[TimorLesteStudies] Book Launch - A Narrative of Denial by Peter Job - REMINDER

[AETA]

Tuesday June 29 from 6pm - AETA in collaboration with Melbourne University Press and New International Book Shop.

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** Book Launch
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TUESDAY, 29 JUNE 2021
Doors open at 6pm. Launch at 6:30pm to 7:40pm.
(Australian Eastern Standard Time)

hosted by New International Bookshop in collaboration with Melbourne University Press and AETA,
followed by panel discussion
with

Pat Walsh
former head of ACFOA and a long time Timor advocate during the occupation

and

Kuon Nen Lay
a Timorese activist.

COVID venue capacity rules limit this event to 40 people.
Tickets to attend the launch at New International Bookshop are SOLD OUT.

BUT

There are ample free tickets available for the online presentation of the book launch on Zoom.

Please register by 4:30pm Tuesday 29th June.
The Zoom link will be emailed to you before the meeting.
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The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975 led to a prolonged conflict, severe human rights abuses and a large loss of life. From 1975 to 1983 the Indonesian military’s campaign of ‘encirclement and annihilation’ destroyed rural food resources, creating the famine that took most of the lives lost during the occupation. The Australian governments of Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser presented themselves as advocates for human rights and the international rule of law, while viewing relations with Indonesia as key to their foreign policy objectives. These positions came into conflict due to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Based upon an extensive study of Australian foreign affairs archives, as well as interviews, A Narrative of Denial demonstrates how the Australian government responded to the conflict by propagating a version of events that denied the reality of the catastrophe occurring in East Timor. It worked to protect the Suharto regime internationally, thereby allowing it to
continue its repression relatively unhindered.

Author Peter Job was involved in the East Timor support movement during the Indonesian occupation, including working on the radio link to Fretilin in 1978. He has a PhD in International and Political Studies from the University of New South Wales in Canberra.

This remarkable story will unsettle existing perceptions of how Australia operates in world affairs.

AETA 2021 Committee
Chair: Jean McLean
Vice Chair: Glenda Lasslett
Secretary: Ann Wigglesworth
Treasurer: Roger King
Members:
Tonny Castro - East Timor Students Association - ETSA
Carla Chung, Claire Woods, David Lih, Tony Marjoram

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