===================================== MONASH ASIA INSTITUTE BULLETIN 9/2004 2 September 2004 ===================================== In this bulletin 1. CSEAS Seminars 2. Museum of Melbourne Outlawed: History, Film & Popular Culture Conference 3. MAI Postgraduate Seminar 4. Film - Bandit Queen 5. India Update 6. Book launch - Lazy Man in China 7. Seminar paper: US Aid and War on Terror 8. The Future of Islamic Finance 9. Seminar: Learning from East Asia 10. Calligraphy Exhibition 11. ICAS4 12. Website of the month: Asiadialogue ---------------------------------------------------- Item 1. CSEAS Seminars Seminars are held on Thursdays 11.00am Room SG02 Manton Rooms, Monash University Clayton Campus --- 9 September 2004 "The Performance of Indonesian Banks" Speaker: Ms Kym Brown, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, (Kim.Brown@buseco.monash.edu.au) --- 16 September 2004 "The 1965 Killings in Indonesia and Debates on Genocide?" Speaker: Professor Robert Cribb, The Australian National University, (Robert.Cribb@anu.edu.au) ALL WELCOME --- No seminar has been scheduled for 30 September 2004 (Mid-Semester Break). Enquiries for all CSEAS Seminars: Dr Robert Rice Website: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/cseas/cseasseminar04.html#sem2 ------------------------------------------- Item 2. Outlawed: History, Film & Popular Culture A one-day conference exploring the traditions of the outlaw hero. 4 September 2004 The Age Theatre, Melbourne Museum Nicholson St, Carlton, Vic (Melway Ref 2B J10) Outlawed: History, Film & Popular Culture will bring together scholars, writers, museum curators and singers for a conference exploring traditions of the outlaw hero. Outlawed will consider legends of the 'bandit', bushranger, outlaw and revolutionary from around the world. Speakers will address the question about why and how men and women often considered criminals by 'straight society' become cultural and historic celebrities. Speakers will focus, in particular, on the problems and challenges involved in defining the term 'outlaw' and on the practices of representation through which various kinds of outlaws become, often controversial, cultural icons. Panels will examine: - the challenges involved in studying outlaws from around the world - ask why the Kelly phenomenon has dominated Australian outlaw legends - explore the ways in which outlaws have been represented in film, song and stories. The conference investigates the careers of Robin Hood (Britain), Pancho Villa (Mexico), Jesse James (US), - Salvatore Giuliano (Sicily), Phoolan Devi 'The Bandit Queen' (India) and Lampião (Brazil) Outlawed: History, Film & Popular Culture will conclude with a special showing of the new (2003) film by Bruce Beresford, "And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself", featuring Antonio Banderas and Matt Day. The conference has been developed and supported by Museum Victoria, the Institute of Latin American Studies, the History Programme of La Trobe University, and the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University. For more details, see http://melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au/whatson/ ------------------------------------------- Item 3. MAI Postgraduate Seminar Friday 24 September 2004 10.00 am - 12. 00 noon Room S822, Menzies Building (11), Monash University Clayton campus Marc Riemer, a Masters student in the Monash Asia Institute and a member of staff in the UNESCO Centre for International Engineering Education will present a paper about his thesis on 'Cross cultural communication in engineering education: Poland, India and Malaysia'. ALL WELCOME Enquiries: Juliet Yee ------------------------------------------- Item 4. Film - Bandit Queen Tuesday 28 September 2004, 7.00 pm Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton Melway Ref 2B G7 Bandit Queen (1994) - Directed by Shekar Kapur. Starring Seema Biswas as Phoolan Devi, the low-caste Indian woman who took revenge on those who abused her, became an outlaw hero, went to gaol, and eventually entered politics. Introduction by Professor Marika Vicziany, Director, Monash Asia Institute. The screening of Bandit Queen is part of the Outlawed Writers' Forum, Film Series and Conference organised by the Institute of Latin American Studies, the History Programme of La Trobe University, and the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University. ------------------------------------------- Item 5. India Update - late November 2004 'The Indian Elections of 2004: who won, who lost and why?' Venue: University of Canberra Partners: Monash Asia Institute, SARU at Curtin University, International Business Unit at the University of New South Wales, the University of New England, the South Asian Studies Association of Australia. For further details contact: Dr Auriol Weigold ------------------------------------------- Item 6. Book launch - Lazy Man in China with Helene Chung Martin Wednesday 29 September 2004, 6.30pm for 7pm Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne, corner Swanston Street and Monash Road, Parkville 'Lazy Man in China' is a witty, perceptive, self-deprecating take on China, based on private letters by John Martin when working in the Australian Embassy, and edited and updated by his partner, former Beijing correspondent Helene Chung. His images are shot through with colour, ironic humour and insight as old communism gives way to new capitalism. The first woman posted abroad by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Helene Chung Martin has worked in Australia, Britain, China, Egypt and Hong Kong and freelanced for BBC, CBS, Hong Kong radio, NPR and NZBC. An honorary research fellow at Monash Asia Institute, she is the author of 'Shouting from China' and 'Gentle John My Love My Loss'. The book will be launched by Mr Carrillo Gantner AO, Chairman of the Asialink Centre and former Cultural Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Beijing. Entry - Free of charge RSVP: To reserve a place, send an email to: events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au with 'Lazy Man in China' in the subject line. Enquiries: Please call Asialink on (03) 8344 4800 ------------------------------------------- Item 7. Seminar paper - US Aid and War on Terror On 6 August 2004, Mr Larry Nowels, Specialist in Foreign Affairs, U.S. Congressional Research Service, Washington D.C., presented a seminar hosted by Monash Asia Institute and Global Terrorism Research Unit, Monash University on "US Aid and the War on Terror". Mr Nowels has kindly made available his seminar presentation in electronic format. To view the abstract of Mr Nowel's seminar and to download the paper (in pdf format), see: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/events.html#usaid http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/ =============================================================== Monash University events =============================================================== Item 8. The Future of Islamic Finance 3 September 2004, 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm Link Theatre (S Building, Level 2) Caulfield Campus, Monash University Admission to the seminar is free and open to the public Industry speaker: Dr. Abdul Rahim Ghouse, MCCA General Manager Academic Speaker: Associate Professor Robert Rice, Faculty of Business and Economics, Clayton Chairperson: Professor Michael Skully, Professor of Banking, Monash University Panel Members: Achjar Iljas, Former Deputy Governor Bank Indonesia (Indonesia's Reserve Bank) Amirul Ahsan, PhD candidate of Monash University and Assistant Professor in University of Dhaka Opening speech: M. Wahid Supriyadi, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia This function is jointly organised by the Australian Banking Research Unit Dept of Accounting & Finance Monash University And Young Indonesian Muslim Students Association RSVP: 0413 773 213 (Inka) Email: maret31@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------- Item 9. Research seminar on East Asia - Professor Arnason School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts Professor Johann Arnason - Visiting Fellow to the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts "Learning from East Asia" Thursday 9 September 2004, 1.00 - 3.00 pm Venue to be advised Johann Arnason is the author of many books, including "Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions" (2003), "The Peripheral Centre: Essays on Japanese History and Civilization" (2002), "Social Theory and Japanese Experience: The Dual Civilization" (1997) and "The Future that Failed: Origins and Destinies of the Soviet Model" (1993). An eminent figure in international historical sociology, Professor Arnason is engaged at present in a comparative analysis of state formation and modernisation in Europe (in both its western and eastern parts) and East Asia (concentrating on Japan and China). His work is informed by classical European historical sociology (Weber, Durkheim, Elias). All welcome Enquiries: Natalie Doyle ------------------------------------------- Item 10. Library Display Asian Studies Research Collection Exhibition "Chinese, Japanese and Korean Calligraphy" Starting on 18 August 2004, the Asian Studies Research Collection will have an exhibition of materials relating to Chinese, Japanese and Korean calligraphy in the ASRC display cabinet. The ASRC is located in Building 67 on Monash University Clayton campus. Enter via Building 4 (Matheson Library). You are encouraged to drop by and visit the ASRC. =============================================================== Other items of interest =============================================================== Item 11. Seminar: Cambodian History School of Social Sciences Faculty of Arts, Victoria University of Technology Staff Seminar Tuesday 19 October 2004, 2.00 pm Room A432, Level 4, Building A, Footscray Park Campus, Victoria University of technology 'Reflections on Cambodian History' Professor David Chandler, Monash University Enquiries: Dr John Tully, Tel: 9919 4172 ------------------------------------------- Item 11. ICAS4 ICAS4 (International Convention of Asia Scholars 4) 20-24 August 2005 Shanghai Exhibition Center N0. 1000 Yan'an Zhong Lu, Shanghai 200040, China The International Convention of Asia Scholars, ICAS, is a transatlantic dialogue initiated by the Association for Asian Studies, the European Association for Asian Studies and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) aiming to internationalise Asian Studies. Since it's inception in 1995, the ICAS dialogues have been hosted in Leiden, Berlin and Singapore. In 2003, participants from 54 countries presented some 940 papers in 25 sessions in ICAS3. ICAS 4 is hosted by the Shanghai Academy for Social sciences (SASS). The conference is expected to draw more than 1500 specialists in the field of Asian Studies to the most rapidly growing city of Asia. New features of ICAS include "Lifetime Asian Studies Award", the ICAS Book Prizes for the best studies in the fields of the Social Sciences and Humanities, and ICAS PhD thesis in Asian Studies. Institutions, Researchers and PhD students are now invited to submit Abstracts for ICAS4. Deadline for all abstract submissions: 1 November 2004 Registration: 1 January - 1 May 2005 For more information: http://www.iias.nl/host/icassecretariat/icas_shanghai.htm ---------------------------------------------------- Item 12. Website of the month: Asiandialogue http://www.asiandialogue.com/ This site is dedicated to promoting the concept of dialogue among civilizations in Asia as a means of fostering and strengthening understanding among peoples and cultures, removing the threats to peace, and to increase the worldwide interaction of hearts and minds. It will initiate debates and discourses on a variety of issues including but not exclusively on the values and ideas of freedom, the rule of law, social and economic justice, sustainable development, human dignity, and civil and political rights. It intends to reach out to a broad constituency including peoples' organizations, political parties, and educational institutions. 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