Scholarship in honor of Feith<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) announced on
\nFriday that it had established a scholarship in honor of Herb
\nFeith, one of Australia's greatest Indonesia scholars, who died
\nin Melbourne on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n
The Herb Feith Scholarship will enable students to join the
\nnew Masters Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies at
\nGadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n
The institute has committed funding to the project for three
\nstudents over the next four years.<\/p>\n
The scholarship is aimed at recognizing that Feith personified
\nmuch of what is best in the relationship between Indonesia and
\nAustralia and the strength of that relationship, through its many
\nchallenges.<\/p>\n
Born in 1930 in Vienna, Feith was educated in Australia and
\nbecame the first volunteer in a program he helped found that
\ndeveloped into Australia Volunteers International. Between 1951
\nand 1956 he worked in Indonesian government ministries as the
\nfirst volunteer in this scheme, on a local salary and under local
\nconditions.<\/p>\n
He died in a tragic accident just days after returning from
\nthe opening of an exhibition in Jakarta featuring photographs of
\nthe Australian volunteers who had followed in his footsteps over
\nthe past 50 years. -- JP<\/p>",
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