Talking Indonesia Podcast - Systemic Silencing: Activism, Memory, and Sexual Violence in Indonesia

Systemic Silencing: Activism, Memory and Sexual Violence in Indonesia (University of Wisconsin Press, 2023) by Kate McGregor, looks at key themes during the Japanese Occupation of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries in World War II, particularly on the system of enforced prostitution known euphemistically as the ‘comfort women’ system. 

In this episode of Talking Indonesia, Jemma Purdey converses with Kate McGregor, professor of Southeast Asian history in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.

This episode was produced by NYSEAN partner Talking Indonesia.