Recent Indonesia Study Group Meeting October 22, 2009
Posted by Ross McLeod in Indonesia Study Group.Tags: crisis, history, Indonesia
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Wednesday, 28 October, 12.30 – 2.00 pm in Seminar Room B, Coombs Building, ANU
Vencentius Hoeben
Constructing the Indonesian Nation through Crises. Representations and Realities
How Indonesia as a nation is constructed through cultural memory seems at the moment more problematic than ever. Many of the memory figures of the New Order seem to have lost their meaning and Indonesia is on a journey to reinvent itself. My talk argues that, in contrast to much of the memory making that has been done until now, the Indonesian nation has emerged from multiple crises instead of long term historical continuities. What could then be envisaged as the ‘new Indonesian history’ as pillar of a democratic Indonesia?
The committee welcomes suggestions for seminar speakers and topics. Please contact any of us: Ed Aspinall x 5591 5; Greg Fealy x 52302: John McCarthy x 50494: Budy Resosudarmo x 52244: Ditya Nurdianto x 56215, Marcus Mietzner x 57241
If you would like to be added to the ISG mailing list, please send your contact details, including your email address, to indonesia.project@anu.edu.au.
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