Special ISG Seminar: ANU Indonesia Project Travel Grant recipients

Join us for a special edition of the Indonesia Study Group, showcasing the work of past recipients of the ANU Indonesia Project Travel Grant. This session celebrates the breadth of research supported by the grant and highlights how it has contributed to scholarly and professional pathways focused on Indonesia. Our speakers, all accomplished alumni of the grant, will reflect on their research projects and explore themes of gender.

Jayne Fendyk (2023 grantee) explores the role of Islamic women’s organizations in advancing anti-sexual violence legislation in Indonesia. Amara Steven (2017 grantee), an economist and current PhD candidate with the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre, discusses women’s participation in Indonesia’s Blue Economy. Bronwyn Beech Jones (2017 grantee), an Assistant Lecturer at The University of Melbourne, presents Questions of Scale in Indonesian Gender History: Reflections and Directions. Jennifer Donohoe, Director, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will chair this special ISG.

Date: Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Time: 10:30am - 12pm AEST

Join in-person: McDonald Room, Menzies library, ANU

Join online: bit.ly/ISG_indonesiaproject

If you are attending in-person and require accessibility accommodations or a visitor Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan please contact the ANU Indonesia Project at Indonesia.Project@anu.edu.au.