---------- Forwarded message ---------- *Commemoration of the May 1998 Tragedy in Indonesia** Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:00 PM 509 E. Arrow Highway, 2nd Floor Auditorium Glendora, CA 91740*
This event commemorates the many acts of mass violence that occurred throughout Indonesia in May of 1998. It has been documented that over 1,000 people died in the widespread rioting. Businesses were targeted and destroyed. Hundreds of ethnic Chinese women were raped and sexually assaulted. The events of the Tragedy of May 98 sparked the reform of Indonesian government and catapulted it into the democracy that it is today. The commemoration includes a lecture by Prof. Baskara T. Wardaya, Universitas Sanata Dharma *Prof. Baskara T. Wardaya, S.J.* received Masters and Ph.D. degrees in History from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He teaches at Sanata Dharma University and Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He also works as the Director of PUSdEP (Center for History and Political Ethics). His publications include: *Bung Karno Menggugat! [Sukarno Accuses, *2006]; *Cold War Shadow: United States Policy toward Indonesia 1953-1963 *(2007); and *Membongkar Supersemar [Dismantling Supersemar, *2007]. Currently he is a visiting Fulbright Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside. Though his scholarship ranges from history to religion to politics, he is most known for his research titled, Indonesian Catholics and the Struggle for Democracy, which explores the complicated relationship between Indonesian Catholics varying levels of political participation and democracy developing within Indonesia. Most recently he was a featured speaker at the 2011 UCLA Indonesian Studies Conference. . Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the Indonesian Chinese American Association. ----------------------- ------------------------------------ Gabung di milis INTI-net, kirim email ke : [email protected] Kunjungi situs INTI-net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inti-net Kunjungi Blog INTI-net http://tionghoanet.blogspot.com/ http://tionghoanets.blogspot.com/ Tulisan ini direlay di beberapa Blog : http://jakartametronews.blogspot.com/ http://jakartapost.blogspot.com http://indonesiaupdates.blogspot.com *Mohon tidak menyinggung perasaan, bebas tapi sopan, tidak memposting iklan* http://adv.justbeenpaid.com/?r=kQSQqbUGUh&p=jsstripler5Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inti-net/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inti-net/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
