Since 2002, Pusat Studi Sunda has carried out critical, interdisciplinary research into Sundanese language, literature, and culture — through research, documentation, publishing, and stewardship of the Ajip Rosidi Library — so that Sundanese cultural heritage stays alive within a global cultural context.
Pusat Studi Sunda (PSS) was founded as a follow-up to the recommendations of the 1st International Conference on Sundanese Culture (KIBS 1), held by the Yayasan Kebudayaan Rancagé in Bandung. Founded by Ajip Rosidi together with Sundanese cultural figures and academics, PSS became a home for research, a library, and Sundanese-studies publishing.
KIBS 1 was held in Bandung (22–25 August) and recommended establishing a center for Sundanese studies.
Pusat Studi Sunda was officially founded, established among others by Ajip Rosidi, Edi S. Ekadjati, A. Chaedar Alwasilah, and Dodong Djiwapradja.
PSS operated on Jl. Karawitan No. 46, then Jl. Taman Kliningan II No. 5, while building up its library and the Sundalana journal.
The Ajip Rosidi Library was inaugurated at Jl. Garut No. 2, Bandung — a three-story building that remains the center of PSS activity to this day.
PSS continues to develop its research, digitize its collections, and partner with universities for the future of Sundanese culture.
The revitalization of Sundanese culture in its broadest sense, through critical and interdisciplinary study of the many facets of local culture within a global cultural context.
Four pillars of activity that support the mission of preserving and developing Sundanese culture.
Study of Sundanese language, literature, history, and manuscripts, used as a reference by undergraduate through doctoral students, researchers, and writers from various universities.
A scholarly journal of Sundanese-studies research, currently being developed toward international status in partnership with universities.
Stewardship of the Ajip Rosidi Library: books, manuscripts, microfilm, and digital books, open to the public.
Cultural literacy programs and digital access development for the collection through the Gapura platform, so Sundanese heritage reaches a new generation.
A three-story building at Jl. Garut No. 2, Bandung, housing a collection of fiction and non-fiction books, manuscripts, microfilm, and digital books — much of it inherited from the personal collections of Ajip Rosidi and other Sundanese cultural figures. Open to the public for anyone wishing to study Sundanese culture.
The catalog and digital collection of the Ajip Rosidi Library can now be accessed through the Gapura platform — a digital gateway to Sundanese and Indonesian archipelagic literary heritage.