Lectures by Prof. Baiq Wardhani from the Department of International Relations, Airlangga University in Indonesia

Prof. Baiq Wardhani from the Department of International Relations at Airlangga University in Indonesia will visit the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. The visit includes participation in a project consortium meeting and two open lectures on geopolitics and nation branding in Southeast Asia.

“Understanding Southeast Asia through everyday geopolitics in the borderland”

The first lecture will address issues of geopolitics and everyday practices of borderland regions in Southeast Asia.

📅 25 May 2026
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 Room 105, Auditorium Building

Moderated by Prof. Dorota Heidrich and Dr Justyna Nakonieczna-Bartosiewicz.

“The paradox of nation branding: between the needs of local communities and the state’s promotion of the neoliberal development agenda in Lombok, Indonesia”

The second lecture will address the paradoxes of nation branding and tensions between the needs of local communities and state promotion of the neoliberal development model, using the example of Lombok in Indonesia.

📅 28 May 2026
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 Room 222, Auditorium Building

Moderated by Prof. Dorota Heidrich and Dr Justyna Nakonieczna-Bartosiewicz.

We cordially invite all those interested in international relations, geopolitics, and contemporary socio-political processes in Southeast Asia.