Annual Workshop on Southeast Asian Women 2002
Monash University has a number of academic staff and graduate students conducting research relating to women in Southeast Asia. The first Women in Southeast Asia Workshop was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in 1994, and since then such workshops have been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.
The aim of the Workshop is to bring together researchers and others interested in the study of matters relating to Southeast Asian women, in any field, such as politics, geography, literature, the arts, history or health.
The 9th Workshop: Friday 28 June 2002, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Guy Manton Rooms (SG02 and SG03) on the ground floor of the Menzies Building, Clayton campus. All sessions will be held in SG02 except for the small discussion group session just before lunch: groups will meet in both rooms.
Programme:
| 9.00 - 9.30 am | Registration (Foyer outside Manton Rooms) The workshop is FREE of charge but a donation of $5.00 is requested for refreshments. |
| 9.30- 10.30 am | THE ARTS The separate identity of female
Acehnese musical arts, with special reference to the women's
laments in Meulaboh Reading gender
ideologies in contemporary Indonesian theatre |
| 10.30 - 11.00 am | Morning tea (foyer) |
| 11.00 - 12.00 pm | SEXUAL VIOLENCE Sex trafficking in Cambodia Out
of control: Portrayal of punishment and domestic violence in Low
Malay literature of the late colonial period in Indonesia |
| 12.00 - 1.00 pm | Small
discussion groups Groups of no more than 8 people will be formed, according to country or discipline: networking on research on Southeast Asian women. |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm | Lunch (can be bought in Union Building) |
| 2.00 - 3.00 pm. | CROSSING BORDERS Politically active Burmese
women on the Thai border Women on the
frontier: the dynamics of sex tourism on the Thai-Malaysian border |
| 3.00 - 3.30 pm | Afternoon tea (in foyer) |
| 3.30 - 4.30 pm | THE BODY Female
circumcision in Madura Problems of representation
of birth and motherhood in Bali: Missing mothers |
| After the workshop | After drinks at the University
Club, a dinner will be held in a nearby Asian restaurant. Please inform the registration desk in the morning if you wish to come. |
Background Information and Contact
Monash University has a number of academic staff and graduate students conducting research relating to women in Southeast Asia. The first Women in Southeast Asia Workshop was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in 1994, and since then such workshops have been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.
Contact for more information:
Dr Susan Blackburn
Tel. (03)9905 2384, email sue.blackburn@arts.monash.edu.au