[TimorLesteStudies] Timor-Leste Studies Pre-Conference Workshop - Washington, DC, March 22

[Michael Leach]

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Timor-Leste Studies Pre-conference Workshop

ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES
WASHINGTON DC MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL
ROOM: MARYLAND - A

THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 2018

A SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHEAST ASIA
COUNCIL & THE INDONESIA AND TIMOR-LESTE STUDIES
COMMITTEE WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION

Program of Events

9-9:30am Coffee, Welcome

9:30 - 11am Panel - Current Trends in Research on Timor-Leste

11-11:30am Coffee and discussion

11:30am-1pm Roundtable - Archives and Source Materials for Timor-Leste Studies

1-2:30pm Lunch break

2:30-4:00pm Panel - Historical Justice: Issues and Questions

4-4:30pm Coffee and discussion

4:30-5:00pm Roundup + Prospective on the future of the TL initiative

Current Trends in Research on Timor-Leste organized by David Hicks

In contrast to the lengthy research-poor period
during which Timor-Leste was under the successive
colonial governments of Portugal and Indonesia, a
great deal of research is now being conducted in
this independent nation-state. So it now seems
the time to assess the nature of this work, and
the results it has produced. Accordingly, this
panel considers current research, and that
conducted in the recent past, by scholars in a
range of academic disciplines, but also by
practitioners, officers of national and
international organizations, and others. The
research domains to be dealt with embrace an
extensive array of topics—including national,
regional, and local politics; administrative
issues (national and local); economy and finance;
NGOs; religion; democracy; local traditions;
health; and demography. Presenters include Susana
Barnes, Josh Trindade, Kelly Silva and David Hicks.

Archives and Source Materials for Timor-Leste
Studies organized by David Webster

Although long neglected in scholarly studies of
Southeast Asia, Timor-Leste has begun to receive
more academic attention in recent years. Building
on insights from last year’s pre-conference
workshop in Toronto, this panel will examine the
growing base of source material available in
Timor-Leste studies by examining archival sources
and the role they play in historical memory. We
will attempt to map future strategies to compile
archival and other pertinent source materials.
The panel will also survey those materials likely
to be valuable in advancing the study of
Timor-Leste in North American universities.
Presenters include Hugo Fernandes, Susana Barnes,
Clinton Fernandes and Trudy Huskamp Peterson.

Historical Justice: Issues and Questions
organized by Michael Leach & Elizabeth Drexler

Fifteen years after the restoration of
Independence, historical justice remains a key
issue in Timor-Leste's political life. Though
post-independence governments have favored good
relations with Indonesia over justice for
victims, some progress has been evident in recent
months with the establishment of the Centro
Nacional Chega!—a successor body to the CAVR
(Commission for Reception, Truth and
Reconciliation), which will become a permanent
human rights record and archive. This panel will
explore issues of historical justice in
contemporary Timor-Leste, examining the positions
of the state, victims’ groups, legal
associations, the Church and other actors. It
will also examine the way issues of historical
justice affect broader nation-building issues of
school curriculum development, and influence
themes in popular culture, and in political
campaigns. Presenters include Elizabeth Drexler,
Hugo Fernandes, Michael Leach and Maria Manuela Leong Pereira.

Queries and requests for further information may
be sent to Richard Fox (rfox at eth.uni-heidelberg.de)

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