POSTGRADUATE NEWS July 2005
A WARM WELCOME TO:
New PhD Students
Herlina Hartanto and Zhenyu Zhang. Herlina will be conducting her research on 'Forest Governance' and Zhenyu's research will be on 'Catchment vegetation change detection and monitoring: Improvement in theory and practice through fusion of Multi-Temporal Imagery and Lidar Data'.
New Staff Member
Dr Xuan Zhu, started 1st July as a new Senior Lecturer in Geographical Information Systems. He is temporarily located in S108 if you wish to introduce yourself.
CONGRATULATIONS
Paula Arcari's Master of Arts thesis "The Importance of Climate for Dengue/DHF in Indonesia" has been accepted.Dr Jason Beringer who has been awarded a research contract with the Bushfires CRC. Jason will collaborate on the High Country Fuels and Ecosystem Functions (HCFEF) project which will integrate the national research agenda on fire, water and carbon with a focus on the High Country.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS
The Annual Progress Reports have been sent out. Contact Bianca Roggenbucke if you have not received your Annual Progress Report.
Section A: needs to be completed and signed by the candidate and forwarded to the supervisor no later than Friday 15th July 2005.
Section B: needs to be completed by the supervisor and signed by both supervisor and candidate and forwarded to Bianca by Friday 29th July 2005.
All Annual Progress Report forms must be returned. Candidates who have commenced their study after 14th March 2005, submitted their thesis for examination, withdrawn from candidature, or have successfully completed the confirmation of candidature or the upgrade to doctoral candidature process in the last three months are required to return the 'Cover sheet' together with the 'Request for exemption from completing a report' form (printed on the back of the cover sheet). Evidence of confirmation/upgrade, if applicable, must be attached.
Candidates who have taken intermission or are on intermission, for nine months or less (during the period 1 July 2004 - 1 July 2005) must still complete an Annual Progress Report.
CONFERENCE
A DIALOGUE WITH JUDITH BUTLER
Duane Duncan and Michele LoboJudith Butler is a well known American feminist and post structural philosopher and someone we really admire. We have read almost all her books such as The Psychic life of power, Gender trouble and Excitable speech. You can imagine our elation when we heard she was giving a public lecture in Sydney, entitled 'Giving an Account of Oneself". We decided we had to go to this event, which was held on the 18th of June in the heart of Sydney city.
It was an experience we will always treasure. It was a visual delight just to see her but a far greater pleasure to listen to her. Using the photographs taken at Abu Ghraib prison and widely published in the media, she asked the question, "What does it mean to be ethically responsive to the suffering of Others?
We were invited to reflect on whether the photographs of the prisoners being tortured and shamed led to a moral indifference. Was this indifference a result of norms of civilisation and racialisation, that 'framed' meanings of the prisoners and the war, in ways that blind us? It was really enthralling to listen to how she communicated so effectively with us, even though she seemed to be in conversation with herself too. Her humility as well as her deep insights and wisdom are something that we will always remember.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR HDR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
See below for the contact details of the HDR Student Representatives.
Liam Brady: Liam.Brady@arts.monash.edu.au
Eddie Cheng:
Eddie.Cheng@arts.monash.edu.au
Duane Duncan:
drdun1@student.monash.edu
Cassandra Rowe:
crow1@student.monash.edu
Please feel free to contact any of them to discuss any aspects of your research, ask questions or voice concerns. They are more than happy to share their experiences, answer your questions or point you in the right direction.
SEMINARS
PROGRESS SEMINAR
Friday 22nd July, 2.00pm in SGO3
More information regarding titles etc. will follow. Please
mark this
date in your diary.
SGES Lunchtime Seminars
WEDNESDAYS 1-2pm in SGO2Details of other research seminars in related disciplinary areas can be found at:
SCIENCE FACULTY
http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/students/postgrad/sem_news.html
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
http://www.meteorology.monash.edu.au/research/seminar2.shtml
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
http://biolsci.dbs.monash.edu.au/seminars/departmental.html
GEOSCIENCES
http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/news+seminars/news+seminars.html
SEMINARS IN JULY
TUESDAYS 5-6.30pm in E457
Welcome to new candidates
Tricks of the
Trade
12 July 2005
The
research process
26 July 2005