Joost Coté has taught Indonesian, Southeast Asian and Australian History and postgraduate Heritage Studies. His research centres on early twentieth century colonial Indonesia, focussing on discourses of colonial modernity and Indonesian cultural nationalism. He is recognised internationally for his English translations of the writing of Indonesian pioneer feminist, Raden Ajeng Kartini. He has been principal and associate supervisor and examiner of numerous doctoral dissertations. In 2002-2003 he was Regional Director of the Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta and is a regular visitor to various universities in Indonesia.
Book Chapter: Colonial education: colonials and the colonized in “colonies of settlement” and “colonies of exploitation”
Coté, Joost J. (2020). Colonial education: colonials and the colonized in “colonies of settlement” and “colonies of exploitation”. Handbook of historical studies in education: debates, tensions, and directions. (pp. 259-276) edited by Tanya Fitzgerald. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2362-0_17
Journal Article: Java's "First People's Theater": Thomas Karsten and Semarang's Sobokartti
Coté, Joost (2017). Java's "First People's Theater": Thomas Karsten and Semarang's Sobokartti. Indonesia, 104 (1), 91-120. doi: 10.1353/ind.2017.0012
Book: The life and work of Thomas Karsten
Coté, Joost, O'Neill, Hugh, Roosmalen, Pauline K. M. van and Jessup, Helen Ibbitson (2017). The life and work of Thomas Karsten. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Architectura & Natura.
The life and work of Thomas Karsten
Coté, Joost, O'Neill, Hugh, Roosmalen, Pauline K. M. van and Jessup, Helen Ibbitson (2017). The life and work of Thomas Karsten. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Architectura & Natura.
Cars, conduits, and kampongs: the modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920-1960
Freek Colombijn and Joost Coté eds. (2014). Cars, conduits, and kampongs: the modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920-1960. Boston, MA USA: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004280724
Kartini: the complete writings 1898–1904
Joost Coté ed. (2014). Kartini: the complete writings 1898–1904. Clayton, VIC, Australia: Monash University Press.
Realizing the dream of RA Kartini: her sisters’ letters from colonial Java
Cote, Joost (2008). Realizing the dream of RA Kartini: her sisters’ letters from colonial Java. Athens, OH, United States: Ohio University Press.
Letters from Kartini: An Indonesian feminist 1900-1904
Cote, Joost (1992). Letters from Kartini: An Indonesian feminist 1900-1904. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Hyland House Publishing.
Coté, Joost J. (2020). Colonial education: colonials and the colonized in “colonies of settlement” and “colonies of exploitation”. Handbook of historical studies in education: debates, tensions, and directions. (pp. 259-276) edited by Tanya Fitzgerald. Singapore, Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2362-0_17
The Pacific war experience of Dutch Eurasian civilians in Java, 1942-1948
Akagawa, Natsuko and Cote, Joost (2015). The Pacific war experience of Dutch Eurasian civilians in Java, 1942-1948. The Pacific War: Aftermaths, Remembrance and Culture. (pp. 110-132) edited by Christina Twomey and Ernest Koh. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920–1960
Colombijn, Freek and Coté, Joost (2014). Modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920–1960. Cars, conduits, and kampongs: the modernization of the Indonesian city, 1920-1960. (pp. 1-26) edited by Freek Colombijn and Joost Coté. Boston, MA USA: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004280724_002
Raden Ajeng Kartini and cultural nationalism in Java
Coté, Joost (2014). Raden Ajeng Kartini and cultural nationalism in Java. Connecting histories of education: transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in (post)colonial education. (pp. 175-196) edited by Barnita Bagchi, Eckhardt Fuchs and Kate Rousmaniere. New York, NY USA: Berghahn Books.
Java's "First People's Theater": Thomas Karsten and Semarang's Sobokartti
Coté, Joost (2017). Java's "First People's Theater": Thomas Karsten and Semarang's Sobokartti. Indonesia, 104 (1), 91-120. doi: 10.1353/ind.2017.0012
Coté, Joost (2016). Female colonial friendships in early 20th century Java: exploring new correspondence by Kartini’s sisters. Dutch Crossing, 41 (1), 21-43. doi: 10.1080/03096564.2016.1139778
Thomas Karsten's Indonesia modernity and the end of Europe, 1914-1945
Cote, Joost (2014). Thomas Karsten's Indonesia modernity and the end of Europe, 1914-1945. Bijdragen Tot De Taal- Land- En Volkenkunde, 170 (1), 66-98. doi: 10.1163/22134379-17001004
Creating Central Sulawesi: mission intervention, colonialism and 'multiculturality'
Coté, Joost (2011). Creating Central Sulawesi: mission intervention, colonialism and 'multiculturality'. Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 126 (2), 3-29. doi: 10.18352/bmgn-lchr.7308
Missionary Albert Kruyt and colonial modernity in the Dutch East Indies
Coté, Joost (2010). Missionary Albert Kruyt and colonial modernity in the Dutch East Indies. Itinerario: International journal on the history of European expansion and global interaction, 34 (3), 11-24.
The Indisch Dutch in post-war Australia
Coté, Joost (2010). The Indisch Dutch in post-war Australia. Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 5 (1), 103-125.
The sins of their fathers: culturally at risk children and the colonial state in Asia
Cote, Joost (2009). The sins of their fathers: culturally at risk children and the colonial state in Asia. Paedagogica Historica, 45 (1-2), 129-142. doi: 10.1080/00309230902746438
Staging modernity: the Semarang international colonial exhibition, 1914
Coté, Joost (2006). Staging modernity: the Semarang international colonial exhibition, 1914. RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 40 (1), 1-44.
Coté, Joost (2003). ‘A Conglomeration of […] often Conflicting Ideas’: resolving the ‘Native Question’ in Java and the outer islands in the Dutch East Indies, 1900-1925. Itinerario, 27 (3-4), 160-188. doi: 10.1017/s0165115300020817