Hilmar Farid is an Indonesian historian, cultural activist, scholar, and translator. He is currently a professor at the Jakarta Arts Institute and, as the founder of Jalindonesia, works to strengthen the role of Indonesia’s cultural assets in national development. Farid previously served as director general of culture at Indonesia’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology from 2015 to 2024. He has played a leading role in several Indonesian cultural and historical initiatives, including the Culture Working Network, which he helped establish in 1994, and the Indonesian Institute of Social History, founded in 2002.