Krishna Sen

Krishna Sen FAHA is an Australian professor and internationally recognized scholar in contemporary Indonesian and media studies. She is Chair of the Perth Centre of PEN International, Emerita at the University of Western Australia, and a member of the Murdoch University Senate. Indian by birth and Australian by circumstance, she has dedicated much of her academic career to researching and writing about the connections between media and politics in Indonesia. Her long-standing interest in media censorship, developed through her work on Indonesia under Suharto, now informs her role with PEN International, particularly in supporting imprisoned writers worldwide. She is an avid reader, keen traveler, and occasional travel blogger under the name Hurry Krishna, the Slow Indian.

Krishna Sen FAHA adalah seorang profesor asal Australia dan pakar internasional dalam kajian media serta Indonesia kontemporer. Ia menjabat sebagai Ketua Perth Centre of PEN International, Profesor Emerita di University of Western Australia, dan anggota Senat Murdoch University. Lahir di India dan menetap di Australia, ia mendedikasikan sebagian besar karier akademisnya untuk meneliti dan menulis tentang hubungan antara media dan politik di Indonesia. Fokus akademisnya terhadap isu sensor media, yang berkembang melalui penelitiannya tentang Indonesia pada masa pemerintahan Soeharto, kini memperkuat perannya di PEN International, khususnya dalam mendukung para penulis yang dipenjara di seluruh dunia. Ia juga seorang pembaca setia, gemar bepergian, dan sesekali menulis blog perjalanan dengan nama Hurry Krishna, the Slow Indian.