Indonesia Forum Annual Report 2013
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CONTENTS
Indonesia Forum: An Overview 4
Convenor’s Report 2013 5
Highlights of 2013 8
Indonesia Forum Member Publications 2013 11
Indonesia-related Activities of Faculties, Departments and Centres 17
Appendix 1 47
Appendix 2 48
Appendix 3 52
Appendix 4 54
Appendix 5 54
Appendix 6 55
Darbotz painting photo. Original artwork painted March 2013. Photo courtesy of MIFA Intercultural Fine Art gallery in Melbourne.
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IF_Annual Report_2013_v20150114.indd 3 20/01/2015 1:44:55 PM INDONESIA FORUM: AN OVERVIEW
The University of Melbourne pioneered Indonesian studies in the more broadly oriented towards Asia as a whole. The Forum also mid-1950s. Over the decades Indonesian studies at the university maintains close links with the Indonesian Postgraduate Students Association, international students from Indonesia and domestic of Indonesia-related subjects offered to students. Research students studying in Indonesia-related areas. Since 1999 the and teaching relating to Indonesia is conducted across several Indonesia Forum has convened six-monthly postgraduate Departments, Faculties and Centres, including Architecture, Arts, Building and Planning, Economics and Commerce, Law and The Indonesia Forum maintains an email bulletin, moderated by Medicine. Associate Professor Charles A Coppel, to keep members up to The Indonesia Forum was formed in 1991 as the Indonesia Interest date with Indonesia-related events on campus and elsewhere, Group. It changed its name in 1996, to standardise with other including in Indonesia. Its website
The Indonesia Forum also plays a policy advisory role on Indonesia-related issues within the University and works closely with the Asia Institute and Asialink, whose missions are related but Indonesia Forum: An Overview Indonesia Forum:
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2013 saw continued growth in research and engagement with Indonesia and Indonesian Studies across the University. Some highlights were the launch of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) headed by Professor Tim Lindsey in the Asian Law Centre: the launch of the Asian History Hub in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies (SHAPS) and the commencement of Associate Professor Harry Minas and Dr Ritsuko’s project to improve the treatment of mentally ill persons in Indonesia in the Centre for International Mental Health funded by an AUSAID Public Sector Linkages Program. In recognition of the strength of our Indonesia expertise The University of Melbourne was one of four universities included in the federally funded Australia Indonesia Centre, announced in November 2013. The centre aims to assist in providing solutions to Australia and Indonesia’s joint challenges through extensive research collaborations. The University of Melbourne further supported Indonesian studies by announcing a new Melbourne Asia Visting Fellows Scheme that will allow staff to sponsor leading Indonesian researchers to visit the university in coming years. Consistent with the university’s Asia strategy the Faculty of Arts also approved an Indonesia Initiative developed by Dr Katharine McGregor (SHAPS), Dr Edwin Jurriëns (Asia Institute) and Professor Thomas Reuter (Asia Institute) with input from Professor John Murphy (School of Social and Political Sciences). The initiative will allow three nominated Indonesian scholars from Arts Faculties of Indonesian universities to visit the Faculty each year for the next three years in order to build lasting research and teaching collaborations.