Date: 10 January 2014, Rakuyu Kaikan, Kyoto University
Access: (http://bpsi.nucleng.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bpsi/usjws8/usjws8/Raku-yu_Kaikan.html)

Co-sponsored by
the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University “Toward Sustainable Humanosphere in Southeast Asian Studies” Research Program and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of California-Berkeley

Although Indonesia has long been a major area of study for scholars and students of Southeast Asia, it has recently become the focus of renewed attention, often centering on its experience of political transition, its economic growth (fueled in part by the high prices of commodities) and rich natural resources, its checkered record of successes and failures in managing ethnic and religious pluralism and co-existence, and its vibrant literary and arts scene. This seminar brings together scholars from Japan, Indonesia, and the USA in a day-long intensive seminar grouped around three theme-based sessions: culture and the arts; resources; and politics. The seminar presents a wide range of debates and perspectives in the field of Indonesian studies, while offering non-Indonesia specialists an opportunity to learn more about the biggest and most populous country in Southeast Asia, a country that is playing an ever-more important role in the region and the world.

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