My name is Thao Nguyen, a Vietnamese woman living in Australia.
I am putting together a book called Exquisite Women about Asian woman immigrants.
As an Asian woman immigrant, I notice the stereotypes that Asian women deal with on a regular basis and I am passionate about a book that tells the real stories of Asian women immigrants, a book with stories that are enriching and empowering for all involved.
Imagine being one of the authors of a beautiful book about Asian women immigrants. The book will be a gift to you, your children, grandchildren and friends, and all other Asian women. You will tell your story, thus sharing with them in a way that allows them to know and appreciate you and always have something amazing to remember you by.
About the book:
It will be exquisite, interesting, and intimate (giving the impression of a woman's personal diary); It will be an expression of the unique inner and outward beauty of Asian women; It will be full of pictures and stories (in your own words) that paint vivid images of your life, journey, hopes and dreams; It will allow the readers to see the Asian countries that you left behind through your eyes.
Who can contribute?
Any woman who are of Asian descent and migrated to another country to live; There is no selection criteria for being a contributor to the book. Please don't entertain any fear of having a story that is not interesting enough or not being able to write very well. The only question that I invite you to answer is: "Do I want to?"; All stories will be published. A number of stories will be selected to publish in the book, others will be published on the website associated with the book.
Why contribute?
Your story will make a difference to those who read it; The process of writing your story will make a difference to you - you will have the experience of being acknowledged and proud for who you are and what you have achieved. You will have the exprience of being self-expressed, of being present to the amazing person that you are, your dreams, your passion, what you do have in your life.
What next if you want to get involved:
Please contact me at +614 2317 5382 or email
thaonguyen@westnet.com.au if you want to contribute; I will then send you a very thorough guide consisting of questions that you simply have to answer to start the process of writing your stories. It will be fun and challenging, it might be one of the most amazing things you've ever done.
Thao Nguyen
P.O. Box 561, Fremantle
WA 6959, Australia
Mobile: +61 4 2317 5382
Skype id: soiecocochine
26 June 2007
Call for Submissions - Anthology Project: Growing up Asian in Australia (Due: Dec 1st 2007)
Call for Submissions - Growing up Asian in Australia
Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. Yet are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it like to grow up Asian in Australia?
We are looking for personal experience narratives of growing up Asian-Australian that are unique, honest and reflective, for an anthology.
The pieces can be in any manner, tone or style, but we are not looking for abstract or sociological treatments. They can deal with any aspect of growing up Asian-Australian so long as they are original and provide insight into the fascinating lives of Asian-Australians that defy, question
or shed light on the usual stereotypes.
Submissions should be between 800 and 3000 words in length and must be received by 1st December 2007. Late entries will not be accepted. This collection will be edited by Alice Pung, author of Unpolished Gem, and published by Black Inc. in 2008.
Please address submissions to
The Editor, Black Inc., Level 5, 289
Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Hard copy only, but receipt will be acknowledged by email so please include an email address. Final selection of pieces will be made in early 2008. Enquiries should be addressed to
deniseo@blackincbooks.com.
Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. Yet are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it like to grow up Asian in Australia?
We are looking for personal experience narratives of growing up Asian-Australian that are unique, honest and reflective, for an anthology.
The pieces can be in any manner, tone or style, but we are not looking for abstract or sociological treatments. They can deal with any aspect of growing up Asian-Australian so long as they are original and provide insight into the fascinating lives of Asian-Australians that defy, question
or shed light on the usual stereotypes.
Submissions should be between 800 and 3000 words in length and must be received by 1st December 2007. Late entries will not be accepted. This collection will be edited by Alice Pung, author of Unpolished Gem, and published by Black Inc. in 2008.
Please address submissions to
The Editor, Black Inc., Level 5, 289
Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Hard copy only, but receipt will be acknowledged by email so please include an email address. Final selection of pieces will be made in early 2008. Enquiries should be addressed to
deniseo@blackincbooks.com.
22 June 2007
CFP - ISSCO VI (21-23 Sept 2007; Peking U, China)
6th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas
Sept. 21-23, 2007 Peking University, China
CONFERENCE THEME:
Recent Trends in the Relations between Chinese Abroad and Their Ancestral Homeland
The rapid flow of capital, labor, technology, and information across the globe as well as the
emergence of China as a new and important player in global economy and politics have made China not only the foremost destination for investment, manufacturing, and trade in the world, but also a source for both skilled and unskilled labor within China and throughout the world. The primary objective of the Sixth International ISSCO conference is to examine the interaction between the powerful process commonly known as globalization and the old-and-new phenomenon of out-migration from China, the linkage between the Chinese overseas communities and their homeland, and the implications of the accelerating process of outward migration from China in the long history of Chinese diaspora.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The topics of sessions will ultimately be decided based on papers and abstracts accepted. Proposals of panels, papers and abstracts are welcomed on any topic within social sciences, history, literature, and the arts related to Chinese migration.
Abstracts must be 350 words or less, in English, submitted in MS Word 11 Point Times font on A4 paper with the title in 12 point times font and one inch margins, and include:
1) the title of the abstract in capital letters;
2) the author names and affiliations;
3) name of presenting author in bold and contact information of presenter.
Proposals for panels and abstracts should be submitted via email to oec238c@pku.edu.cn with
“abstract submission” in the subject line before July 31, 2007.
Proposals for papers should be submitted with “paper submission” in the subject line before Sept. 10, 2007.
We will confirm receipt of proposals via email.
Sept. 21-23, 2007 Peking University, China
CONFERENCE THEME:
Recent Trends in the Relations between Chinese Abroad and Their Ancestral Homeland
The rapid flow of capital, labor, technology, and information across the globe as well as the
emergence of China as a new and important player in global economy and politics have made China not only the foremost destination for investment, manufacturing, and trade in the world, but also a source for both skilled and unskilled labor within China and throughout the world. The primary objective of the Sixth International ISSCO conference is to examine the interaction between the powerful process commonly known as globalization and the old-and-new phenomenon of out-migration from China, the linkage between the Chinese overseas communities and their homeland, and the implications of the accelerating process of outward migration from China in the long history of Chinese diaspora.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The topics of sessions will ultimately be decided based on papers and abstracts accepted. Proposals of panels, papers and abstracts are welcomed on any topic within social sciences, history, literature, and the arts related to Chinese migration.
Abstracts must be 350 words or less, in English, submitted in MS Word 11 Point Times font on A4 paper with the title in 12 point times font and one inch margins, and include:
1) the title of the abstract in capital letters;
2) the author names and affiliations;
3) name of presenting author in bold and contact information of presenter.
Proposals for panels and abstracts should be submitted via email to oec238c@pku.edu.cn with
“abstract submission” in the subject line before July 31, 2007.
Proposals for papers should be submitted with “paper submission” in the subject line before Sept. 10, 2007.
We will confirm receipt of proposals via email.
CFP - The Intercultural World: Theoretical Approaches, Interdisciplinary Perspectives (29-30 November 2007; Melbourne) Deadline: 17 Aug 2007
Interested scholars are invited to submit proposals for papers on the above theme.
The aim of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for scholars working within the field of interculturality, broadly conceived, to discuss theoretical approaches to this area of inquiry. Although the field of interculturality is well established, critical and systematic reflection on theoretical approaches to the intercultural world has been comparatively neglected. This workshop is intended to encourage the elaboration of varied theoretical perspectives from a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, to offer an opportunity for the presentation of such perspectives, and to provide a forum for in-depth collective discussion of issues and questions.
Date: 29-30th November, 2007
Venue: Monash University, Melbourne (Caulfield Campus)
Topics and themes of discussion might include (but are in no way restricted to) the following:
- The meanings of interculturality
- Theorizing intercultural communication
- The ‘clash of civilizations’
- Theorizing the ‘self’, the ‘other’ and ‘strange’
- Theorizing intercultural, cross cultural and comparative approaches
Paper proposals to be received by Friday, 17th August, 2007.
Email proposals to: Intercultural.World@arts.monash.edu.au
Please include: title, abstract of 150-200 words, institutional affiliation.
Proposers will be notified about their proposals early September.
A final title and abstract for distribution to participants will be required by 31st October.
Papers will be of 30 minutes duration, with extra discussion time.
For further information, email Dr Suzi Adams: suzi.adams@arts.monash.edu.au
The workshop is jointly sponsored by the School of Political and Social Inquiry and the School of Linguistics, Cultures and Languages, Monash University.
The Jean Martin Award - For Excellence in Scholarship in the Field of Sociology (Closing Date: 30 June, 2007)
JEAN MARTIN AWARD
The Jean Martin Award recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate.
The Closing Date is 30 June, 2007
About the Award
This Award, which was given for the first time in 1980, is granted to the best PhD thesis in social science disciplines from an Australian tertiary institution submitted to the Award Committee. Theses may be on theoretical as well as empirical topics. Excellence in scholarship and balanced treatment of sociological theory and research are the main criteria for deciding the Award. Work done in one of Jean Martin's major areas of interest and which assesses implications for social policy are other criteria the judges will also take into account. Jean Martin's research interests are defined as: migration, community and family studies, the concept of 'ethnicity', ethnic politics, social class, theories of culture and of social change.
The Prize
The recipient of the 2007 Award will receive:
$500 from the Jean Martin Memorial Fund
A TASA JMA trophy and certificate
Free conference registration to attend the annual TASA conference at which the Award is presented (including Conference dinner)
Invitation to contribute a synopsis of the thesis to be published in Nexus
Invitation to be part of the next judging panel for the Award.
Submission Details
Supervisors and Heads of Sociology departments/schools and interdisciplinary Social science departments and other departments with a major commitment to Sociological analysis within Australian tertiary institutions are invited to submit candidates for the Award. Theses must have been completed and successfully examined in the period 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2007. All candidates must be members of TASA at the time of submission and include an AUS$25 processing fee, payable to TASA. Further details are included on the nomination form (over page). Please ensure that a return address is included in your submission to ensure that the thesis is returned to you safely.
Further details, the nomination form and guidelines are available from: TASAweb: www.tasa.org.au (go to the ‘TASA info’ section, and click on TASA Awards, then Jean Martin Award)
Or contact the TASA Executive Officer:
TASA Office
School of Social Science
University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072
Phone: 07 3365 7516
Email: admin@tasa.org.au
The Jean Martin Award recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate.
The Closing Date is 30 June, 2007
About the Award
This Award, which was given for the first time in 1980, is granted to the best PhD thesis in social science disciplines from an Australian tertiary institution submitted to the Award Committee. Theses may be on theoretical as well as empirical topics. Excellence in scholarship and balanced treatment of sociological theory and research are the main criteria for deciding the Award. Work done in one of Jean Martin's major areas of interest and which assesses implications for social policy are other criteria the judges will also take into account. Jean Martin's research interests are defined as: migration, community and family studies, the concept of 'ethnicity', ethnic politics, social class, theories of culture and of social change.
The Prize
The recipient of the 2007 Award will receive:
$500 from the Jean Martin Memorial Fund
A TASA JMA trophy and certificate
Free conference registration to attend the annual TASA conference at which the Award is presented (including Conference dinner)
Invitation to contribute a synopsis of the thesis to be published in Nexus
Invitation to be part of the next judging panel for the Award.
Submission Details
Supervisors and Heads of Sociology departments/schools and interdisciplinary Social science departments and other departments with a major commitment to Sociological analysis within Australian tertiary institutions are invited to submit candidates for the Award. Theses must have been completed and successfully examined in the period 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2007. All candidates must be members of TASA at the time of submission and include an AUS$25 processing fee, payable to TASA. Further details are included on the nomination form (over page). Please ensure that a return address is included in your submission to ensure that the thesis is returned to you safely.
Further details, the nomination form and guidelines are available from: TASAweb: www.tasa.org.au (go to the ‘TASA info’ section, and click on TASA Awards, then Jean Martin Award)
Or contact the TASA Executive Officer:
TASA Office
School of Social Science
University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD 4072
Phone: 07 3365 7516
Email: admin@tasa.org.au
Master Class With Professor Sharon Zukin (11-12 July 2007)
MASTER CLASS WITH PROFESSOR SHARON ZUKIN
Urban Cultural Economy in an Age of Globalisation
The Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney is seeking expressions of interest from postgraduate research students interested in participating in a master class with eminent urban scholar Professor Sharon Zukin of Brooklyn College and the City University of New York. Details of Professor Zukin's Achievements are listed below.
The master class will commence on the morning of the 11th July and run until lunchtime on the 12th. It will include a presentation by Professor Zukin and participants will be given the opportunity to discuss their own research. Some readings will be supplied. The event will be held at the UWS Parramatta campus with a maximum of 23 participants. There will be a $30 registration charge to cover the cost of lunch and morning and afternoon teas. There will also be a dinner arranged the evening of the 11th that is not covered in the registration charge.
We invite expressions of interest from those who are working in the fields of sociology, geography, cultural studies, and urban studies. Please send a brief summary of your research and its relevance to the title of the master class (200 words maximum) to george.morgan@uws.edu.au by June 22nd (extended deadline).
Sharon Zukin, the Broeklundian Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, is one of the world’s foremost observers and theorists of the contemporary city. The author of five books, including Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991), for which she won the prestigious C. Wright Mills Award, her work sits at the intersection of sociology, geography, cultural studies, and political economy. Loft Living (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982) tracked the cultural and economic processes through which parts of New York were transformed into gentrified residential spaces. The Culture of Cities (Blackwell, Oxford, 1996) examines the regeneration of central urban areas, and how vernacular cultures are often marginalised in the process of establishing new symbolic economies based on tourism and cultural industries. Her most recent book Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture (2004) critically examines urban spaces of consumption. Although the United States and specifically New York, have provided the empirical focus for much of her work, Zukin's work has great relevance to Australian cities. Broadly, her work examines the cultural economy of the contemporary city, including themes such as culture-led urban regeneration; spaces of consumption; urban development, art and real estate; racialised ghettoes; public space; and the transformation of urban life and form under globalisation.
Urban Cultural Economy in an Age of Globalisation
The Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney is seeking expressions of interest from postgraduate research students interested in participating in a master class with eminent urban scholar Professor Sharon Zukin of Brooklyn College and the City University of New York. Details of Professor Zukin's Achievements are listed below.
The master class will commence on the morning of the 11th July and run until lunchtime on the 12th. It will include a presentation by Professor Zukin and participants will be given the opportunity to discuss their own research. Some readings will be supplied. The event will be held at the UWS Parramatta campus with a maximum of 23 participants. There will be a $30 registration charge to cover the cost of lunch and morning and afternoon teas. There will also be a dinner arranged the evening of the 11th that is not covered in the registration charge.
We invite expressions of interest from those who are working in the fields of sociology, geography, cultural studies, and urban studies. Please send a brief summary of your research and its relevance to the title of the master class (200 words maximum) to george.morgan@uws.edu.au by June 22nd (extended deadline).
Sharon Zukin, the Broeklundian Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, is one of the world’s foremost observers and theorists of the contemporary city. The author of five books, including Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991), for which she won the prestigious C. Wright Mills Award, her work sits at the intersection of sociology, geography, cultural studies, and political economy. Loft Living (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982) tracked the cultural and economic processes through which parts of New York were transformed into gentrified residential spaces. The Culture of Cities (Blackwell, Oxford, 1996) examines the regeneration of central urban areas, and how vernacular cultures are often marginalised in the process of establishing new symbolic economies based on tourism and cultural industries. Her most recent book Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture (2004) critically examines urban spaces of consumption. Although the United States and specifically New York, have provided the empirical focus for much of her work, Zukin's work has great relevance to Australian cities. Broadly, her work examines the cultural economy of the contemporary city, including themes such as culture-led urban regeneration; spaces of consumption; urban development, art and real estate; racialised ghettoes; public space; and the transformation of urban life and form under globalisation.
Conference - 17th biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (1-3 July 2008)
17th biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
1-3 July 2008, Sebel Albert Park Hotel, Melbourne
Theme: "Is this the Asian Century?"
The biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) conference is
the largest gathering of expertise on Asia in the southern hemisphere.
The theme for 2008 invites you to assess how the regions and issues on
which you are interested are faring. The ASAA conference is
multi-disciplinary and covers Central, South, South-East and North
East Asia and the relationship of all of these with the rest of the world.
The 17th biennial conference on 1-3 July 2008 will bring together
specialists to assess trends in Asian law, medicine and health,
science,ethics/human rights, politics, regional security, economics, culture,
religion, environment, media, the performing arts and many other
fields.
Given the theme, we encourage cross-country and inter-regional
analysis.
To assess how Asia is doing, we need to think broadly about Asia and
compare trends in India and China, the new giants of Asia, with the
older industrial power Japan and newly emerging economies of
Singapore,Thailand and Indonesia. We also need to link up these trends with
events outside Asia.
Join us either as a presenter of a conference paper or as a participant
to debate what is happening in the Asian region and its impact on the
rest of the world. In some fields, trends in Asia are driving world
affairs but in other areas Asia lags behind. What is the case in your
field? Will this be the Asian century?
The 2008 conference is hosted by Monash Asia Institute, Monash
University on behalf of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
To visit the conference website,
http://www.conferenceworks.net.au/asaa/index.php
To register, visit
http://www.secureregistrations.com/Asian
1-3 July 2008, Sebel Albert Park Hotel, Melbourne
Theme: "Is this the Asian Century?"
The biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) conference is
the largest gathering of expertise on Asia in the southern hemisphere.
The theme for 2008 invites you to assess how the regions and issues on
which you are interested are faring. The ASAA conference is
multi-disciplinary and covers Central, South, South-East and North
East Asia and the relationship of all of these with the rest of the world.
The 17th biennial conference on 1-3 July 2008 will bring together
specialists to assess trends in Asian law, medicine and health,
science,ethics/human rights, politics, regional security, economics, culture,
religion, environment, media, the performing arts and many other
fields.
Given the theme, we encourage cross-country and inter-regional
analysis.
To assess how Asia is doing, we need to think broadly about Asia and
compare trends in India and China, the new giants of Asia, with the
older industrial power Japan and newly emerging economies of
Singapore,Thailand and Indonesia. We also need to link up these trends with
events outside Asia.
Join us either as a presenter of a conference paper or as a participant
to debate what is happening in the Asian region and its impact on the
rest of the world. In some fields, trends in Asia are driving world
affairs but in other areas Asia lags behind. What is the case in your
field? Will this be the Asian century?
The 2008 conference is hosted by Monash Asia Institute, Monash
University on behalf of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
To visit the conference website,
http://www.conferenceworks.net.au/asaa/index.php
To register, visit
http://www.secureregistrations.com/Asian
18 June 2007
CFP - Celebrity Colonialism: Fame, Representation, and Power in Colonial and Post-Colonial Cultures (Deadline: 27 July 2007)
Call for Submissions to an Edited Collection of Academic Papers
Colonialism and postcolonialism produce their fair share of celebrities, yet the meanings, forms, and functions of celebrities within colonial and post-colonial cultures have received little scholarly attention.
Invitations are extended to scholars who wish to contribute to a collection of papers that explores the various and ambivalent relationships between the cultures of celebrity and (post)colonialism. In particular papers are sought that examine
Colonialism and postcolonialism produce their fair share of celebrities, yet the meanings, forms, and functions of celebrities within colonial and post-colonial cultures have received little scholarly attention.
Invitations are extended to scholars who wish to contribute to a collection of papers that explores the various and ambivalent relationships between the cultures of celebrity and (post)colonialism. In particular papers are sought that examine
- Celebrities and the Colonial Moment: how have radio, art, film, literary, exploration, and other celebrities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries been implicated in colonial and anti-colonial processes?
- Celebrities and the Contemporary Politics of Benevolence: from Hollywood celebrities adopting children from developing nations, to music superstars advocating global economic reforms, how do celebrities influence contemporary public understanding of the line between benevolence and exploitation? How is celebrity questioned, critiqued, and resisted in alternative media?
- Celebrities and Subalternity: from UK’s Celebrity Big Brother to Bollywood and Indigenous Australian cinema actors, how do celebrities complicate the politics of race and class, and how do indigenous celebrities function as cultural intermediaries for the negotiation of contemporary political and economic inequalities? Are there such things as ‘subaltern celebrities,’ and if so, how do they function within post-colonizing cultures to shape cultural memory and intervene in process such as the ‘Reconciliation’ movements of the 1990s?
In May 2006 journalist Brendan O’Neill coined the term ‘celebrity colonialism’ while reporting on the drama attending the Namibian birth of the child of Hollywood celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The term was meant to describe the power celebrities possess to influence public and private institutions within colonial and post-colonial cultures. Colonial cultures have always produced celebrities, yet there has been little examination of them through the prism of their celebrity. In April this year the University of Queensland Postcolonial Research Group hosted a two-day symposium to explore the various and ambivalent relationships between the cultures of celebrity and colonialism. The present project will showcase a number of the papers from that conference while seeking contributions from other scholars working in this field. The collection will seek to answer the questions: How do celebrities function within colonial and post-colonial cultures? In what way have various famous figures made their name through their celebration of or antagonism towards colonial and neo-colonial imperialism? How does the popular appeal of celebrity inflect the way (post-) colonial matters can be brought before and received by the public?
Interested contributors should email a 250 word proposal to Dr Robert Clarke (rgclarke@uq.edu.au), along with a biographical note, by no later than Friday 27 July 2007. Final submission of papers would be required by no later than Friday 27 June 2008.
NEWSLETTER - AustLit News June/July 2007
This huge, informative newsletter from AustLit includes updates about the Australian Multicultural Writers information subset.
It talks about material available from Merlinda Bobis, Suneeta Peres da Costa, Michelle de Kretser, and Shaun Tan (esp with Tan's new publication, The Arrival).
>> View the full newsletter on the AustLit site HERE.
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For those who've never encountered AustLit:
AustLit is a non-profit collaboration between eleven Australian Universities and the National Library of Australia providing authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 94,000 Australian authors and literary organisations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day.
AustLit indexes and describes Australian literature published in a range of print and electronic information sources. It also makes available selected critical articles and creative writing in full text. Researchers, bibliographers and librarians, working around the country, gather information about Australian writers and writing, providing authoritative information on and facilitating access to Australian literature.
It talks about material available from Merlinda Bobis, Suneeta Peres da Costa, Michelle de Kretser, and Shaun Tan (esp with Tan's new publication, The Arrival).
>> View the full newsletter on the AustLit site HERE.
======
For those who've never encountered AustLit:
AustLit is a non-profit collaboration between eleven Australian Universities and the National Library of Australia providing authoritative information on hundreds of thousands of creative and critical Australian literature works relating to more than 94,000 Australian authors and literary organisations. Its coverage spans 1780 to the present day.
AustLit indexes and describes Australian literature published in a range of print and electronic information sources. It also makes available selected critical articles and creative writing in full text. Researchers, bibliographers and librarians, working around the country, gather information about Australian writers and writing, providing authoritative information on and facilitating access to Australian literature.
12 June 2007
EXHIBITION - Entanglement (Shoufay Derz + Owen Leong) Westspace, Melbourne
Opening Thursday 21 June 2007, 6-8pm.
Exhibition: 22 June - 14 July 2007
Venue: Westspace, Level 1, 15-19 Anthony Street, Melbourne
www.westspace.org.au
>> View EXHIBITION FLYER.
Exhibition: 22 June - 14 July 2007
Venue: Westspace, Level 1, 15-19 Anthony Street, Melbourne
www.westspace.org.au
>> View EXHIBITION FLYER.
8 June 2007
CFP - Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature (NeMLA, 10-13 April 2008; Buffalo, NY, USA) DEADLINE: 15 Sept 2007
Call for Papers: Postcolonial Issues in Australian Literature
39th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
April 10-13, 2008
Buffalo, New York
Proposals are invited for papers examining postcolonial issues within Australian literature, such as hybridity, first contact, resistance, indigeneity, colonialism, imperialism, immigration/ invasion, national identity, marginalisation, expatriation and diaspora.
Papers that emphasize the postcoloniality of Australian literature are particularly welcome.
Please send 250-word abstracts, institutional affiliation and contact information via email to Nathanael O'Reilly at: nathanael.oreilly@wmich.edu
Deadline: September 15, 2007
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any)
The complete Call for Papers for the 2008 Convention will be posted in June, 2007: www.nemla.org
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA panel; however panelists can only present one paper. Convention participants may present at a paper session panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
39th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
April 10-13, 2008
Buffalo, New York
Proposals are invited for papers examining postcolonial issues within Australian literature, such as hybridity, first contact, resistance, indigeneity, colonialism, imperialism, immigration/ invasion, national identity, marginalisation, expatriation and diaspora.
Papers that emphasize the postcoloniality of Australian literature are particularly welcome.
Please send 250-word abstracts, institutional affiliation and contact information via email to Nathanael O'Reilly at: nathanael.oreilly@wmich.edu
Deadline: September 15, 2007
Please include with your abstract:
Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (if any)
The complete Call for Papers for the 2008 Convention will be posted in June, 2007: www.nemla.org
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA panel; however panelists can only present one paper. Convention participants may present at a paper session panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
CONFERENCE - Muslim Students in Australian Universities (3-4 Sept 2007; U of Western Sydney)
Inaugural national 'Muslim Students in Australian Universities' conference hosted by the University of Western Sydney
3 and 4 September 2007
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Parramatta, NSW
The University of Western Sydney (UWS) plans to bring together government, university and TAFE leaders as well as high school principals and representatives of the Muslim community at the two-day conference.
The Conference aims to stimulate debate; it will discuss national strategies which universities may use in making provision for Muslim students; examine and further develop inclusive practices and teaching strategies; identify areas where adjustment is needed and the principles behind these; discuss issues associated with gender, discrimination and respect for difference; and to engage the Australian Muslim community in partnership and dialogue about educational aspirations, and local involvement.
Enquiries:
The Conference Secretariat
PO Box 20622,
World Square,
Sydney 2002
E-mail: muslimconference@uws.edu.au
Website: http://www.uws.edu.au/muslimconference
3 and 4 September 2007
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Parramatta, NSW
The University of Western Sydney (UWS) plans to bring together government, university and TAFE leaders as well as high school principals and representatives of the Muslim community at the two-day conference.
The Conference aims to stimulate debate; it will discuss national strategies which universities may use in making provision for Muslim students; examine and further develop inclusive practices and teaching strategies; identify areas where adjustment is needed and the principles behind these; discuss issues associated with gender, discrimination and respect for difference; and to engage the Australian Muslim community in partnership and dialogue about educational aspirations, and local involvement.
Enquiries:
The Conference Secretariat
PO Box 20622,
World Square,
Sydney 2002
E-mail: muslimconference@uws.edu.au
Website: http://www.uws.edu.au/muslimconference
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - Monash University Research Fellowships (Closing date: 31 July 2007)
This year Monash is offering Up to four (4) awards.
Eligibility
Eligibility
- Applicants must not hold a current position at Monash University (including casual/ sessional appointments) at the time of application and/or during the selection process of the Monash Fellowships Program.
- Applicants, who have spent considerable time at Monash University prior to their application submission, completing their PhD and/or being employed, may not be eligible.
- Applicants may be a citizen of any country, but in order to be eligible to accept the offer of a Monash Fellowship he/she must obtain the appropriate visa as required by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC).
- Applicants will normally have not less than two and not more than eight years of post-doctoral experience as at 1 September 2007, calculated from the date of submission of PhD thesis. This may be full-time employment or part-time equivalent, and should be at or above Academic Level A or equivalent. Applicants who have experienced a major interruption to their research career (such as maternity leave or illness) since the submission of their PhD thesis must explain this in their application.
- Applicants must demonstrate excellent research outcomes at international level.
Funding
Successful applicants will be awarded up to $AUD160,000 per annum (comprising a salary, including on-costs, in the Research Fellow Level B range, currently $AUD67, 818 - $AUD80, 535 per annum, including on-costs and a research support grant of up to $AUD50,000 per annum, for 5 years). A starting salary within this range may be negotiated and will usually be dependent upon the number of years of postdoctoral research experience.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE MONASH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PAGE.
JOB: Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at UNSW (Applications Close: 15 June 07)
JOB: Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at UNSW
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School of English, Media and Performing Arts
REF. 5016NET
FIXED-TERM - The salary range for Lecturer is A$68,320 - A$80,541 per
annum pro-rata (plus 9% employer superannuation and leave loading)
Applications close : 15 June 2007
For More information see:
http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recruitment/jobs/01060710.html
4 June 2007
JOB - Professor of Sociology at The University of Western Sydney (Closing Date: 17 July 2007)
Professor in Sociology
The
Penrith Campus
Remuneration Package:
Academic Level E - AUD$154,054 p.a. (comprising Salary, Superannuation and Leave Loading)
Position Enquiries:
Professor Deborah Stevenson
Phone: +61 2 4736 0019
or email: d.stevenson@uws.edu.au
FELLOWSHIPS - Macquarie University Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme (Closing date: Friday 6 July 2007)
Centre for Research on Social Inclusion (
25 May 2007
DEDICATION OF MONUMENT - Buckland Chinese Australian Heritage Project (1 July 2007; Chinese Burial Ground, Buckland Valley)
The Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria Inc invites
Friends of CAFHOV
to attend the official dedication of a commemorative monument to the Chinese who lost their lives or who are buried at the Buckland.
This event coincides with the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the riotous attack on the Chinese residents and miners of the Buckland Valley in 1857.
Ms Candy Broad, MLC Member for Northern Victoria, will dedicate the memorial stele. This ceremony will be the culmination of the Buckland Chinese Australian Heritage Project, funded by Heritage Victoria and supported by the Alpine Shire.
Date & Time: 9.30 am Sunday 1st July 2007
Location: Chinese Burial Ground, Buckland Valley Road, Buckland Valley, via Porepunkah, N-E Victoria (see map in downloadable invitation).
RSVP: by email to cafhov@yahoo.com.au or by post to CAFHOV memorial event, 10 Will Street, Forest Hill, Victoria. 3131.
SHOW - The Fruit Tingle Cabaret - Judith Wright Centre (6th and 9th June 2007)
The Fruit Tingle Cabaret - No other flava can give you this tingle!
Director, Chris Maver, has been producing and facilitating Queer events since the fabulous 80’s. For four performances this June, at the Judith Wright Centre, Chris will gather a stellar cast of young, sexy, brilliant artists under his “pride” care to present his latest offering, The Fruit Tingle Cabaret.
Chanteuse Jo Doyle, vivacious, sassy, singing sensation, and runner up in the 2006 Australian Lesbian Idol program is coming directly from her residency at Spring Hill’s Scarlet’s.
Bent Physical Theatre’s Divo Sock and Sofia Woods present an alarming, alluring and sometimes dangerous theatre piece titled Switch.
The desirable Fez Fa’anana and partner in passion, Mark Winwill, pull out all expletives for a tempting, tumbling and terrifyingly physical tête-à-tête which will leave audiences gasping.
Simon Chan takes us on an oriental excursion into being gay and Asian (‘Gaysian’). Simon is a well known music and theatre writer and he will be presenting his own style of musical comedy.
Whipping this all together, gender confusionist, Chris Maver dishes up a fruity lesson in Queer history. Gary Nunn supplies the musical topping.
And for one night only, on Saturday 9 June, the lively musical passion of Bertha Controltrips the light fantastic into Valkyrian depths, finishing the season in a celebratory frenzy of dance!
Reaching out to Queer and non-Queer communities and institutions, to acknowledge and celebrate Queer arts, The Fruit Tingle Cabaret is presented in association with Pride. Purely home grown, 100% local, this Queer cabaret, showcases cutting edge and innovative multi-artform performance.
Age recommendation: 15+ - contains adult themes
Dates: Wed 6 Jun 2007 - Sat 9 Jun 2007
Times: 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Cost: Reserved Cabaret Seating Web $23, Phone & Door $25 (no concessions in cabaret section)
UnReserved Theatre Seating Full: Web/Ph & Door $18/$20
Concession: Web/Phone & Door $13/$15
Venue: Performance Space, Judith Wright Centre
Enquiries: Box Office - Monday to Friday 12 noon - 4pm
07 3872 9000 or 07 3872 9000
Director, Chris Maver, has been producing and facilitating Queer events since the fabulous 80’s. For four performances this June, at the Judith Wright Centre, Chris will gather a stellar cast of young, sexy, brilliant artists under his “pride” care to present his latest offering, The Fruit Tingle Cabaret.
Chanteuse Jo Doyle, vivacious, sassy, singing sensation, and runner up in the 2006 Australian Lesbian Idol program is coming directly from her residency at Spring Hill’s Scarlet’s.
Bent Physical Theatre’s Divo Sock and Sofia Woods present an alarming, alluring and sometimes dangerous theatre piece titled Switch.
The desirable Fez Fa’anana and partner in passion, Mark Winwill, pull out all expletives for a tempting, tumbling and terrifyingly physical tête-à-tête which will leave audiences gasping.
Simon Chan takes us on an oriental excursion into being gay and Asian (‘Gaysian’). Simon is a well known music and theatre writer and he will be presenting his own style of musical comedy.
Whipping this all together, gender confusionist, Chris Maver dishes up a fruity lesson in Queer history. Gary Nunn supplies the musical topping.
And for one night only, on Saturday 9 June, the lively musical passion of Bertha Controltrips the light fantastic into Valkyrian depths, finishing the season in a celebratory frenzy of dance!
Reaching out to Queer and non-Queer communities and institutions, to acknowledge and celebrate Queer arts, The Fruit Tingle Cabaret is presented in association with Pride. Purely home grown, 100% local, this Queer cabaret, showcases cutting edge and innovative multi-artform performance.
Age recommendation: 15+ - contains adult themes
Dates: Wed 6 Jun 2007 - Sat 9 Jun 2007
Times: 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)
Cost: Reserved Cabaret Seating Web $23, Phone & Door $25 (no concessions in cabaret section)
UnReserved Theatre Seating Full: Web/Ph & Door $18/$20
Concession: Web/Phone & Door $13/$15
Venue: Performance Space, Judith Wright Centre
Enquiries: Box Office - Monday to Friday 12 noon - 4pm
07 3872 9000 or 07 3872 9000
22 May 2007
CFP - Edited Collection on Australian Perceptions and Representations of India, from the Colonial to Post-colonial Times (Deadline: 25th Nov 2007)
Wanderings in
Edited by: Rick Hosking and Amit Sarwal
John George Lang
Deadline: 25th November 2007.
Word Limit: 3500 to 5000 words.
Style: MLA (using Endnotes and Works Cited).
Rick Hosking – Richard.Hosking@flinders.edu.au
Amit Sarwal – sarwal.amit@gmail.com
Rick Hosking is an Associate Professor in English and Australian Studies at the Department of English,
Book News: Ouyang Yu's New Book Due Out Soon
Bias: offensively Chinese/Australian, is a collection of essays by Ouyang Yu, newly released by Otherland Publishing (limited edition of 200 copies).
315 pages long with a full-colour cover, the book is divided into eight sections, with critical articles on Australian and Chinese poetry, Australian literature, writings in the Chinese diaspora, cultural and linguistic identities, literary translations, Australian/Chinese reciprocal representations, one interview and selected reviews of Ouyang Yu and his works, as well as an extensive Selected Bibliography on works by and on Ouyang Yu.
Among these articles originally published in Australia and overseas, there is the earliest piece Ouyang wrote in English in 1992 and other provocative pieces such as ‘Absence Asia: What’s Wrong with Australian Poetry?’ and ‘Let’s Eat Chinese’.
Copies will be numbered and signed.
For your information, the title is based on Joseph Furphy’s well-known remark: Temper: Democratic. Bias: Offensively Australian.
To order a copy, priced at $54.95 plus postage ($4.50 for Victoria, $6.50 for other states and $8.50 for overseas), all in Australian dollars, please fill the following form:
First Name:
Surname:
Postal Address:-----------------------------
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Telephone:
Email:
You can also directly send a cheque made payable to Ouyang Yu, at the following address:
P. O. Box 200
Kingsbury 3083
VIC, Australia
Please add $10.00 for institutional purchasers.
For more information, visit www.ouyangyu.com.au
315 pages long with a full-colour cover, the book is divided into eight sections, with critical articles on Australian and Chinese poetry, Australian literature, writings in the Chinese diaspora, cultural and linguistic identities, literary translations, Australian/Chinese reciprocal representations, one interview and selected reviews of Ouyang Yu and his works, as well as an extensive Selected Bibliography on works by and on Ouyang Yu.
Among these articles originally published in Australia and overseas, there is the earliest piece Ouyang wrote in English in 1992 and other provocative pieces such as ‘Absence Asia: What’s Wrong with Australian Poetry?’ and ‘Let’s Eat Chinese’.
Copies will be numbered and signed.
For your information, the title is based on Joseph Furphy’s well-known remark: Temper: Democratic. Bias: Offensively Australian.
To order a copy, priced at $54.95 plus postage ($4.50 for Victoria, $6.50 for other states and $8.50 for overseas), all in Australian dollars, please fill the following form:
First Name:
Surname:
Postal Address:-----------------------------
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Telephone:
Email:
You can also directly send a cheque made payable to Ouyang Yu, at the following address:
P. O. Box 200
Kingsbury 3083
VIC, Australia
Please add $10.00 for institutional purchasers.
For more information, visit www.ouyangyu.com.au
21 May 2007
PANELS - The Forgotten (FREE events during the Fairfield City Writers' Festival; starts 29 May 2007)
The ninth annual Fairfield City Writers' Festival (FCWF o7) is organised by Fairfield City Council and is supported by many partners: Powerhouse Youth Theatre, Fairfield Advance, Metro Screen, Sydney Film School, Fairfield Writers' Group and the Sydney Writers' Festival.
The Festival will appeal to all local aspiring writers and members of the community, with the opportunity to speak with local, national and international authors across the three days of the festival.
This year’s theme, ‘The Forgotten’ ensures lively dialogues on forgotten people, forgotten histories, lost identities and hidden memories. Three free events will be held in Fairfield City at two venues, Cabramatta's Whitlam Library and Fairfield’s School of Arts.
FEATURED filmmaker:
Timothy Ly is a 22 year old Fairfield resident who won the 2005 Shortcut's film festival for Best Film for his martial art/comedy Maximum Choppage. He currently studies in Digital Video Production at Qantm Collge which he has been working on a number of projects ranging from short films, documentaries, music video and TV commercials. He will be presenting an excerpt of Maximum Choppage: Round 2, the sequel to his first hit which has been in local production for 3 years.
FEATURED artist:
Matt Huynh is a Canley Vale based comic creator and self-publisher who has worked across a vast variety of styles, artforms and collaborators. His diverse body of work includes the recently published collaborative comic entitled CAB: Collaborative Auto-Biography which features stories from a dozen contributors. He has also contributed to projects such as Dee Vee Anthology, Generation 2004 & 2005, Voiceworks and the Triptych 2006 concert.
Visit Fairfield City Council's page for the events, or download more info about the 3 FREE EVENTS of "The Forgotten" (PDF; 450KB).
The Festival will appeal to all local aspiring writers and members of the community, with the opportunity to speak with local, national and international authors across the three days of the festival.
This year’s theme, ‘The Forgotten’ ensures lively dialogues on forgotten people, forgotten histories, lost identities and hidden memories. Three free events will be held in Fairfield City at two venues, Cabramatta's Whitlam Library and Fairfield’s School of Arts.
FEATURED filmmaker:
Timothy Ly is a 22 year old Fairfield resident who won the 2005 Shortcut's film festival for Best Film for his martial art/comedy Maximum Choppage. He currently studies in Digital Video Production at Qantm Collge which he has been working on a number of projects ranging from short films, documentaries, music video and TV commercials. He will be presenting an excerpt of Maximum Choppage: Round 2, the sequel to his first hit which has been in local production for 3 years.
FEATURED artist:
Matt Huynh is a Canley Vale based comic creator and self-publisher who has worked across a vast variety of styles, artforms and collaborators. His diverse body of work includes the recently published collaborative comic entitled CAB: Collaborative Auto-Biography which features stories from a dozen contributors. He has also contributed to projects such as Dee Vee Anthology, Generation 2004 & 2005, Voiceworks and the Triptych 2006 concert.
Visit Fairfield City Council's page for the events, or download more info about the 3 FREE EVENTS of "The Forgotten" (PDF; 450KB).
7 May 2007
NEW SEASON - SHRIMP by Dominic Golding (La Mama, Melbourne)
Dom Golding's SHRIMP is back again!
Opening nights – Saturday 26th May @ 8pm & Sunday 27th May @ 6.30pm
Carlton Courthouse Theatre
349 Drummond St. Carlton
Yes… There are two Opening Nights!
There are just so many people to thank. So please, let us know when you would like to see SHRIMP by giving the booking line a call and we will make sure your name is at the door of the theatre on the night you nominate.
Bookings 9347-6142
Or bookings@lamama.com.au
For FULL information about the opening nights and the play itself, download the formal invite (PDF, 217KB). Or check out the official La Mama blurb on SHRIMP.
Opening nights – Saturday 26th May @ 8pm & Sunday 27th May @ 6.30pm
Carlton Courthouse Theatre
349 Drummond St. Carlton
Yes… There are two Opening Nights!
There are just so many people to thank. So please, let us know when you would like to see SHRIMP by giving the booking line a call and we will make sure your name is at the door of the theatre on the night you nominate.
Bookings 9347-6142
Or bookings@lamama.com.au
For FULL information about the opening nights and the play itself, download the formal invite (PDF, 217KB). Or check out the official La Mama blurb on SHRIMP.
1 May 2007
NEW BOOK - Performance and Cosmopolitics: Cross-cultural Transactions in Australasia by Helen Gilbert and Jacqueline Lo
Performance and Cosmopolitics: Cross-cultural Transactions in Australasia is a ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region. Focusing on a range of theatrical events and practices in avant-garde, mainstream and community contexts, this book explores the cultural, political and ethical dimensions of Australia’s engagement with Asia. Aboriginal theatre is also featured as an important aspect of regional arts traffic. A complex and fascinating analysis that sheds light on international arts marketing, broader trends in cross-cultural performance training, and current debates in performance studies.
Pre-publication endorsement:
‘This brisk and succinct narrative inflects and counters the valorization of cosmopolitanism in global cultural discourse. Its major achievement is to locate diverse cosmopolitan practices within the embattled national imaginary of Australasian theatre. In countering official nationalism and legitimized xenophobia at intensely local and regional levels, it offers substantial evidence of how cosmopolitics can be put into practice at ground levels. This book is immediate and relevant.’ —Rustom Bharucha, author of The Politics of Cultural Practice and Theatre and the World
About the Authors:
HELEN GILBERT is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and co-convenor of the College’s interdisciplinary Postcolonial Research Group. Her books include Sightlines: Race, Gender and Nation in Contemporary Australian Theatre (1998), Post-colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics (with Joanne Tompkins, 1996) and Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology (2001).
JACQUELINE LO is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Convenor of the Literature, Screen and Theatre Studies Graduate Program at the Australian National University, Australia. She is the author of Staging Nation: English Language Theatre in Malaysia and Singapore (2004) and Chair of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network
$144 Hb, ISBN 978-02300-0340-8
Published April 2007, 256 pages
Palgrave Macmillan
Pre-publication endorsement:
‘This brisk and succinct narrative inflects and counters the valorization of cosmopolitanism in global cultural discourse. Its major achievement is to locate diverse cosmopolitan practices within the embattled national imaginary of Australasian theatre. In countering official nationalism and legitimized xenophobia at intensely local and regional levels, it offers substantial evidence of how cosmopolitics can be put into practice at ground levels. This book is immediate and relevant.’ —Rustom Bharucha, author of The Politics of Cultural Practice and Theatre and the World
About the Authors:
HELEN GILBERT is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and co-convenor of the College’s interdisciplinary Postcolonial Research Group. Her books include Sightlines: Race, Gender and Nation in Contemporary Australian Theatre (1998), Post-colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics (with Joanne Tompkins, 1996) and Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology (2001).
JACQUELINE LO is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Convenor of the Literature, Screen and Theatre Studies Graduate Program at the Australian National University, Australia. She is the author of Staging Nation: English Language Theatre in Malaysia and Singapore (2004) and Chair of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network
$144 Hb, ISBN 978-02300-0340-8
Published April 2007, 256 pages
Palgrave Macmillan
27 April 2007
UQ Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2008 (due 18 May 07)
UQ Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2008
The School of Social Science at The University of Queensland invites applications for a three year UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2008, to be awarded to early career researchers of exceptional calibre wishing to conduct full-time research in the School in any of its four disciplinary areas of anthropology, archaeology, sociology and criminology. The current salary range for the award is on a three-level scale from A$60,391– A$64,827 and the appointment is to be taken up as soon as possible after 1 January 2008.
Full details on eligibility and how to apply are available at
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/orps/uq-postdoctoral-fellowships-2008.
Please note that applicants need to demonstrate how their proposed research fits into the existing research strengths of the School (available athttp://www.socialscience.uq.edu.au) and to nominate a proposed supervisor with whom they will work. Prior to applying, it is imperative that a prospective applicant contacts both the proposed supervisor and the Head of School, Professor Geoffrey Lawrence g.lawrence@uq.edu.au, to ascertain whether the School is prepared to support the candidate’s application. If the supervisor and Head of School indicate that the candidate will receive support, the prescribed application forms should then be completed. The name of the applicant’s proposed supervisor must be indicated on the application form and referee reports.
Applications should be addressed to:
Professor Geoffrey Lawrence
School of Social Science
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Queensland 4072
AUSTRALIA
Initial inquiries should be directed to the prospective supervisor or the Chair of the School Research Committee, Dr Lynda Cheshirel.cheshire@uq.edu.au
Closing Date
Applications must be received by 18 May 2007. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by August 2007.
The School of Social Science at The University of Queensland invites applications for a three year UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 2008, to be awarded to early career researchers of exceptional calibre wishing to conduct full-time research in the School in any of its four disciplinary areas of anthropology, archaeology, sociology and criminology. The current salary range for the award is on a three-level scale from A$60,391– A$64,827 and the appointment is to be taken up as soon as possible after 1 January 2008.
Full details on eligibility and how to apply are available at
http://www.uq.edu.au/research/orps/uq-postdoctoral-fellowships-2008.
Please note that applicants need to demonstrate how their proposed research fits into the existing research strengths of the School (available athttp://www.socialscience.uq.edu.au) and to nominate a proposed supervisor with whom they will work. Prior to applying, it is imperative that a prospective applicant contacts both the proposed supervisor and the Head of School, Professor Geoffrey Lawrence g.lawrence@uq.edu.au, to ascertain whether the School is prepared to support the candidate’s application. If the supervisor and Head of School indicate that the candidate will receive support, the prescribed application forms should then be completed. The name of the applicant’s proposed supervisor must be indicated on the application form and referee reports.
Applications should be addressed to:
Professor Geoffrey Lawrence
School of Social Science
The University of Queensland
Brisbane Queensland 4072
AUSTRALIA
Initial inquiries should be directed to the prospective supervisor or the Chair of the School Research Committee, Dr Lynda Cheshirel.cheshire@uq.edu.au
Closing Date
Applications must be received by 18 May 2007. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by August 2007.
21 April 2007
TOUR - Spring Tour of Canberra organized by the Chinese Australian Historical Society (29-30 September 2007)
You are invited to join a Spring Tour to Canberra on 29 and 30 September 2007, organized by the CAHS with the cooperation of the National Archives of Australia and the National Library of Australia.
See the flyer below for details and booking form.
If you book as an early bird by 1 May 2007, for $200 per person, twin share, you will receive:
See the flyer below for details and booking form.
If you book as an early bird by 1 May 2007, for $200 per person, twin share, you will receive:
- return travel between Sydney and Canberra, and transport between venues within Canberra, by luxury coach,
- twin share accommodation in Canberra with a cooked breakfast on the Sunday morning,
- entry to functions at the National Archives and the National Library as well as the CAHS event on the Saturday afternoon,
- a delicious banquet in one of Canberra's restaurants serving great Chinese food,
- informative talks an Chinese Australian history, resources for Chinese Australian community and family history available in Canberra and how to access and use them
- and above all a lot of fun, good cheer, and companionship.
So come and join us, and take advantage of a great discount as an early bird booking and paying by 1 May 2007. Bring your family and friends to learn about the history of your Chinese Australian family.
>> Download Flyer for Canberra Tour (148KB).
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