Indonesia Project
Indonesia Study Group

Meetings are held from 12.30 to 2.00 pm in the Arndt Room (Seminar Room B), Coombs Building, Fellows Road, ANU (unless otherwise specified).

The committee welcomes suggestions for seminar speakers and topics. Please contact any of us:

Committee for 2006

Ed Aspinall x 55915
Greg Fealy x 52302
Arief Yusuf x 52932
Bima Sugiarto x 57638
Chris Manning x 53885

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Forthcoming seminars

Date	Title	Presenter
November 26, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) (Ref no: 352)	The Relevance of the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Abstract	Ken Setiawan (Van Vollenhoven Institute (Leiden University)

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Previous seminars in 2008

Date	Title	Presenter
November 13, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 351)	Prison Reform in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities Abstract	Leo Sudaryono (Asia Foundation, Jakarta)
November 05, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 350)	The Aceh Community Assistance Research Project (ACARP): an Overview Abstract	Craig Thorburn (School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University)
October 27, 2008 Seminar Room F 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 318)	Ten Years of Reform in Indonesia: Reflections from a Human Rights Commissioner	Stanley Prasetiyo (National Commission of Human Rights)
October 22, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 317)	Identifying Capacity-Building Needs of Islamic Microfinancing Cooperatives in Indonesia Abstract	Minako Sakai & Kacung Marijan (University of New South Wales at ADFA campus)
October 08, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 316)	Female Participation in the Indonesian Labor Force	Wahyu Sutiyono (University of Canberra)
September 17, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) (Ref no: 285)	Economic Governance for Climate Change Policies in Indonesia Abstract	Frank Jotzo, Kurnya Roesad and Efa Yonnedi (RSPAS, World Bank,Jakarta, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia) [Email: frank.jotzo@anu.edu.au] [About Frank Jotzo]
September 16, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 2.00-3.30pm (Ref no: 169)	Micro and small enterprise recovery after the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake and the role of aid	Catur Sugiyanto, Gadjah Mada University, and Budy Resosudarmo, RSPAS, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific [Email: budy.resosudarmo@anu.edu.au] [About Budy P. Resosudarmo] Joint seminar with The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
September 10, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) (Ref no: 286)	Papuan Experiences of Being ‘Poor Quality Human Resources’ Abstract	Jennifer Munro (Department of Anthropology, RSPAS)
September 04, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 284)	Forests and Climate Change: Problems and Potential in Indonesia Abstract	Frances Seymour
August 26, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 2.00-3.30pm (Ref no: 168)	Rural Household's Demand for Electricity: Evidences from Musi Banyuasin (Muba) District in South Sumatra	Ari Kuncoro, Department of Economics, University of Indonesia Joint seminar with The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
August 20, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00 (Ref no: 266)	Seeing Indonesia as a Normal Country	Andrew MacIntyre (Crawford School of Economics and Government)
July 29, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 2.30pm-4.00pm (Ref no: 184)	Rice Policy in Indonesia Abstract	Dr Neil McCulloch, Asia Foundation, Jakarta and IDS Joint seminar with The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
July 22, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 2.00pm-3.30pm (Ref no: 201)	The Village Midwife Program and Infant Mortality in Indonesia Abstract	Ranjan Shrestha, Department of Economics, University of Montana, and Visiting Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences Joint seminar with The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
June 30, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30–2:00pm (Ref no: 194)	Is Indonesia Ready for the 2009 Elections?	Hadi Soesastro Executive (Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS))
June 25, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 189)	Hybrid Rice for Food Security or Farmers’ Rice for Food Sovereignty and Sustainability? Abstract	Yunita Winarto (Social Sciences and Humanities, Gadjah Mada University and Anthropology, University of Indonesia)
June 18, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-200pm (Ref no: 179)	Forty Years of Australian-Indonesian Relations -- What have we learned? Abstract	Peter McCawley (Visiting Fellow, Indonesia Project, Economics Division, RSPAS)
June 11, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 178)	Recent Developments in the Economy and Public Sector Reform	Ross McLeod
June 10, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 2:00-3:30pm (Ref no: 177)	To be announced	Dr Din Syamsuddin (Muhammadiyah Chairman)
June 04, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 176)	Indonesian Terrorism: A Case Study of the Bali II Bombing Abstract	Ken Ward (Independent Terrorism Analyst
May 28, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 146)	Understanding the Transnational Network of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Abstract	Mohamad Nawab (Political & Social Change, RSPAS)
May 14, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 156)	The Ford Foundation in Indonesia, Recent and Possible Future Directions	Meiwita Budiharsana (Representative, The Ford Foundation, Indonesia)
May 07, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 145)	Beyond TKI: Promoting Indonesian Labour Exports Abroad Abstract	Chris Manning & Matthew Cronin (Indonesia Project, RSPAS & PDP Australia)
April 16, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30–2:00pm (Ref no: 126)	Women Workers in Industrial Areas: the Predicament of “Floating Community" Abstract	Aris Arif Mundayat (Dept of Anthropology and Centre for Southeast Asian Studies Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta)
March 26, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 109)	The 1998 Killings of Alleged Sorcerers in East Java: State Authority and Local Autonomy Abstract	Nicholas Herriman (School of Archaeology & Anthropology, The Faculties)
March 12, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30–2:00pm (Ref no: 103)	Military Reform: the path is set, but still a long way to go Abstract	Ingo Wandelt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, and The Federal Language Office, Huerth, Germany)
March 12, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 106)	Military Reform: the path is set, but still a long way to go Abstract	Ingo Wandelt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, and The Federal Language Office, Huerth, Germany)
March 05, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 92)	Avian influenza in Indonesia and the Response from Australian Quarantine Abstract	Pat Boland (Senior Veterinary Officer, NAQS, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS))
February 20, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 44)	Recent Developments in The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS): Post-Islamism or Concealed Islamism?	Greg Fealy (Political Science, RSPAS)
January 30, 2008 Seminar Room E 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 36)	Survey of Recent Developments	Tao Sherry Kong & Arief Ramayandi , (Division of Economics, RSPAS, Australia-Japan Research Centre)
January 23, 2008 Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) 12:30-2:00pm (Ref no: 1)	Competing Mythologies: An insider’s View of the Manulife Indonesia case Abstract	Piers Gillespie, (Crawford School, ANU)

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