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Events Roundtables, Lectures and other activities |
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Email list How to subscribe to the Indonesia Forum email lists |
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Reports & Theses Annual Reports, Theses and Tips for travelers to and from Indonesia |
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People 2007 Forum Convenors and membership list |
Welcome to the Indonesia Forum
The University of Melbourne pioneered Indonesian studies in the mid-1950s. Since the early 1990s, Indonesian studies has undergone an impressive growth in both student numbers and staffing and Indonesian studies are now available across a wide range of Departments, Faculties and Centres, including Architecture, Building and Planning, Commerce, Engineering, Law and Medicine, as well as more traditional locations such as Language, Anthropology, Politics and History. The 1997 appointment of Professor Arief Budiman as the inaugural Professor of Indonesian Studies within the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies consolidated the proliferation of research, teaching and other Indonesia-related activities at Melbourne.
Formed in 1991, the Indonesia Forum (IF), previously known as the Indonesia Interest Group, is an informal and open network of academics and administrative staff of the University who share a common interest and professional involvement in Indonesia. Members keep in touch by e-mail and hold regular meetings, seminars and discussions. For the past ten years the IF has hosted major functions which have brought together the wider Melbourne Indonesian and Indonesia-interested community on campus.
The Forum also plays a policy advisory role on Indonesia-related issues within the University and works closely with the Asia Institute and the Indonesian Arts Society, an association with close links to the University for more than 20 years. The Forum also enjoys close links with the Indonesian Discussion Group and the Indonesian Postgraduate Students Association and with Indonesian students and students studying in Indonesia-related areas. In 1999 the Forum arranged its first postgraduate roundtable for students studying in Indonesia-related fields. In 1998 the Forum worked with student bodies and the University to develop a package of assistance and support for students affected by the economic and political crisis in Indonesia.
In 2009 Helen Pausacker is the Indonesia Forum Convener and Tim Lindsey the Deputy Convenor.
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