{"id":63369,"date":"2016-04-29T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63369"},"modified":"2016-04-22T23:31:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T03:31:38","slug":"the-politics-of-memory-shadows-of-the-past-on-indonesian-democracy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63369","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of Memory: Shadows of the Past on Indonesian Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, April 29  12pm<br \/>\nKent Hall, Room 403<br \/>\nColumbia University, 116th Street &amp; Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[63369]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Indonesian mass genocide public discussion about the topic has increased. On April 29, Columbia University will host one of Indonesia&#8217;s most acclaimed writers, Leila S. Chudori, to discuss the significance of and renewed attention on 1965 and what it means for Indonesia&#8217;s struggling but vibrant democracy. Ms. Chudori will also talk about her own writing and how it fits in Indonesia&#8217;s developing political scene.<\/p>\n<p>Leila S. Chudori is one of Indonesia&#8217;s leading writers and journalists. Her latest novel, Home, has been published in English by Deep Vellum. Home is a literary breakthrough since it revolves around the mass killing of 1965, a long-taboo subject. Home received the prestigious Khatulistiwa Literary Prize. Chudori works at Tempo, Indonesia&#8217;s foremost news magazine,and has published two collections of short stories.<\/p>\n<p>Free admission: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-politics-of-memory-shadows-of-the-past-on-indonesian-democracy-tickets-24520625852?utm_source=Weekly+Events+Email-April+22&amp;utm_campaign=April+22+Events+Blast&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, April 29 12pm Kent Hall, Room 403 Columbia University, 116th Street &amp; Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63371,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63369\/revisions\/63371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}