LAKSMI PAMUNTJAK
lpamuntjak@yahoo.com

• Academic Qualifications
December 1993
Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honors in Asian Studies
Murdoch University
Western Australia

• Professional Experience
December 2000 - present
Co-Founder/Managing Director
Pena Klasik
Jakarta

December 2002 - present
Co-Founder
Aksara Bookstore
(independent bi-lingual bookstore)
Jakarta

February 2001 – December 2002
Co-Founder/Director of Operations
Aksara Bookstore
Jakarta

February – November 2000
Head of New Division
PT Penerbit Djambatan
Jakarta

September 1999 – February 2000
Strategic Communications/Political Consultant
Assessments Group International (AGI)
Jakarta

January 1998 – August 1999
Chief Publishing Liaison (Australia)
Melbourne
PT Penerbit Djambatan

November 1996 – January 1998
Regular Feature Columnist
The Jakarta Post
Essays/Articles included weekly movie, classical music, book, art performance and restaurant reviews

September 1994 – February 1995
Acting Head of Public Affairs Department
PT Freeport Indonesia
Jakarta

April – September 1994
External Relations Specialist
PT Freeport Indonesia

February 1994 - present
Regular Contributor
Tempo Newsmagazine
(Columns, articles and extended book reviews on Asian politics, classical music and literature)

Translator
Tempo English News Magazine

2001 – present
Regular Contributor
TEMPO magazine (Columns on Asian current affairs, articles and extended book reviews on classical music, food and literature)

2000 - 2001
Regular Food Columnist
The Djakarta Magazine!

1996 – 1999
Weekly features columnist
The Jakarta Post (Regular Restaurant and movie reviews; book and classical music performance reviews).

1994 - 1996
Contributed articles and essays on Indonesian politics and Asian Current Affairs in Forum Keadilan, The Indonesian Observer, Matra and the socio-economic journal PRISMA

• 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
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

• 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

1995 – 1998
Research and writing 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

• 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