Indonesia in Global and Transnational Perspective

SCHEDULE

8:00 

Breakfast and Registration

8:30 – 9:15

Opening Remarks:  Professor Michael L. Ross, and Dr. Robert Lemelson

9:15 – 10:00

Keynote Address:  "Cultural Pluralism: Indonesia in Local, National, and Transnational Contexts"

Dr. Azyumardi Azra, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 12:15

Panel 1: Problems of Democratization

Chair: Jacques Bertrand, University of Toronto

Steve Beers, U. Madison, Wisconsin
From ‘Naming and Shaming’ to Organizational Consolidation:  The Changing Role of Transnational Labor Activism in Indonesia

Risa Toha, UCLA
Towards Greater Political Representation? A Closer Look at Post-Soeharto Indonesia

Colm Fox, U. Washington
Inevitability Victory: Religion, Ethnicity and the Media in Ambon’s 2011 Mayoral Elections

12: 15 – 1:00

Lunch

1:00 – 3:00

Panel 2: Environment and Community

Chair: Paul Barber, UCLA

Greg Thaler, Cornell University
Roundtables, Moratoria, and Deforestation: Agri-Food Governance and Forest Conversion in Indonesia and Brazil

Jenny Goldstein, UCLA
Seeing the Politics from the Trees: Transnational Actors and the Governance of Climate Change in Indonesia

Rita Rachmawati, UCLA
Climate Change Impacts on Coral Reef Ecosystems in Indonesian Waters

3:00 – 3:15

Break

3:15 – 5:00

Panel 3: Social Networks and Education

Chair: Karen Strassler, City University of New York

Agus Mutohar, U. Texas, Austin
Indonesia 2.0: Education, Technology, Globalization

Ray Friedlander, U.C. Berkeley
Claiming through the Classroom: The Role of Education in West Java’s Land Reform Movement

Lance Nolde, U. Hawaii
Encompassing Eastern Indonesia: Sama Movements and Socio-Economic Networks in Indonesia Between the 17th and 20th Centuries

7:00

Dinner for Invited Participants