Annual Indonesia Lecture Series 2001
The Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute, in association with The Australian Indonesian Association of Victoria, Inc., announces the Annual Indonesia Lectures for 2001:
"SOEKARNO: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT"
Saturday, 27th October 2001 from 1-5pm
Rotunda lecture theatre R3 (Rotunda at back of Alexander Theatre), on Monash University's Clayton campus
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: ALL WELCOME
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Soekarno, Indonesia's 1st President, as well as his daughter Megawati's taking that high office. In view of the revival of Soekarno's popularity in contemporary Indonesia, it is worth looking again at the contribution he made to the development of the Indonesian nation. Perceptions of the nation have changed since Soekarno's presidency and the idea of Indonesia and its place in the world is now once more up for redefinition. These lectures will consider Soekarno within the framework of changing perceptions of Indonesia's past and in the context of current debates and struggles to orient Indonesia's future.
Program:
Emeritus Prof John Legge, formerly Professor of History and Dean of Arts, Monash University, author of 'Soekarno: A Political Biography' will speak on "Soekarno in Retrospect".
Muhammad Slamet, formerly of the Department of Indonesian and Malayan Studies, University of Melbourne: "After Adoration ... Disappointment".
Emeritus Prof Jamie Mackie, Indonesia Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University on "Soekarno's Foreign Policies: Their Significance for Australia and Indonesia, then and now".
'Archival Impressions of Soekarno.' Filmmaker Curtis Levy's video compilation from his archives of footage of Soekarno (16mins 30secs).
Associate Prof David Reeve , Department of Chinese and Indonesian, School of Modern Language Studies, University of New South Wales: "Soekarno, Radical/Conservative?"
Dr Angus McIntyre, Department of Politics, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University: "In Soekarno's Time: An Exploration of his View of History".
Amrih Widodo, Southeast Asia Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University: "Soekarno as a Cultural Icon".
There
will be opportunities for questions and discussion from the floor.
The Centre of Southeast Asian Studies will publish the lectures
in 2002