Dr. Baskara T. Wardaya, S.J.
PUSdEP (Center for History and Political Ethics), Sanata Dharma University
Title and 笔谤茅肠颈蝉:
Indonesian Catholics and the Struggle for Democracy
聽聽聽聽 When Indonesia was declared a nation-state following centuries of Dutch and Japanese colonization, it was intended that the new nation would be established as an independent democratic republic. This allowed for religious freedom and Catholic participation which continued until the 鈥�1965 Tragedy鈥� which marked the diminishment of Catholic political involvement. This lack of political involvement continues to this day. The goal of this project will be to seek out the reasons for this ebb and flow of Catholic political involvement in Indonesia over the past half-century. How democratic ideals relate to Indonesian Catholicism over time will constitute the bulk of this research. A series of interviews will be conducted with Indonesian Catholic politicians, scholars, educators, and laypersons and statistical information will be coupled with relevant literature in order to synthesize this data.
Biography:
聽聽聽聽 Dr. Baskara T. Wardaya, S.J. graduated from the Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat (Institute of Philosophy) "Driyarkara," Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1986. In 1995, he received a Master's degree and in 2001 his Doctoral degree in history from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.聽 In 2004-2005, he was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to do post-doctoral research in History in the US. From 2003-2009, he was the Director of Sanata Dharma University's Graduate Program.聽 Currently, Dr. Wardaya teaches courses at Sanata Dharma University such as History, Religion and Politics; Research Methodology; Development of Cultural Studies; Undergraduate Seminar. Dr. Wardaya also teaches at the Graduate School of the Gadjah Mada State University in Yogyakarta and is Director of the PUSdEP (Pusat Sejarah dan Etika Politik / Center for History and Political Ethics).
News and Updates
- Fr. Wardaya聽recently presented a research project聽for The聽Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights on the topic of聽Indonesia under the Japanese occupation from 1942-1945
- Fr. Wardaya聽serves as聽a聽consultant for the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Asia-Pacific
- Additionally, Fr. Wardaya has been working with聽the Goethe Institute聽and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (both are German institutions) and the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, D.C.) to prepare an international conference on Indonesian history to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia聽in January 2011.
- PUSdEP (The Center for History and Political Ethics) at Sanata Dharma University, which Fr. Wardaya聽directs, was one of聽the 2010聽finalists for聽Argentina's Emilio Mignone International Human Rights Prize.
