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Indonesia Post 2024 Elections:Research Contribution and Collaboration The annual symposium is a continuation of the University of Melbourne’s commitment to engagement with and building excellence in scholarship on Indonesia, working together to build a strong sense of community and collaboration among researchers on and from Indonesia through seminars and academic discussions. The 43rd Indonesia Forum […]

Civil society and democracy in Indonesia Delivered by Professor Dr. Todung Mulya Lubis Date Wednesday, 20 November 2024 Time 4.00 – 5.0pm Venue Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room (106),Sidney Myer Asia Centre Location The University of Melbourne A brief overview Professor Todung Mulya Lubis was a good friend of Professor Arief Budiman. They worked together since […]

Date Sunday, 6 October 2024 Time 3.00–6.00pm Venue Federation Hall Location Southbank CampusThe University of Melbourne Eksil (2022) is an award-winning documentary movie about ten Indonesian exiles who have been living in Europe for the past 60 years. They were students under the then-Indonesian civil service bond (Indonesian: Mahasiswa Ikatan Dinas, MAHID), studying abroad when […]

Date Thursday, 19 September 2024 Time 12.00 – 1.00pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne Dr Wu-Ling Chong, Professor Burhanuddin Muhtadi, and Kennedy Muslim presented their findings on the perceptions towards Chinese Indonesians holding public offices at various levels, from president to governor or mayor in Indonesia. The opening […]

Date Wednesday, 28 August 2024 Time 12:30 – 1:30pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne Sunda Wiwitan is a local belief system (Indonesian: aliran kepercayaan) in Sundanese-speaking areas of West Java, Indonesia. The documentary Finding the Book of Life in the Land of AKUR: Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage by Positioning […]

Date Friday, 23 August 2024 Time 11:30am – 12:00pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne In 1910, the Dutch physical anthropologist J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan (1875-1971) travelled to the Indonesian archipelago, at the time Netherlands East Indies. In search of visual evidence in support of European racial theories, he took 188 […]

Date Wednesday, 21 August 2024 Time 1:00pm – 2:30pm Venue – Location Online Focusing on innovations in conservation materials, research and practice in Southeast Asia, this webinar invited conservators and cultural practitioners across Southeast Asia, including Assoc Prof Maria Bernardita Maronilla-Reyes, Musrizal Mat Isa, and Mohamad Habibi to share their experiences working in conservation. It […]

Date Wednesday, 21 August 2024 Time 11:00am – 1:00pm Venue Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room (106)Sidney Myer Asia Centre Location The University of Melbourne The ‘Human Rights in Indonesia’ Expert Panel is a joint panel session addressing human rights issues affecting some of Indonesia’s marginalised communities, bringing together Andreas Harsono, Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch, and Dr […]

Date Thursday, 15 August 2024 Time 12:30pm – 1:30pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne ‘Collectivism’ in the Bandung (West Java), Indonesian art scene, as well as in other cities, is deeply intertwined with Indonesia’s specific historical socio-political context. Bandung experienced a period of immense growth in the number of alternative […]

Food, particularly rice, constitutes a significant portion of poor households’ budgets. This prompted the Indonesian government to launch the RASKIN food program (Program Subsidi Beras bagi Masyarakat Berpendapatan Rendah) in the early 2000s. Despite its critical role, studies have shown that the program did not fully achieve its potential. Although some reforms have incrementally improved […]

The communist critiques of colonial West Sumatran society initiated by Sarekat Rakyat members in October 1923 involved the strategic use of the press, recitations, and clubs to cultivate anti-colonial and anti-capitalist sentiment. These activities contributed to the uprisings of late 1926 and early 1927 and influenced the colonial government’s decision to exile several leaders. In […]

A collaborative event with the Australia Indonesia Youth Association of Victoria  Maluku is renowned for its equal population of Islam and Christianity, with adherents of both religions living side by side. Despite being in the less developed eastern part of Indonesia, Maluku holds a central place in Indonesia’s history and colonial legacy as the home of […]

In a corner of Indonesia’s Aceh province, the Chinese community holds a unique and intricate history that often goes unnoticed. Through her current research project, Chontida Auikool, PhD candidate from Lund University, explores the memories and narratives that shape the lives of the Aceh Chinese community. By investigating both historical events and contemporary experiences, this […]

Intercultural marriage is an important part of the personal lives of many Australians in this multicultural society. But pejorative stereotypes endure of marriages between Asian women and ‘Aussie’ men, especially if they have been brokered, or developed through correspondence courtship. The so-called ‘Mail Order’ bride stereotype, and families formed through transnational correspondence courtship, are explored […]

This page recaps Day 2 of the two-day event hosted by the Indonesia Forum, in collaboration with colleagues from Cultural Studies at Universitas Indonesia and The University of Melbourne’s School of Culture and Communication. The event took place on April 18-19, 2024, at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre. The event for Day 2 (April 19) […]