Wednesday forum is a weekly public discussion on various topics of religion and culture organized by CRCS and Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS). The forum is held every Wednesday at 12.30 – 2.30 PM in room 306 (3rd floor) of UGM graduate school building. Since 2002 many scholars, students, and researchers worldwide have presented their papers or on-going research in this forum.

Anyone who wants to make a presentation in this forum should fill out the Wedforum-form and send it to wednesdayforum@yahoo.com and crcs@ugm.ac.id. For further information and inquiries, please feel free to contact the organizer Najiyah Martiam (jim) at jiahjim@yahoo.com or Amanah Nurish at amnuris@yahoo.com.

“There were many unreported huge seismic events in Sumatera,” said Anthony Reid in his public lecture ‘Rewriting (Sumatran) History in the Light of Seismology’ held by CRCS-ICRS GMU on Wednesday, 13 July 2011. This special event was held in the room 306 CRCS-ICRS UGM and attended by both Indonesian and foreign academics.

According to Reid, tsunami had depopulated western coastal area of Sumatra over many times. Statistical reports of decreasing population support this assumption. Unfortunately the Islamic maritime kingdoms in Sumatra such as Samudera Pasai and Perlak had no historic report on the previous Hindu-Buddhist reign around the area.

Wednesday forum is a weekly public discussion on various topics of religion and culture organized by CRCS and Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS). The forum is held every Wednesday at 12.30 – 2.30 PM in room 306 (3rd floor) of UGM graduate school building. Since 2002 many scholars, students, and researchers worldwide have presented their papers or on-going research in this forum.

Anyone who wants to make a presentation in this forum should fill out the Wedforum-form and send it to wednesdayforum@yahoo.com and crcs@ugm.ac.id. For further information and inquiries, please feel free to contact the organizer Najiyah Martiam (jim) at jiahjim@yahoo.com or Amanah Nurish at amnuris@yahoo.com.

“Banyak peristiwa seismik besar di Sumatera yang tak tercatat.” Poin inilah yang diangkat oleh Prof. Anthony Reid dalam kuliah umum “Rewriting (Sumatran) History in the Light of Seismology” pada hari Rabu, 13 Juli 2011. Forum istimewa ini disambut antusias oleh para akademisi baik dari dalam maupun luar negeri yang memenuhi ruang 306 CRCS-ICRS UGM.

Reid mengatakan bahwa wilayah pesisir barat Sumatera beberapa kali disapu tsunami. Hal ini berangkat dari data statistik kependudukan yang menunjukkan tren penurunan. Sayangnya, kerajaan-kerajaan Islam yang menguasai jalur perdagangan Sumatera seperti Samudera Pasai dan Perlak tidak meninggalkan catatan sejarah tentang kekuasaan Hindu-Budha yang berkuasa di daerah pesisir pantai sebelum mereka.