Prof. Dr. Marieke Bloembergen from KITLV/Leiden University was the speaker of the public lecture The Burden of Colonial Things: Alternative Knowledge Production, Indonesian Perspectives, and the Search for Enlightenment, on Thursday, 18 August 2022, at 10.00-12.00 WIB. This event was held by the Department of History UGM and was guided and moderated by Dr. Agus Suwignyo. This lecture is part of the jointly organized program from PPSI (The Society of Indonesian History Program), thus, attended by lecturers and students from 12 universities in Indonesia, they are Universitas Airlangga, Universitas Negeri Malang, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Universitas Halu Oleo, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Universitas Jember, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Universitas Andalas, Universitas Hasanuddin, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga, dan Universitas Negeri Semarang. Students who had morning classes had to attend this public lecture instead.