Event: Speaking from the South (Opening and Masterclass)

Speaking from the South, The University of Adelaide. Events: Opening Night (May 31, 2024) and Masterclass: The South as Home - Writing from Where We Are (June 2, 2024). Opening panel: Kim Scott, Intan Paramaditha, Fabián Martínez Siccardi, Grace Yee, Nicholas Jose. Readings by John M. Coetzee and Abdulrazak Gurnah. Fiction Masterclass: Gail Jones, Fabián Martínez Siccardi, Intan Paramaditha, Jennifer Mills, and Kim Scott.

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The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas

Out July 4, 2024: The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas, edited by Zhen Zhang, Sangjoon Lee, Debashree Mukherjee, Intan Paramaditha, published by Routledge.
Balancing leading scholars with emerging trendsetters, this Companion offers fresh perspectives on Asian cinemas and charts new constellations in the field with significance far beyond Asian cinema studies.

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Speaking from the South: Opening Panel

This opening panel will explore the profound perspectives emerging from the South on vital issues like inequality, climate change, and colonialism. Panellists include Fabián Martínez Siccardi, Intan Paramaditha, Kim Scott, and Grace Yee moderated by Nicholas Jose. Following the panel discussion, Nobel Literature Laureates Abdulrazak Gurnah and J. M. Coetzee and will read from their work.

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UWRF 2023: Women Shaping Indonesian Literature

Meet Intan Paramaditha, Dee Lestari, and Lala Bohang, three Indonesian literary powerhouses. With powerful prose, Dee Lestari resonates with millions, Intan Paramaditha fearlessly challenges norms, and Lala Bohang’s visionary art weaves magic with words and visuals. Join this dynamic session with these formidable women who are spearheading the Indonesian literary era, breaking barriers, and paving new paths for future writers. Celebrate the triumphant rise of women in Indonesian literature as we witness the transformative power of their creativity.

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UWRF 2023: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Join Booker Prize-winning author Shehan Karunatilaka in a lively discussion with Intan Paramaditha about his acclaimed novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Described as ‘a searing, mordantly funny satire set amid the murderous mayhem of a Sri Lanka beset by civil war,’ Karunatilaka will share insights into his unique storytelling style, from his inspiration to character development and language. Considered an impressive literary force, he continues to inspire with his creativity and humor.

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"Radicalising ‘Learning From Other Resisters’ in Decolonial Feminism," Feminist Review 2022

Intan Paramaditha, Feminist Review 2022— The rhetoric of decolonising feminism has been increasingly connected to reformism rather than a radical intervention. Problematising the idea of finality in the calls to decolonise, I suggest that decolonial feminism should be understood as an experiment, a risky, unfinished project rather than a fixed location, and I argue that it should be based on a more radicalised notion of what María Lugones calls ‘learning from other resisters’.

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A New Direction of Feminism in Indonesia, Lecture at Harvard University Asia Center

A New Direction of Feminism in Indonesia | April 20, 2022, 7:00pm | Harvard University Asia Center | lecture by Intan Paramaditha, Author and Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney

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