On Wednesday 2 July Professor Krishna Sen, FAHA (Executive Director, Humanities and Creative Arts, Australian Research Council) launched a new book Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics (London: Routledge, 2008) that I edit.
The event began at 6:00pm (refreshment) in the University Professional Bookshop (The University of Melbourne), for 6:30pm (presentations) in Theatre […]
Category Archives: Indonesian Studies
Launch of Popular Culture in Indonesia
July 8, 2008 – 12:09 pm
Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia
June 1, 2008 – 11:40 am
“Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia” a podcast conversation with two of several authors of a newly published book Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics (A. Heryanto, ed., Routledge 2008). The podcast is available for playback online, or download and save in your computer or mp3 player. A transcript in pdf and […]
Abdullah Gùl: “Most Muslims like to live in an Islamic society with a secular state”
May 15, 2008 – 10:01 am
“So far, no Islamist party has won a majority of the popular vote in any of the Muslim countries where reasonably clean elections are held. Often, the Islamist share of the votes has declined. In Malaysia, the Islamists have never gone beyond 11% of the popular vote. In Indonesia, the various Islamist groups have never […]
Launceston, May 2008
May 15, 2008 – 9:45 am
In the second week of May I had my first visit to Tasmania. Sponsored by School of Asian Languages and Studies (University of Tasmania) chaired by Associate Professor Pam Allen, my visit was primarily to participate in a seminar that the school held on 8 May 2007 on Launceston campus. Dr Dirk Tomsa was the […]
The Impossibility of History - a free public lecture by Laksmi Pamuntjak
April 14, 2008 – 11:56 am
ps: See images of Laksmi Pamuntja’s public lecture ‘The Impossibility of History’ (1 May 2008), download her notes for the talk, or listen to the audio recording of the event.
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Paperback Edition of State Terrorism and Political Identity in Indonesia; Fatally Belonging
March 31, 2008 – 9:30 am
When State Terrorism and Political Identity in Indonesia; Fatally Belonging (2006) was published only in hard copy, many were rightly disappointed because of its high price. Now the paperback edition is out. The warm public reception of the original edition has led its publisher Routledge to include it in the list of 7 titles the […]
Movie industry asks Court to overturn 1992 Film Law
December 12, 2007 – 3:17 pm
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Movie industry asks Court to overturn 1992 Film Law
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Filmmakers and actors asked the Constitutional Court to review and eventually nullify a law deemed […]
Mira Lesmana in Melbourne
September 30, 2007 – 8:06 am
post-event notes:* some photos from the event are temporarily accessible here
* an audio recording of the public lecture is temporarily available here
Being in Melbourne has lots of bonuses, including having the rare opportunity to host Indonesians with special talents and achievements.
Next week, on behalf of Asia Institute, I will be hosting Indonesia’s top film producer […]
Between Ann Arbor and Melbourne (2007)
June 3, 2007 – 4:42 pm
One of the greatest benefits of distant travel is a better understanding of where one comes from.
Last Easter I revisited Ann Arbor, Michigan to give a public lecture as part of a series of events under the theme of Citizenship at Risk: International Perspectives, organised jointly by The University of Michigan’s International Institute, the College […]