[TimorLesteStudies] Seminar in Melbourne: 'Towards Reconciliation: Indonesia and East Timor 40 Years On'

Hannah Loney h.loney at student.unimelb.edu.au
Tue May 19 14:55:04 AEST 2015


*The Indonesia Forum, the Asian History Hub, the University of Melbourne*

*& the Herb Feith Foundation present*


 *Towards Reconciliation: Indonesia and East Timor 40 Years On*

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*Date: June 4 2015*

*Panel Discussion: 4pm-6pm*

*Lecture: 6.30-7.45pm *


 *Multi-Function Room, 1888 Building (198) (rear),*

*The University of Melbourne, Parkville*


 This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East
Timor. To reflect on this anniversary the Indonesia Forum and the Asian
History Hub (both at the University of Melbourne) and the Herb Feith
Foundation will host a panel discussion and a lecture on the afternoon/
evening of June 4, 2015.


In the afternoon *discussion panel Associate Professor Michael Leach
(Swinburne University), Dr Vannessa Hearman (Sydney University), PhD
candidate Hannah Loney (University of Melbourne) and East Timorese
postgraduate student Fransedes Suni (RMIT) *will speak on histories of
activism concerning the Indonesian occupation and the steps Indonesians and
East Timorese have taken towards reconciliation since Timor-Leste's
independence in 1999.


This will be followed by a *lecture entitled 'Thunder in the Silent Zone:
the Chega! and Per Memoriam Reports in Indonesia' by activist Pat Walsh,
former advisor to the CAVR*, focusing on the official Indonesian and East
Timorese reports on how to deal with the legacies of the occupation and pre
independence violence.


Following the publication of the CAVR report (*Chega!*) in Indonesia, Pat
Walsh has spent several months discussing it and the 2008 joint
Indonesia/Timor-Leste report Per Memoriam Ad Spem with universities and
think tanks in Indonesia in the context of reclaiming Indonesia's wider
past history and addressing victims’ rights. He has found that residual
Soeharto era misrepresentations and denial continue at official levels to
the detriment of the truth, reconciliation and victims, but that a new
generation of Indonesian intellectuals are open to a different narrative on
East Timor when it is put to them.


*Pat Walsh co-founded *Inside Indonesia* magazine in 1983 and pioneered a
number of Australia-Indonesia people-to-people projects. He was engaged by
the UN to help set up the CAVR truth commission in Timor-Leste and served
as its special adviser. He is currently adviser to the Post-CAVR
Secretariat in Dili and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) in Jakarta. He has
been awarded the Order of Timor-Leste and Australia's AM for services to
human rights in the region. His book *Stormy with a chance of fried rice:
Twelve months in Jakarta* will be published later this year. His website is
**www.patwalsh.net* <http://www.patwalsh.net>*. The newly published Chega!
Report is available in Indonesian and English at **www.chegareport.net*
<http://www.chegareport.net>*. *


 *Refreshments will be served before the lecture*


 *RSVP: 1 June 2015*


 To register:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/towards-reconciliation-indonesia-and-east-timor-40-years-on-panel-discussion-and-lecture-tickets-16969316683?ref=elink


*Printed ticket is not necessary for entry.*
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