Louie Buana

Louie Buana is an Indonesian writer from Makassar and a history researcher at the Institute for History, Leiden University. He is also a Guest Researcher at KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. His research areas include customary law, Southeast Asian maritime networks, and colonialism. Since 2011, he has actively promoted the La Galigo epic to young generations through new media and founded the Lontara Project, a youth community dedicated to preserving the epic from South Sulawesi as a UNESCO Memory of the World. He holds an Advanced Master in European and International Human Rights Law from Leiden University (2016) and graduated from the Colonial & Global History Program at the Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University (2015).

Louie Buana adalah penulis Indonesia asal Makassar dan peneliti sejarah di Institute for History, Leiden University. Dia juga merupakan Guest Researcher di KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. Bidang risetnya mencakup hukum adat, jaringan maritim Asia Tenggara, dan kolonialisme. Sejak 2011, dia secara aktif mempromosikan epos La Galigo kepada generasi muda melalui media baru dan mendirikan Lontara Project, komunitas pemuda yang berdedikasi untuk melestarikan epos dari Sulawesi Selatan sebagai Memory of the World UNESCO. Dia memiliki gelar Advanced Master in European and International Human Rights Law dari Leiden University (2016) dan lulus dari Colonial & Global History Program di Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University (2015).