This symposium commemorates the 100th anniversary of Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) by examining the party’s global legacies in the realms of history, politics, and culture. While not neglecting the atrocity of the 1965-66 massacre, this symposium proposes to probe the party-in-motion prior to the mass killings.

In the first part of his address, Rudolf Mrazek (Professor Emeritus of History at The University of Michigan) will be daringly personal. But he will argue that the story of his encounters with the problem of Communism may serve as a lesson in a serious study of Communism, revolution, and despair among other things