Thesis: Bilang-bilang. Die Klagelieder der Karo-Batak
PhD, 1994 (Magna cum laude) in Batak languages and literatures. University of Hamburg, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Austronesian Languages and Cultures. University of Hamburg. Thesis: Die Bataksche Klage. Toten-,Hochzeits- und Liebesklagen in oraler und schriftlicher Tradition’.

LANGUAGE COMPETENCY

Indonesian: Near-native fluency in reading, comprehension, writing. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Superior
Malay: Excellent listening comprehension, fluent reading, including Arabic (Jawi) and Sumatran Surat Ulu scripts. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Advanced High
Batak: Intermediate mid-high speaking and listening comprehension, but excellent reading comprehension in Karo Batak; limited speaking, but good reading competence in Angkola, Mandailing, Pakpak, Simalungun, Toba, including the Batak scripts.
German: Native
East-Frisian: Excellent reading, very good listening comprehension. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Intermediate High
English: Upper Advanced reading, listening, and writing skills. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Advanced High
Dutch: Excellent reading, very good listening, and upper-intermediate speaking comprehension. ACTFL Speaking Scale: Adavanced Low
Other: I studied Latin for six, and Greek for three years at high school. I have limited reading knowledge of French, and Spanish, and fair reading knowledge of Italian.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2005 Associate Professor, HIPLL, UHM
2005 Honorary Visiting Scholar. School of Asian Studies, University of Auckland (May-August)
2001-2005 Assistant Professor in Indonesian, Department of Hawaiian and Indo- Pacific Languages and Literatures, College of College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA.
2000–2001 Senior Lecturer in Indonesian, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand (NB: The position of Senior Lecturer in New Zealand educational nomenclature is equivalent to US associate professor).
1994–1999 Lecturer in Indonesian, School of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand (NB: The position of Lecturer in New Zealand educational nomenclature is equivalent to US assistant professor). 1998-2001 Head of the Indonesian Section.
1993 Guest Lecturer at the Carl v. Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg (Germany).
1993–1994 University of Hamburg – Part Time Lecturer.
1990–1991 University of North Sumatra – Honorary Lecturer.
1988–1989 Teachers’ Training College, Medan – Full-time Lecturer.
1987 Short time employment (6 months), archaeological excavation in Biberach (Germany).

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2005 Convener of the Material Development for Distance Education Workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1-31 July 2005).
2004 Convener of the Workshop for the Transliteration and Translation of the Tanjung Tanah Manuscript. Jakarta (December 2004)
2003 Coordinator of the COTIM advanced Indonesian Study Abroad Program in coopeation with Sam Ratulangi University, Manado.
1996 Coordinator of the Indonesian language summerschool programme for New Zealand university students in cooperation with Gadjah Mada University.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2005- International Council for Malay Language – Majlis Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu (MABM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative for North America.
2002- Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL)
2000- Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay (COTIM)
2000-2001 International Council for Malay Language – Majlis Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu (MABM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Representative for New Zealand.
1999- New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters (NZSTI)
1998- American Association for Asian Studies (AAAS)
1998- Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (MANASSA), Indonesia
1996- The Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE)
1994- New Zealand Association of Asian Studies
1994- European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (EUROSEAS)
1991- Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV), Leiden, NL

Board Member of Academic Journals

2001- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT), Singapore.
1997- Member of the Editorial Board of the international scholarly journal Indonesia and the Malay World. University of London, UK

Publications

Websites

Febrina Marisyah

Febrina Marisyah has been the Indonesian language lecturer since 2001. She can be contacted by email febrina[at]hawaii.edu.

Foreign Language Teaching Assistants

In most years the Indonesian-Malay Language Program has a Fulbright-IIE Foreign Language Teaching Assistent (FLTA).