International Seminar on “Building the Image of Indonesia on the International Eyes through Indonesian Language and Literature”

Saturday-Sunday, October 11-12, 2014, Indonesian Language and Literature Education held an International Seminar on “Building the Image of Indonesia on the International Eyes through Indonesian Language and Literature” at @Hom Hotel. Officially opened by Rector of UAD, Dr. Kasiyarno, M.Hum., this seminar was also the 36th scientific meeting of Indonesian Language and Literature which is annually held.

Participated by 140 participants including the presenters from 26 universities, there were five keynote speakers in the plenary sessions. They were Prof. Dr. Suminto Sayuti (Yogyakarta State University), Prof. Dr. I Dewa Putu Wijana (Universitas Gadjah Mada), Prof. Yang Xiaoqiang (Guangxi University for Nationalities, China), Dr. Rina Ratih, M.Hum. (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan), and Chris Woodrich (Canada). Besides the keynote speakers, there were also Nicholas Jackson from Australia who sent and presented his paper in the parallel session.

Dr. Kasiyarno in his speech said that building the image of Indonesia through language and literature could be difficult but it doesn’t mean that it’s impossible. If we can use Indonesian language for language of science and technology, it can raise the image of Indonesian language and also Indonesia as a country.