LAKSMI PAMUNTJAK
lpamuntjak@yahoo.com

• Bibliography
2001     The Jakarta Good Food Guide 2001
2002     The Jakarta Good Food Guide 2002-2003
2003     Celebrating Indonesia: Fifty Years with the Ford
                 Foundation 1953-2003
2004     Goenawan Mohamad: Selected Poems
2005     Ellipsis: Poems and Prose Poems by Laksmi Pamuntjak
2006     Perang, Langit dan Dua Perempuan (War, Heaven and
                 Two Women)
2006     The Diary of R.S.: Musings on Art
2007     The Anagram
2007     On God and Other Unfinished Things (Translation of
                Tuhan dan Hal-Hal yang Tak Selesai by
                Goenawan Mohamad)
2008    The Jakarta Good Food Guide 2008-2009

• Appearances at Literary Festivals, Talks, Conferences, and International Writing Programs
13 June 2009
Discussion: Tradition of "Dialogue"
with Amol Titus
Launch of the Book Club
Indian Cultural Centre
Jakarta

27-29 May 2009
Meeting of the Prince Claus Awards Committee 2009
Richmond Hotel
Istanbul

20 May 2009
Hari Kebangkitan Nasional (National Awakening Day) speech
STOVIA building
Jakarta

19 May 2009
US-Indonesia Bilateral Relations "Bookmark Project"
Blitz Megaxplex
Jakarta

23 April 2009
IMME: Text and performance for a project b Marij Nielen
Multimedia collaboration: Text-Music-Painting
Teater Salihara
Jakarta

8 March 2009
Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2009
The launch of "Not a Muse: World Poetry Anthology"
(International Women's Day)
Fringe Theatre
Hong Kong

19-21 February 2009
Australia-Indonesia Bilateral Relations Conference
Sydney
NSW
Australia

15-18 January 2009
Winternachten Festival
The Hague, Holland

7 December 2008
10-Hour Indonesian Literature Series
Roundtable Discussion
Maison Des Cultures Du Monde
Paris , France

2-3 December 2008
The Prince Claus Award Ceremony 2008
Muziekgebouw and Mayor of Amsterdam 's Official Residence
Amsterdam , Holland

11 November 2008
Indonesian Heritage Society Lecture Series
"Eating and Difference"
Erasmus Huis
Jakarta , Indonesia

30 October - 2 November 2008
The Miele Guide Media Program 2008
The Grand Hyatt, The Miele Kitchen, TWG Tea Company, Jaan, Forlino, Kha, White Rabbit
Singapore

18-23 October 2008
Writing the Future Festival
Sanskriti Kendra Museum & Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi , India

9 September 2008
Speech on Indonesian Food
Indonesian Charity Dance and Food Event for IDF
Singapore Residence
Jakarta , Indonesia

9 July 2008
Public Talk
The United States Embassy
Jakarta , Indonesia

May 2008
Public lecture at the University of Melbourne, Australia

Literary panels and readings at the Wordstorm International Literary Festival, Darwin, NT, Australia

April 2008
Literary panels and readings at the Australian National Poetry Festival, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Literary talk and discussion at the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient, Paris, France

March 2008
Reading at Perdu Poetry Centre, Amsterdam, Holland

January 2008
Reading at the Silverfish Bookstore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Literary talk and reading for the Malay International Literature Association at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 2007
Literary panels and readings at the Banff International Writers' Festival, Calgary, Canada International Observer at the New Yorker Festival, New York, USA

September 2007
Literary panels and readings at the Ubud International Writers’ Festival, Bali, Indonesia

August 2007
Readings at the Utan Kayu Literary Biennale, Jakarta & Magelang, Indonesia

July 2007
Literary panels and readings at the Byron Bay International Writers’ Festival, NSW, Australia

April 2007
Reading at Books Actually, “12 Women and How to Cook a Wolf”, Singapore

Lecture at the Yale Indonesia Forum, Council on Southeast Asian Studies, Yale University, New Haven, USA

March 2007
Book reading and public talk at the International Kuala Lumpur Writer’s Festival, Kuala Lumpur

Literary panels and readings at the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival, Hong Kong

October-November 2006
Residency at the International Writing Program (IWP), University of Iowa, USA

September 2006
Literary panels and readings at the Ubud International Writers’ Festival

July 2006
Colloquium on Post-Colonial and World Literature, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

June 2006
Malaysian launch of The Diary of R.S.: Musings on Art, Silverfish Bookstore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

March-April 2006
Musical Performance/Poetry Reading, Downtown Alternative Art Space, New York, USA

American launch of The Diary of R.S.: Musings on Art, Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

Public Talk on “Islam, Difference and the Erotic”, with Goenawan Mohamad, Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA

August 2005
Literary panels and readings at the Singapore International Writers’ Festival, Singapore

• Professional Career
Director
Aksara Bookstore
July 2003 - present
Jakarta

Managing Director
PT Pena Klasik
November 2000 - present
Jakarta

Director of Operations
Aksara Bookstore
November 2000 - July 2003
Jakarta

Associate
Assessments Group International
July 1999 - July 2000
Jakarta

Contributor
The Jakarta Post
March 1995 - January 1998
Jakarta

Contributor
Tempo Magazine
February 1993 - present
Jakarta

External Affairs Specialist/Acting Head of Public Affairs
PT Freeport Indonesia
September 1994 - February 1995
Jakarta Indonesia

Public Affairs Officer
PT Freeport Indonesia
April - September 1994
Jakarta Indonesia

• Art Management Projects
October 2007
Producer
“Five Pieces: New Dance in Indonesia”, National Museum of Singapore, 2, 3, 4 November 2007
“Tony Prabowo in Concert”, 26-27 October 2007

Producer
“Panji Sepuh”, a theatrical dance piece, National Museum of Singapore, 8 & 9 December 2006

• TV Programs
October 2001 – May 2002
Co-host (with William W. Wongso)
KULINARIA
(culinary program)
TV 7
Jakarta

• Part-time Projects
October 2003 – January 2004
Research Associate (part-time)
Freedom Institute
Jakarta

February – September 2000
Political Research/Strategic Communications Consultant
Assessments Group International (AGI)
Jakarta

1994 – 1998
Research Assistant to Professor Richard Robison
(based in Indonesia)
Asia Research Centre
Murdoch University
Western Australia

April 1995 – April 1998
Research and Communications Consultant
PT Freeport Indonesia, IDP Education Australia
Jakarta

• Public Initiatives/Adjudications
2004
Head Jury/Committee Member
Adikarya Wisata Program
An Indonesian government initiative to raise the standards of the restaurant and food industry

2002
Jury (Southeast Asia Chapter)
World Gourmet Summit 2002
Singapore

2002
Co-founder and leader
“Go Back to Bali” movement
A private initiative to revitalize domestic tourism in the wake of the Bali Bombing Incident

2001
Jury
The National Cipta Awards
National Piano Competition
Jakarta

• Board of Advisory/Editorial Boards
Asia Pacific New Writing Partnership
2007 - present
Hong Kong/Sydney

• Memberships in Organisations
April 2000 - January 2001
Member of the Central Committee
The National Mandate Party (Partai Amanat Nasional, PAN)
Department: The Empowerment of Women

• Other achievements/Summary of Awards

Public Awards
2002
One of SWA Magazine’s Annual 50 Most Influential Women in Indonesia
SWA Magazine
Jakarta