Krishna Sen

Professor Krishna Sen FAHA is an internationally recognized scholar in contemporary Indonesian and media studies, 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 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, especially in supporting imprisoned writers worldwide. She is an avid reader, keen traveler, and occasional travel blogger under the name Hurry Krishna, the Slow Indian.

Profesor Krishna Sen FAHA adalah seorang cendekiawan kajian Indonesia kontemporer dan media yang diakui secara internasional, Ketua Perth Centre of PEN International, Emeritus di University of Western Australia, dan anggota Senat Universitas Murdoch. Lahir di India dan menjadi warga Australia karena keadaan, ia mendedikasikan sebagian besar karier akademiknya untuk meneliti dan menulis tentang hubungan antara media dan politik di Indonesia. Minatnya yang mendalam terhadap sensor media, yang berkembang melalui kerja-kerjanya tentang Indonesia di bawah Suharto, kini memengaruhi perannya di PEN International, khususnya dalam mendukung penulis yang dipenjara di seluruh dunia. Selain itu, ia juga merupakan pembaca, pelancong, dan sesekali menjadi blogger perjalanan dengan nama Hurry Krishna, the Slow Indian.