Summary
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) meets in July in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In previous years AAS conferences have had “pre-conference workshops” of one sort or another under the auspices of the AAS Timor-Leste Studies Association. The AAS and host of the AAS-in-Asia conference Gadjah Mada University have agreed to host a pre-conference workshop on Timor-Leste on July 8.
Goals
The one-day workshop would address two main themes. First, the memory and role of young Timorese who studied in Indonesia in the 1990s, including at UGM, as a way to deepen historical understanding and promote human rights awareness, as well as increasing understanding of past Timorese-Indonesian relations. Second, a panel on Timor-Indonesia reconciliation will advance understanding and rights awareness, as mandated in the Chega and CTF reports. A middle panel will consist of a round table on a new book that proposes a changed understanding of Timor-Leste history and thus of the field of Timor-Leste studies.
The intent is not for formal papers, but rather for a conversation involving leading experts and practicioners in the topics addressed. Panelists may prepae short remarks of up to 5 minutes and circulate written materials in advance, but the time in the sessions is intended for dialogue, conversation and mutual learning, rather than formal paper presentations.
Presenters
- Laurentina (mica) Barreto Soares (Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e)
- Hugo Fernandes (Centro Nacional Chega, Timor-Leste)
- Joaquim da Fonseca (Renetil, Timor-Leste)
- Marisa Ramos Gonsalves (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
- Ivo Gonsalves (Australian National University)
- Vannessa Hearman (Curtin University, Australia)
- Ehito Kimura (University of Hawai’I, USA)
- Fidelis Magalhães (Oxford, UK)
- Nuno Rodrigues Tchailoro (independent researcher, Timor-Leste)
- Rogerio Savio (independent researcher, Timor-Leste)
- Takihiro Kamisuna (Cambridge, UK)
- Muhadi Sugiyono (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
- Made Supriatna (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)
- Yoseph Yapi Taum (Universitas Sanata Dharma, Indonesia)
- Berta Antonieta Tilman (independent researcher, Timor-Leste)
- Josh Trindade (University of Melbourne, Australia)
- Kisho Tsuchiya (University of Kyoto, Japan)
- David Webster (Bishop’s University, Canada)
