On July 8, 2024, Drs. Muhadi Sugiono, M.A. (one of the researchers at the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies UGM), became one of the speakers at the “Timor-Leste Workshop at Association of Asian Studies” which is part of the AAS-in-Asia 2024 Conference series of events. Over the past few years, the AAS has held preconference workshops, and on this occasion, the workshop was held under the auspices of AAS Timor Leste. Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has hosted the Timor Leste preconference on July 8, 2024, which was held at the Faculty of Law UGM.
This workshop discussed two main themes. First, the role and memories of Timorese students who studied in Indonesia in the 1990s, including at UGM. This aims to deepen historical understanding and increase human rights awareness and understanding of Timor-Indonesia relations in the past. Secondly, there was a panel on Timor-Indonesia reconciliation aimed at promoting understanding and awareness of human rights, as mandated in the Chega and CTF reports, as well as a discussion on Tsuchiya’s book “Emplacing Timor Leste”.