Here we go... the waiting is over.

A new chapter I just published with Brill on how oral history and testimonies have been used in Timor-Leste's independence campaign and their status as a potential resource for future generations. But what are the ethical, material and structural constraints? brill.com/display/book...

Why does ABC News uses 'baku tembak' (crossfire) when the Balibo 5 journalists were murdered by Indonesian army operatives in October 1975? And the English version refers to 'murders'. Shame. #timorleste www.abc.net.au/indonesian/2...

I'll be speaking at this event: The 80th anniversary of World War II & the formation of the #UN United Nations. What have we learnt and what may the next 80 years hold? Join us at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social tomorrow evening, brought to you by the Faculty of Humanities and #GlobalFutures Curtin.

Coming up in 2 days! Don't miss it.

Dr Samson Lim (Monash U) is giving the next seminar of the Historians of Southeast Asia Network (HiSEAs) on the 'feral territories' of Eastern Bangkok, Thailand. Intrigued? Join us on Thu 11 September, 4.00 pm AEST on Zoom: anu.zoom.us/j/8293727404.... Meeting ID: 829 3727 4043/ Passcode:491526.

Excited to be co-launching this book along with Dr Indah Utami from Universitas Negeri Malang - new and decolonial perspectives on Indonesian history. Join the Historians of SE Asia Network, 5.00 PM AEST Wed 27th, on Zoom. anu.zoom.us/j/8293727404... Meeting ID: 829 3727 4043/ Passcode:491526

After a brief hiatus, the Historians of Southeast Asia network are back! Come join us for a book launch and discussion on Wed 27 August, 5.00 pm Melbourne time, on Zoom of @anupress.bsky.social new book (out Open Access on 21 Aug). #coloniality #decoloniality #sejarah

Hamoris Lian Timor first show. Apollo Bay, Gadubanud

Economic inequality in Australia is the worst it has been in 20 years — if the goal is to improve living standards, our leaders should be addressing it. ~ Carl Rhodes Australia’s real economic challenge isn’t welfare dependency — it’s inequality independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Five of the six primate species found in the Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands have traditionally been hunted. With widespread deforestation and the erosion of traditional practices that governed hunting behavior, all of the islands’ primates are now endangered news.mongabay.com/2025/05/indi...

BOOK LAUNCH NEWS: You're invited to attend the launch of "Fathering: An Australian History"—details on the attached flyer. @phavictas.bsky.social

** NEW REVIEW ** On the website, Peter Hobbins reviews Raina MacIntyre's Vaccine Nation aph.org.au/2025/08/book... #auspol #COVID19 #Vaccines #healthhistory

Release day. ffm.to/hamorisliant...

And with famine being increasingly human-induced, how does society deliver justice to famine victims? So many variables in a post-conflict, post-occupation country, such as East Timor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

In 1979 Australian newspapers published images of famine in East Timor. What impact did famine images have in that particular case? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How does one mount an exhibition on women's history that is new, fresh and exciting in the context of a government intent on radical forgetting? Read about what I think are the manifest tensions. www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...

#Tetum #TimorLeste on the airwaves. Speaking art and conflict in Timor-Leste, Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina with #SBSTetum. Powerful photos by Bernardino Soares of the 12 November 1991 massacre survivors, 'Fitar/Scar', now on at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. www.sbs.com.au/language/tet...

Proud to contribute to this beautiful #SBSTetum piece on 'Art of Peace' exhibition, part of Aust Research Council Linkage project hosted at Curtin University. Timorese artists on show, with artists from BiH & Rwanda at Art Gallery of Western Australia til 29 June 2025. www.sbs.com.au/language/tet...

IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: In Pursuit of Justice: Arnon Nampa, Article 112 and Human Rights in Thailand Zoom Webinar Wednesday, 5 March 2025 7 am CST | 8 am EST | 8 pm ICT Registration: bit.ly/4gTghBq Speakers: Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate (TLHR) Akanit Tadi (Freedom Bridge ) Frank Munger (NYLS)

In Indonesia, a song censorship raises concerns about freedom of expression. Artists and activists decry the alleged intimidation of punk rock band Sukatani for their song that criticizes corrupt police officers, threatening freedom of expression in the country www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

We need the Australian government to repeal the 'Jobs Ready Graduate' package. Who was it meant to benefit? It's hurting students.

Hey Canberra folk. Charles is playing at Smith's Alternative this afternoon at 4pm (Sunday 23rd). Brilliant Solomon Islands artisthttps://charlesmaimarosia.com.au

What should President Prabowo do on West Papua? Granting amnesty is a must but decriminalizing the use of the Morning Star must also be done if West Papua is to reduce tension with Indonesia www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...

Major research project I've been involved in at Curtin University, 'Art of Peace', art in post conflict Timor-Leste, Bosnia and Rwanda, is hosting art exhibition and symposium in Perth, Western Australia. Symposium program, registration link, and more info: events.humanitix.com/art-of-peace....

The United States is actually one of the least generous nations when it comes to accepting refugees, despite its wealth.

Based on the estimated biomass of the forests in Merauke, the project will release 782.45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, according to the CELIOS report. That’s the equivalent of the emissions from 187 coal-fired power plants in a year news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indo...

A plan to clear 2 million hectares of forest in Indonesia's West Papua for sugarcane plantations would nearly double Indonesia’s total greenhouse gas emissions. It would worsen the global climate crisis and impact Indigenous communities news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indo...

The academic journal paywall went up on this one but you can still read this article via the 50 free copies link for a short time. Or message me for a copy. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NKEP7...

A quarter of a century later, shades of ORBA (New Order) in the exhibition lock out at Jakarta's Galeri Nasional. www.ngopibareng.id/read/lukisan...

The agriculture visa for Pacific Island nationals has been a dismal failure from the beginning, resulting in exploitation bordering on slavery and even fatalities. Head in the sand approach to P.A.L.M. visa continues ~ Dr Abul Rizvi independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

The contortions and backflips these predators perform to convince us they don’t know about exploitative third party recruitment practices, and then they blame “most corrupt” Indonesia for what they failed to prevent at the outset. Good riddance! #Indonesia #labor

Silencing the Messenger: Stories of 10 Journalist Attacks in Southeast Asia sheds light on the alarming rise in violence against journos across the region.This book documents 10 significant cases of physical, digital & legal attacks on media professionals in 7 SEA countries aji.or.id/data/silenci...

I ust wrote a whole book about this, published 2024 and available in my email signature, which @ellehardy would have seen when she emailed me with an extremely niche question on WACL.

The 49th anniversary of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor, 7 December. I speak to Talking Indonesia podcast on how Indonesian policies, including encirclement and annihilation, to destroy the East Timorese resistance led to the famine that killed tens of thousands. m.soundcloud.com/talking-indo...

Charles Maimarosia, Solomon Island images for his song, "Hote Hote". Wonderful singer m.youtube.com/watch?v=uNE8...

Another reason why humanities and social science scholars need to be embedded in discussions of matters of public and national interest. Engage in as many ways as possible. What we know matters. Our input matters.

Here I am on the Talking Indonesia podcast discussing East Timor's Great Famine of 1977-79, efforts to address its legacy and why Indonesians need to know more about what happened in East Timor. indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/talking-indo...

A gamble with martial law that didn't pay off for the unpopular South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol.

The International Criminal Court would seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity over the alleged persecution of Muslim Rohingya people --a textbook example of ethnic cleansing youtu.be/jjNibQX39SU?...

Refusing to forget the many unmarked graves throughout Indonesia, Timor-Leste wherever. Powerful writing by Dhianita Kusuma Pertiwi on my book Unmarked Graves/Makam Tanpa Nama and the graves of those fortunate/powerful enough to be buried in grand cemeteries. dhiandharti.medium.com/mengingat-ta...

Happy to see "Socialism and International Law: The Cold War and Its Legacies," and my chapter "Socialism and Self-Determination: Lenin, International Law, and National Liberation" in the world. Many thanks to editors @historyned.bsky.social and Raluca Grosescu. academic.oup.com/book/58976

Also sharing this here: Wai Weng and I looked at the Malaysia piece of a global trend where emancipatory language used by the left such as “decolonialisation” is increasingly channelled into right-wing authoritarian power projects. /1 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@oralhistoryvic.bsky.social Studies in Oral History Issue #46 was launched last night at the Oral History conference in Naarm/Melbourne oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/journal/issu... Congratulations to all involved! #oralhistory #openaccess

If you're in Melbourne and haven't seen the 'Tais, Culture and Resilience' exhibition yet, do go and see it at Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Gateway building. Ends 10 December. Great politics, stories and artistry from and about #Timor-Leste especially the Iliomar/Los Palos region.

The former shock jock, ruthless powerbroker & alleged sexual predator has been pretty much 'untouchable' for decades... Alan Jones’ touching story ~ @michellepini.bsky.social

Conference by day, grant application by night #academiclife

Alessandro Portelli keynote this morning at the Oral History Australia conference in Melbourne. Sublime. Even if I was a long way down the back.

The Press Freedom Monitoring in SEA (PFMSea) will conduct a panel discussion and a book launch 'Silencing the Messenger: Stories of 10 Journalist Attacks in SEA.' Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024 🕒 01- 04 pm (Jakarta Time) Live on Zoom & Youtube AJI Indonesia Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...