"Recording the past in Indonesia. The 1965-66 events and its memory"

This seminar proposes to reflect on the way people and institutions remember the 1965-66 mass massacre in Indonesia. Focusing on different periods, communities, and media, the seminar will deal with the politics of memory, transitional justice and the transmission of trauma through generations, but also the role of emotions in the formation and retrieval of memory.

This module will be taught in English and will be based on English-language or translated materials from Indonesian (as much as possible) in the form of literary writings, films and other examples of cultural productions. Knowledge of Indonesian is recommended.