Past Event January 01, 1970

Mini Conference ‘Fifty years on: Reflections on the anniversary and recent efforts to address the 1965 violence in Indonesia’

The Herb Feith Foundation and the Asian History Hub in SHAPS at Melbourne University would like to announce an exhibition launch on October 6 and a mini conference to be held on Friday 7 October. At this stage we are announcing the date and confirmed speakers. Full program to follow.

The exhibition The Act of Living: A Photo Exhibition of Women Survivors of Indonesia’s Violence in 1965 is an AJAR (Asia Justice and Rights)’s photographs that was planned as part of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival last year. Sadly all our events were cancelled due to police pressure.

We are delighted to now present 17 photographs from this exhibition here in Melbourne.

Exhibition 

Dax Gallery, Dax Building, Royal Parade, Melbourne University
Thursday October 6, approx start time 5:30pm

Conference

‘Fifty years on: Reflections on the anniversary and recent efforts to address the 1965 violence in Indonesia’

Friday October 7, 9am-5pm

Discursive Theatre, Level 4, Arts West, Melbourne University

Keynote speaker:

Pak Dodi Yuniar (Asia Justice and Rights)

Confirmed Panelists include:

Ibu Kadmiyati, survivor and participant in the AJAR project
Djin Siauw, Herb Feith Foundation
Roro Sawita, Taman 65 (Bali)
Pipt Ambarmirah, KIPPER Yogyakarta
Vannessa Hearman, Charles Darwin University
Leila S. Chudori, Author and Journalist
Hellena Yoranita Souisa, PhD candidate University of Melbourne and Watch Doc
Kate McGregor, University of Melbourne
Ken Setiawan, University of Melbourne
Ariel Heryanto, ANU

All welcome