Organizer: Deconstructing Indonesia

Type/Location: Hybrid / New York, NY

Description:

Join Deconstructing Indonesia for a lecture on the National Revolution of Indonesia with a focus on the clashing writings of Sutan Sjahrir and Tan Malaka.

What is revolution? Is it an act of heroic rebirth where the demons of the past are exorcised by the angels of the new, or a raging fire that devours everything in its path? These debates will come to the fore as we delve deeper into the National Revolution and the pent-up energy of the pemuda is unleashed into the open, a debate that we will follow through the clashing writings of two giants of the revolution: Sutan Sjahrir and Tan Malaka.

Join us at Russell Hall (Room 305) at Columbia University Teachers College, or virtually via Zoom. The Zoom link and guest access to campus can be found on https://deconstructindo.com.

About Deconstructing Indonesia:

Deconstructing Indonesia is a student-led group that organizes classes on Indonesian history, particularly the periods spanning the Indonesian National Awakening and Revolution. As our name suggests, the focus is on tracing the birth and development of Indonesian identity: its origins, its moral and political impetus, as well as how it was contested amongst the very people who birthed it in the first place. We conduct our sessions every Thursday on Columbia University’s campus.

Registration:

To attend the event in person or virtually, please register here.