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Annual Workshop on Southeast Asian Women 2005

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 12th Workshop: Friday 17 June 2005, 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

Guy Manton rooms (SG01 and SG02), Ground floor
Menzies Building (11), Monash University Clayton campus.

All sessions will be held in SG01 except for the small discussion group session just before lunch: groups will meet in both rooms.

Hosted by Centre of Southeast Asian Studies with support of Monash Asia Institute

Programme

9.30 - 10.00 am Registration (Foyer outside Manton Rooms)
N.B. THE WORKSHOP IS FREE OF CHARGE but a donation of $5.00 is requested for refreshments.

10.00 - 11.00 a.m.

HISTORY

Joost Cote (Deakin)
The colonial wife: uncovering the women behind the man. The paper will deal with Soembinah, the Javanese wife of Thomas Karsten, the colonial town planner.

Susan Blackburn (Monash)
An agenda for research arising from work on my book Women and the State in Modern Indonesia (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Morning tea (foyer)
11.30 - 12.30 p.m. Small discussion groups
Groups will be formed of no more than 8 people, according to country or discipline: networking on research on Southeast Asian women.
12.30 - 2.00 p.m. Lunch (can be bought at the Campus Centre)

2.00 - 3.00 p.m.

RELIGION

Siti Syamsiyatun (Monash)
Negotiating feminism and Islamism in Indonesia: the experience of Nasyiatul Aisyiyah 1985-2005

Bianca Smith (Monash)
Gendered Praxis, Spiritual Capital, and the (Re)production of Village Religiosity in Central Java, Indonesia.

Hashim Abdulhamid (Monash)
Polygamy: On-line views from Southeast Asia
3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Afternoon tea (in foyer)

3.30 - 4.30 p.m

HEALTH AND WORK

Sudirman Nasir (Melbourne)
War and women's health: the case of armed conflict in Aceh, Indonesia

Sari Andajani-Sutjahjo (Melbourne)
Complex emotions, complex problem: Understanding women's experiences of perinatal depression in urban Indonesia

Elizabeth Oley (Monash)
The revival of Benuaq textiles in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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.

Download Programme in Word file format.

For more information:

Dr Susan Blackburn, School of
Political and Social Inquiry, PO Box 11A
Monash University, Victoria, 3800.

Email address: sue.blackburn@arts.monash.edu.au
Telephone (03) 9905 2384

Monash Asia Institute

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