===================================== MONASH ASIA INSTITUTE BULLETIN 10/2003 2 October 2003 ===================================== In this bulletin 1. Archaeological Explorations - Public Lecture 2. CSEAS Seminar 3. MAI Postgraduate Seminar 4. Japanese Studies Centre Seminar 5. Public Lectures on Tibetan Medicine 2003 6. Annual India Update 2003 7. MAI International Conference, Mumbai 8. MAI Security Dialogue 9. Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements Seminar 10. Melbourne Chinese Studies Group Seminar 11. Seminar: "Human Rights on Trial" 12. Mental Health International conference 13. WIT 2003 Conference 14. APEC Conference, Hong Kong 15. Website of the month ---------------------------------------------------- Item 1. Archaeological Explorations - Public Lecture Presented by Monash Asia Institute, Monash Science Centre and Centre for Archaeology & Ancient History, Monash University. Wednesday 8 October, 7.00 pm Music Auditorium, Performing Arts Centre, Building 68 Monash University, Clayton (Melway Ref: 70F11 or 84A) "The Search for Human Ancestors on the Roof of the World: Archaeological Explorations in Tibet and Mongolia" Professor John Olsen Guest Lecture Head of Anthropology Department and Professor of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona Based on archaeological fieldwork conducted in Tibet beginning in the mid-1980s and in Mongolia since 1995, Professor Olsen and his Russian, Mongolian, and Chinese colleagues have begun to decode the Ice Age ebb and flow of ancestral human populations across some of the highest and driest territories on Earth. Professor Olsen has conducted archaeological fieldwork recently in the now independent Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union, and in Russia, China, East Turkistan, Tibet, and Mongolia. Professor Olsen's visit to the Monash Asia Institute on 29 September - 10 October 2003 is supported by a grant from the North America Committee of Monash University. Admission free RSVPs recommended RSVP: anthony.mays@adm.monash.edu.au For information: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/jolsen.html ---------------------------------------------------- Item 2. CSEAS Seminars All seminars are held in SG02, Ground floor Menzies Building South, Monash University, Clayton campus. Thursday 9 October 2003, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm "Issues of Women and Development in Cambodia." Petre Santry, PhD candidate, Victoria University of Technology. --- Thursday 16 October 2003, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm "Media coverage of Cambodia 1975-1991." Walter Burgess, PhD candidate, RMIT University. --- Thursday 23 October 2003, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm "Cambodia Shadowed by its Past" Emeritus Prof. David Chandler, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies --- Thursday 30 October 2003, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm "AIDS and Public Education in Indonesia" Wendy Miller, Monash alumnus and former AusAid consultant on AIDS prevention in eastern Indonesia. ---------------------------------------------------- Item 3. MAI postgraduate Seminar 24 October 2003, 10.00 am (Please note that this seminar will be held one hour earlier than normally scheduled) Room S822, Monash Asia Institute, Menzies Building (11), Monash University Clayton campus "The Nude Goddess: Mother or Sexual Partner" Dr Jayant Bapat Honorary Research Fellow, Monash Asia Institute Dr Jayant Bapat will discuss the possible function of the headless nude figures found in excavations all over in India. He believes they serve many roles within the matrix of Indian religious culture. All welcome Enquiries: Juliet Yee ---------------------------------------------------- Item 4. Japanese Studies Centre Seminar Friday 10 October 3:00 pm Japanese Studies Centre, Building 54 Auditorium, Monash University Clayton "Translating the Tale of Genji" Royall Tyler Emeritus Professor of Japanese - Australian National University The lecture will briefly introduce The Tale of Genji, then discuss representative challenges that face the translator of this eleventh-century Japanese masterpiece. It will close with some remarks on the relationship between translation and research. More details: http://arts.monash.edu/mai/jsc/jscseminar03.html Enquiries: Japanese.studies.centre@arts.monash.edu.au, Tel: 9905 2260 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 5. Public Lectures on Tibetan Medicine 2003 5 - 9 November 2003, 6.30 - 9.00 pm Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins St, Melbourne CBD The public lectures in the 2003 Tibetan Medicine Tour will be delivered by Dr Nida Chenagtsang. Details are as follows: Wednesday 5 November 2003 "Diet and Behaviour - Therapeutic Approaches in Tibetan Medicine" Thursday 6 November "Birth and Death According to Tibetan Medicine" Friday 7 November, 2003 "Mantra Healing" The public lecture series is sponsored by Monash Asia Institute, in association with the Shang Shung Institute and the Dzogchen Community of Namgyalgar. The commentator on all three evenings will be David Templeman, an expert on Tibetan Buddhism. Entry fee collected by the Shang Shung Institute: $15/$10 conc. per session Enquiries: Julia Tilley , Mobile: 0417 477 050 Tel: (03) 9443 9447 or Jennifer Peters, Mobile: 0415 619 807 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 6. Annual India Update 2003 Thursday 27 and Friday 28 November 2003 Monash Conference Centre, 30 Collins St, Melbourne CBD A joint project of the Monash Asia Institute, the University of Canberra, Curtin University of Technology, the University of New South Wales and the Australia India Chamber of Commerce, Victoria. This year's INDIA UPDATE 2003 is designed to focus on the 'tough questions' about Indian business and economics. So what are the tough questions? Here is a list of the top four we will be addressing: 1 Is the pace and direction of economic reform in India too slow and misguided? 2 How big is the black economy and does it hamper international business? 3 What are the labour trends in India? How serious is the casualisation of labour? 4 Has Hindu fundamentalism destroyed Indian secularism? What are the business implications? The program details are as follows: Inauguration of Day 1 and Day 2 by His Excellency Mr Rathore, Indian High Commissioner to Australia, Canberra Day 1 - Public Forum on 'The tough questions about Indian Economy and Business' Day 2 - Symposium on the tough questions about Indian Business and Economy Today The objectives of Day 2 are to address in more detail the issues raised on Day 1. This is a public seminar. A separate registration fee is payable for this event. The format for Day 2 will be roundtable discussions led by our international guests. Enquiries: Prof Marika Vicziany ---------------------------------------------------- Item 7. MAI International Conference, Mumbai The First Annual Conference of the Monash Asia Institute 9 - 13 February 2004, Mumbai, Maharashtra State, India Please note: The call for papers and deadline for abstracts has been extended to 10 October 2003 This is the first annual international conference held by the Monash Asia Institute (MAI). Based on the theme, "Cultures and Technologies in Asia - the paradigm shifts", the conference aims to identify how the relationship between cultures and technologies is changing. By holding the first conference in the commercial capital of India, the MAI also seeks to exchange ideas and promote international collaborative research on this subject in the Asia-Pacific region. It is hoped that a network of scholars and thinkers from across the disciplines will be established with a view to generating research results relevant to policy making in the region. For information about the venue and accommodation at the Taj President, deadlines and registrations see: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/ructa/conference/index.html For further information email Juliet Yee, ---------------------------------------------------- Item 8. MAI Security Dialogue The Monash Asia Institute will be holding its 3rd Security Dialogue in partnership with the Asia Pacific Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing in early March 2004. This event is supported by grants from the Japan Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The dialogue follows on from earlier successful dialogues in late 1998 and early 1999 in Melbourne, Washington and New York. In preparation for the Beijing dialogue, the Monash Asia Institute held two roundtable discussions last year at the Monash Centres in Prato (near Florence) Italy and at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. These roundtables enabled Monash to build research and other links with EU and British scholars. The dialogue process began in 1998 in reaction to nuclear tests by India and Pakistan. Details about the Beijing dialogue will be announced shortly. Information about the Monash Asia Institute's previous dialogues and roundtables can be found at: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/virtualforum/prato/index.html and the 'archives' link on that webpage. Enquiries: Professor Marika Vicziany, Director, Monash Asia Institute =============================================================== Other Monash events =============================================================== Item 9. Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements Seminar Friday, October 10, 11am - 12.30pm L2, Faculty of Law, Clayton Campus (Building 12) "Rights of Children in Detention" by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Human Rights Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission All Welcome Enquiries: Andrew Fernando, Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements Telephone: 9905 1595 Email: globalmovements@education.monash.edu.au =============================================================== Other items of interest =============================================================== Item 10. Melbourne Chinese Studies Group Seminar Friday 3 October, 2003 6.00 pm Chinese Museum, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne (off Lt Bourke St, between Exhibition & Russell Sts) "An Enduring Chinese Community on the Mount Alexander Diggings, Victoria, Australia" Keir Reeves, University of Melbourne Keir Reeves is a doctoral candidate working on Chinese-Australian history on the Mt Alexander diggings in and around Castlemaine area of country Victoria during the second half of the nineteenth century. He has also taught Australian history and is particularly interested in synthesising material culture, cultural landscapes and conventional archival sources into historical enquiry. He will discuss a number of prominent Chinese-Castlemaine families and consider why so many returned to China and why some formed a Chinese community that endured in Castlemaine until well into the twentieth century. Attendance is free and everyone is welcome. Enquiries: Tracy Lee or Tel: 9479 5553 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 11. Seminar: "Human Rights on Trial" Thursday 30th October, 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm Latham Theatre, Redmond Barry Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus "Human Rights on Trial: Gujarat (India) 2002" Dr Sudhir Chandra Visiting Fellow, School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies (SAGES), The University of Melbourne Enquiries: Dr Salim Lakha (SAGES), salim@unimelb.edu.au, Tel. 8344 44184 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 12. Mental Health International conference 23-24 October 2003 Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre, Auckland, NZ "Working with Cultural Diversity - An Asian perspective" This conference is organised by Lifeline Auckland, Chinese Lifeline and Assured Directions Ltd and Sponsored by Ministry of Health and Mental Health Commission, New Zealand. For details, please visit http://www.lifeline.org.nz Registration enquiries: info@lifeline.org.nz or Telephone (09) 524-3080 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 13. WIT 2003 Conference 10 - 12 December 2003 Annamalai University Library (Sir C.P.Ramaswamy Aiyar Library), Chidambaram-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India. "Women in the Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities" This international conference, Women in IT (WIT-2003), will attempt to address issues relating to the status of women, the opportunities and challenges created by new technology for women's development. Will the new ICT revolution that is ushering in the digital era change all that? Does the technology of the Digital Era have in it the critical characteristics needed to provide women, equal or better opportunities to participate in the mainstream activities and provide solutions to many of the current social, cultural and technological bottlenecks being faced by women of our society? Or is the digital revolution, like other technological revolutions of the past, yet another tool in the hands of the powerful, male dominated sections of society to increase the gender gap, to exploit women more and to perpetuate the gender bias in a society that we live in? Enquiries: Dr. (Mrs) M.Suriya, Conference Secretary, Professor & University Librarian, Department of Library and Information Science, Annamalai University Email: au_suriya@rediffmail.com, auwit_2003@yahoo.com, wit2003@yahoogroups.com, Tel: 91-4144-238155 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 14. APEC Conference, Hong Kong 19 - 21 May 2004 City University of Hong Kong "Asia Pacific Economies: Multilateral vs Bilateral Relationships" A number of APEC members have in recent years engaged in bilateral economic relationships. While APEC's multilateral framework of regional cooperation provides an open platform for discussion and understanding among its members, bilateral relationships help to consolidate and deepen member economies and open a new chapter in the era of regional economic cooperation. Bilateral relationships should be seen as a complement to the multilateral nature of APEC. The Conference aims to provide an opportunity for scholars, professionals and governments to debate whether bilateral relationships are complementary to the multilateral nature of APEC, and to examine this latest development in the light of partnership, mutual understanding and advancement in economic growth among APEC economies. For more details, see: http://fbweb.cityu.edu.hk/hkapec/APEC-pages/APEC-Conference.htm Enquiries: Mr Lui Ying Kin, Conference Coordinator, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong email: efyklui@cityu.edu.hk, Tel: (852) +852 2194 2166 ---------------------------------------------------- Item 15. Website of the month University of Texas at Austin, Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection: maps of Asia http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html Most of the maps scanned by the General Libraries of the University of Texas are in the public domain. No permissions are needed to copy them and they can be downloaded for use as wished. ======================================================================== The Monash Asia Institute Newsletter incorporates news items from the six research centres of the Monash Asia Institute, partner organisations and other groups working to promote Asian Studies in Australia. 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