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UGM investigates alleged plagiarism involving history lecturers
Alleged plagiarism involves two books written by UGM history lecturers on the history of Madiun regency in East Java and Raden Rangga Prawiradirdja III, who was appointed as Madiun regent in the transition from the 18th to the 19th century.
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Celebration: British historian Peter Carey (left) speaks at the Urip iku Urub (Life is Light) book launch in Malang, East Java, in November. He was accompanied by editor FX Domini BB Hera (center) and historian Kuncoro Hadi. The book was presented as a birthday gift for Carey, who turned 70 in April. (-/Nedi Putra AW)
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adjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta has formed a team to investigate alleged plagiarism committed by its lecturers after the accusation went viral on social media.
UGM's Faculty of Cultural Science dean Setiadi said in a statement on Nov. 4 that a team had been assigned to investigate the alleged plagiarism, with the results to be announced to the public shortly, without detailing the team members' identities or the investigation deadline.
"The Faculty of Cultural Sciences leadership is taking the alleged plagiarism very seriously," Setiadi, who is an anthropology professor, said on Monday.
The alleged plagiarism went viral last week after social media user X Bernando J. Sujibto reuploaded British historian Peter Carey's comment on a culinary historian's Facebook post about plagiarism.
In his comment, Carey said that it was difficult to find integrity in the academic world in Indonesia.
“A number of historians at the most prestigious universities in southern Central Java have copied all of my research on the rebellion of the Regent Wedana of Madiun, Raden Ronggo Prawirodirjo III (1779-1810), to get a contract from Madiun, East Java, to write a new biography of Raden Ronggo and a new history of Madiun since the 17th century,” Carey said in his social media post.
Social media users linked Carey’s statement to the books Madiun: Sejarah Politik dan Transformasi Kepemerintahan dari Abad XIV ke Abad XXI (Madiun: History of Politics and Government Transformation from the 14th Century to the 21st Century) and Raden Rangga Prawiradirdja III Bupati Madiun 1796-1810: Sebuah Biografi Politik (Raden Rangga Prawiradirdja III Madiun Regent 1796-1810: A Political Biography).
