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John Pemberton is an associate professor of anthropology at Columbia University. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, Pemberton taught at the University of Wisconsin.

His research interest has primarily been focused on Indonesia and the intersections between history and anthropology. As such, he has worked on issues related to colonial encounters, modernism, techbnology cultural performance, translation, and ritual practice. His 1994 On the Subject of "Java" was published by Cornell University Press and explores the relationship between culture and politics in Java.

Pemberton joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1997 and currently teaches on the history and culture of Indonesia. He lives in New York City with his wife Marilyn Ivy, also an associate professor of anthropology at Columbia who joined in 1997, and their daughter Alice Ivy-Pemberton. Both professors are affiliated with the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Pemberton also sits on the Editorial Collective of the academic journal Public Culture.