In association with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
The Politics of West Papua: Research and Policy
Workshop
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Haldane Room, Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD
9:15–9:20
Welcome and Introductions
9:20–9:50
A Comparative Analysis of West Papua and East Timor
Claire Smith, Lecturer in Politics, University of York
9:50–10:10
Freeport’s Interventions in West Papua
Lisa Tilley, Erasmus Mundus Fellow, University of Warwick
10:10–10:25 The Act of Free Choice
Keith Hyams, Associate Professor of Political Theory and Interdisciplinary
Ethics, University of Warwick
10:25–10:45 West Papua’s Campaign for MSG Membership
Thom Woodroofe, Climate Policy & Communications Advisor, Independent
Diplomat; Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford
10:45–11:05 Film Project: ‘Knowing’
Alana Jelinek, AHRC Creative Fellow, University of Cambridge
11:05–11:20 Break
Comment and Discussion
11:20–11:45 Comment (by skype)
Gerry Van Klinken, Senior Researcher, KITLV; Professor of
Southeast Asian History, University of Amsterdam
11:45–12:15 Research and Policy Discussion
Tim Flatman, Office of Andrew Smith MP, Oxford East
Rod Harbinson, Head of Advocacy and Campaigns, Free West Papua
12:15–13.15 General Discussion – Future Directions