05 Oct 2006

Contemplating Violence in Indonesia - The 4th annual Herb Feith Lecture, 30 Nov 2006
Herb Feith Foundation, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Self-description: "Contemplating Violence in Indonesia - Herb Feith Memorial Lecture by Ruth McVey, 30 November 2006. [6.00pm refreshments for 7.00pm start , Thursday 30 November 2006, Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Corner Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne - ed.] Dr McVey is Emeritus Reader in Southeast Asian Politics at the University of London. She received her PhD in Government at Cornell University and subsequently held positions at Yale University, the Center for International Studies at MIT, Cornell University and the School of Oriental & African Studies at the University of London Her early work concentrated on the history of the Indonesian Communist movement and the general relationship between ideology and social change in Indonesia. Later she studied social and ideological transformation in rural southern Thailand and the rise of the Southeast Asian business-political elite. Among her principal publications are 'The Rise of Indonesian Communism' (1965), 'Southeast Asian Transitions' (1978), 'Southeast Asian Capitalists' (1992) and 'Money and Power in Provincial Thailand' (2000). In October 2005 Professor McVey was awarded the Asian Pacific Forum, Awaji Conference Japan, 4th Iue Asia Pacific Culture Prize."
URL http://www.herb-feith-foundation.org/materials/HerbFeith4thLectureFlyerDraft-rev.pdf
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