Teman-teman,
bulan April ini akan diadakan Pramoedya Ananta Toer symposium
di New York City, pengumuman saya lampirkan.
Biaya yang diperlukan untuk mengadakan symposium seperti ini
tidak sedikit, oleh sebab itu saya mohon bantuan teman-teman
sekalian dalam hal pendanaan ini. Sekecil apapun sumbangan
anda akan sangat berarti. Jika anda berminat untuk membantu,
bisa hubungi saya melalu jalur pribadi: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Atas perhatian teman-teman, saya ucapkan banyak terima kasih.
Best regards,
Juliana Atmadja
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THE VOICE OF PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER
New York, April 22-24, 1999
SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT
On Saturday, April 24, 1999, Fordham University will host a
day-long conference, the main event in a three-day symposium
on the work of Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
The conference is being sponsored by the Literary Studies Program,
the English Department, and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences,
Fordham University, in conjunction with the International Freedom to
Publish Committee of the Association of American Publishers.
It is also being co-sponsored by PEN American Center, Penguin
USA, the Asia Society, and the Indonesia Emergency Project, IFCO.
Appended to this is an outline of events taking place in the two days
before the Saturday conference, with information on how to get to
the conference location.
The purpose of the conference is to engage public and scholarly
debate on the significance of Pramoedya Ananta Toer's work both
for Indonesia and for world literature. Pramoedya is the internationally
acclaimed author of the quartet of novels, THIS EARTH OF
MANKIND, CHILD OF ALL NATIONS, FOOTSTEPS, and
HOUSE OF GLASS (widely available in Penguin paperback).
Published in the 1980s, the Buru tetralogy (named after the island
where they were composed in prison exile) traces the emergence
of Indonesian anti-colonial nationalism over the turn of the century.
Pramoedya is also the author of numerous shorter novels and
collections of stories from the 1940s and 1950s when his
reputation was established as Indonesia's leading writer. Only
a fraction of Pramoedya's work, other than the Buru tetralogy, is
available as yet in English translation.
The timing of the conference coincides with the publication of the
English translation of Pramoedya's memoir, THE MUTE'S
SOLILOQUY. There will be a reading from the memoir and discussion
at the Asia Society in the evening of Thursday, April 22. Composed in
Buru Island prison, THE MUTE'S SOLILOQUY records the conditions
and circumstances that transformed Pramoedya from one of Indonesia's
most prominent, widely-published writers into a political prisoner,
internal exile, and banned author. Once the literary voice of
anticolonial Indonesian nationalism, Pramoedya became, after 1965,
the internationally recognized voice of dissidence in New Order
Indonesia.
The Saturday conference will be divided into a morning and
afternoon session. In the morning session, four speakers will address
the topic of "Pramoedya's Voice in Indonesia":
NANCY FLORIDA, associate professor of Indonesian languages
and literatures at the University of Michigan, is an expert on Javanese
literature and has written a landmark book at the juncture of literature,
history, and anthropology--Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future
(Duke, 1995)--which is also the translation of a nineteenth-century
Javanese chronicle.
JOESOEF ISAK, Pramoedya's Indonesian editor at Hasta Mitra
Publishing House, has played a crucial role in giving a voice to
Pramoedya, when, after release from Buru in 1979, all his work was
banned, with severe penalties for circulating or discussing it.
HENDRICK MAIER, Professor of Malay Languages and Literatures
at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, is an internationally renowned
scholar of Indonesian literature, and has translated into Dutch
Pramoedya's epic historical novel, Arus Balik (The Stream from
the North).
JOHN McGLYNN, a translator and editor of Indonesian literature, is
the editor-in-chief of the Lontar Foundation, Indonesia, which publishes
ancient and modern documents of Indonesian literature and culture.
The afternoon's session of the conference will address "Pramoedya's
Voice in World Literature." The intention here is to engage our
speakers and the audience in discussion and debate on the significance
of Pramoedya's work for world literature. Like many of the great
writers of the twentieth century, Pramoedya's fiction is forged from an
astonishing diversity of cultural traditions, and addresses a similarly
complex diversity of readers. If Pramoedya is an exemplary voice in
world literature, he also poses a set of paradigmatic problems of world
literature. To whom is Pramoedya's voice addressed? Who has
heard of Pramoedya? What have we heard of him? How does his
voice come through in translation? Is it possible to speak of world
literature in light of the cultural, linguistic, and political distortions that
condition the voice of this Indonesian writer? How do such
distortions define the condition of world literature today?
All are welcome to the conference and related events. Even if you
cannot attend, however, we ask you to consider contributing to the
discussion. In advance of the mini-conference, WE INVITE YOU
TO FORMULATE WRITTEN QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS
ON THE TOPIC OF "PRAMOEDYA'S VOICE IN WORLD
LITERATURE." These may provide a basis for the afternoon
session. Please send written questions or comments by March 15
to:
Chris GoGwilt,
The Literary Studies Program,
FMH 405F,
Rose Hill Campus
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
Fax: 718 817-3987
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SYMPOSIUM OUTLINE:
The Literary Studies Program, The English Department,
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences,
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
&
The International Freedom to Publish Committee of
the Association of American Publishers
present:
THE VOICE OF PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER
IN INDONESIA & IN WORLD LITERATURE
A Symposium of events on the work of Indonesian writer,
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
April 22-24, 1999
Thursday, April 22
6:30 p.m.
PRAMOEDYA UNBOUND,
an introduction to the life of Pramoedya, with a
reading from THE MUTE'S SOLILOQUY, English
edition of Pramoedya's memoir, Nyanyi Sunyi Seorang
Bisu (forthcoming in April from Hyperion East)
at
The Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10021
Friday, April 23
6:00-8:00 p.m.: Reception
at:
Grand Hall, National Arts Club,
15 Gramercy Park South,
New York, New York
Saturday, April 24, 9:00-5:30
THE VOICE OF PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER
IN INDONESIA & IN WORLD LITERATURE
Conference
at:
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
McNally Amphitheater,
Fordham School of Law
140 West 62nd Street
(south of Lincoln Center between Columbus & Amsterdam)
Morning Session (9:00-12:00)
PRAMOEDYA'S VOICE IN INDONESIA
Speakers:
Joesoef Isak (Hasta Mitra Publishing House, Indonesia)
Nancy Florida (University of Michigan)
Hendrik Maier (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
John H. McGlynn (The Lontar Foundation, Indonesia)
Afternoon Session (2:30-5:00)
PRAMOEDYA'S VOICE IN WORLD LITERATURE
Roundtable discussion
Cosponsored by:
the Asia Society, PEN American Center, Penguin USA,
Hyperion East, Indonesia Emergency Project-IFCO
TRANSPORTATION & PARKING for
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY:
SUBWAY: 59th Street, Columbus Circle Station
(A, B, C, D, E, 1, 9)
BUS: M11 (Columbus Ave); M104 (Broadway); crosstown
buses at 65th and 57th Streets
CAR: Parking is limited but available at the Regent parking
garage between Columbus and Broadway at 61st Street; turn
left off Columbus (southbound only).
For HOTELS consult Fordham's web page on Lincoln Center
Area Hotels at www.fordham.edu/gsas/hotels.html
