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Herb Feith lecture 2005: 'Can Indonesia hold?'

3 August 2005

The third annual Herb Feith Lecture will explore the difficulties faced by Indonesia in 2005 in maintaining national unity while striving to recognise diversity among its many islands.

The Herb Feith Lecture is held annually in memory of Australia's finest scholar of Indonesia, the late Herb Feith (1930-2001), who taught politics at Monash University from 1962 to 1990.

The free public lecture 'Can Indonesia hold? Unity and diversity revisited', will be presented by Dr Joan Hardjono.

Dr Hardjono is a prominent scholar of Indonesia who has lived and worked in the region and has written extensively on Indonesian environmental issues, transmigration, poverty and rural conditions.

The Herb Feith lecture is being presented by Monash University's Centre of Southeast Asian Studies and Faculty of Arts, in association with ABC Radio Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies at the University of Melbourne.

When: Thursday 4 August, 6 pm refreshments for 7 pm start
Where: Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Cnr Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard , Melbourne

For bookings email sanjeev.veloo@adm.monash.edu.au. All welcome.