===================================== Monash Asia Institute Bulletin 4/2006 3 April 2006 ===================================== In This Bulletin 1. Mai Reports From Asia: "From Afghanistan to Iran" 2. Saving the Earth: A Case Study From Java 3. Seminar: "Working with the Mind and Emotions: Hindu and Buddhist Perspectives" 4. Mai Reports From Asia: "Field Work in South Korea" 5. 13th Annual Workshop On Southeast Asian Women 6. Abc Radio Broadcast of Dr. John Prior's Cseas Seminar, October 2005 7. Seminar: Melbourne Chinese Studies Group 8. Exhibition: 'The Broken Angels' by Heri Dono 9. Call for Applications: "Developing Australia's Capacity in South Asia" 10. Asaa 16th Biennial Conference 11. Postdoctoral Fellow, the Division of Pacific and Asian History, Anu 12. Call for Applications: Research Fellowships at Une 13. Conference: Poverty, Inequality and Judicial Access for Poor in South Asia 14. Website of the Month: East African Food Habits Online ________ Item 1. Mai 'Reports From Asia' Seminar "From Afghanistan to Iran" Dr Faridullah Bezhan, Hon Research Fellow, Monash Asia Institute Time: Wednesday 5 April 2006, 1.00 Pm - 2.00 Pm Room S822, Level 8 South, Building 11 (Menzies), Monash University Clayton Campus The 'Reports From Asia' Lunchtime Seminar Series Continues with a Talk by Dr Farid Bezhan Who Recently Returned to the Monash Asia Institute After a Field Trip to Tehran and London. Dr Bezhan's Talk Will Focus On His Fieldwork in Tehran On the Recent Presidential Election As Well As His Research On 'War Literature in Afghanistan, 1978-2001' Which Took Him to London. Dr Bezhan Presented a Paper at Kings' College Titled "Parliamentary Election in Afghanistan: Path for Democracy or Warlordism?". Enquiries: Dr Tony Donaldson, Tony.Donaldson@Adm.Monash.Edu.Au ________ Item 2. Saving the Earth : A Case Study From Java Hosted by Monash Asia Institute and Centre of Southeast Asian Studies Thursday 6 April 2006, 11.30 Am Room H7, Ground Floor, Menzies Building (11), Monash University Clayton Campus "Saving the Earth : A Case Study From Java" Dr Lea Jellinek, Monash Asia Institute And Mr Iswanto, Polytechnic of Environmental Health, Jogjakarta About the Seminar Plastic Waste Is Choking the Rivers, Drains and Rice Fields of Java, Indonesia. The Air Is Grey with the Smoke of Burning Rubbish. In Jogyakarta, Simple and Appropriate Technology Combined with Good Leadership and Community Involvement, has Encouraged a Village of 800 People to Separate and Recycle Their Rubbish and Re-Green Their Community. This Program Is Now Spreading to Other Urban Villages of Indonesia. For More Information See: Http://Www.Arts.Monash.Edu.Au/Mai/Seminars.Html#Recycle Rsvp: Dr Tony Donaldson (Tony.Donaldson@Adm.Monash.Edu.Au) with "Recycle Programme" in Subject Heading of Email. ________ Item 3. Seminar: "Working with the Mind and Emotions: Hindu and Buddhist Perspectives" Sunday 9 April 2006, 2.00-5.00pm Room S3 Building 25 (Science Faculty, Clayton) Seminar Presented by Monash Asia Institute and Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Including Launch by Prof. Graham Meadows of Padmasiri de Silva, Introduction to Buddhist Psychology (Palgrave Macmillan), 4th Edition. See: Http://Www.Arts.Monash.Edu.Au/Mai/Seminars.Html#Mindemotions Entrance to the Seminar Is Free, but Participants Must Register Their Attendance by 6 April with Tony.Donaldson@Adm.Monash.Edu.Au - Use "Mind and Emotions Seminar" in Subject Heading of Your Email Message. ________ Item 4. Mai 'Reports From Asia' Seminar "Field Work in South Korea: An Experience of a Lifetime" Ms Geetha Govindasamy, Phd Candidate, Monash Asia Institute Wednesday 19 April 2006, 1.00 Pm - 2.00 Pm Room S822, Level 8 South, Building 11 (Menzies), Monash University Clayton Campus The 'Reports From Asia' Lunchtime Seminar Series Continues with a Talk by Miss Geetha Govindasamy, a Phd Candidate at Mai, Who Returned to Australia On 2nd March 2006 After a 6 Month Field Trip to Seoul, South Korea. The Main Purpose of Her Trip Was to Collect Primary Data and Conduct Interviews for Her Thesis Entitled "the Role of Perceptions in the Formulation of South Korea's Security Policies Toward North Korea." in This Seminar Geetha Will Report On the Challenges She Faced in Terms of Cultural Differences As Well As Rewards of Conducting Fieldwork in a Northeast Asian Setting. Enquiries: Dr Tony Donaldson, Tony.Donaldson@Adm.Monash.Edu.Au ________ Item 5. 13th Annual Workshop On Southeast Asian Women Thirteenth Annual Workshop On Southeast Asian Women Monash University, Clayton Campus, Friday 23 June 2006 The Workshop Aims to Bring Together Researchers and Others Interested in the Study of Matters Relating to Southeast Asian Women. It Is Open to All Fields of Study. The Workshop Is Organised by the Monash Asia Institute and the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies. Call for Papers Due Date: 2 June 2006 Please Send Brief Offers of Papers to Dr Susan Blackburn, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Building 11, Monash University, Victoria, 3800. Email: Sue.Blackburn@Arts.Monash.Edu.Au ________ Item 6. Abc Radio Broadcast of Dr. John Prior's Cseas Seminar The Cseas Seminar Given by John Prior On 27 October 2005 Will Go to Air On Abc Radio On Sunday 23 April (at 7.10am) and April 26 (at 7.10pm). About the Seminar "The Catholic Church and Land Disputes: Sobering Thoughts From Flores in Post-New Order Indonesia. " Dr. John Prior, Svd, Candraditya Research Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture, Ledalero, Maumere, Flores-Ntt, Indonesia. Details About This Seminar Are Available At Http://Www.Arts.Monash.Edu.Au/Mai/Cseas/Cseasseminar05.Html About the Speaker John Mansford Prior, Uk-Born, has Lived in Flores, Indonesia Since 1973. He has Lectured at the Catholic Seminary in Ledalero. He has a Phd in Inter-Cultural Theology From Birmingham University (1987) and Joined the Staff of the Candraditya Research Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture in the Year 2000. ________ Item 7. Seminar: Melbourne Chinese Studies Group Date: Friday 7 April 2006, 6pm Venue: Jenny Florence Room, 3rd Floor, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Between Swanston and Elizabeth Sts) About the Seminar "Mao Zedong: Chang/Halliday Portrait" Mao Zedong Was Responsible for 70 Million Deaths in His 27-Year Reign, According to Jung Chang and Jon Halliday in "Mao: The Unknown Story". Yet Mao's Portrait Still Adorns Tiananmen Square and Today's Leaders Are His Heirs. This Biography Also Claims That Mao Was a Lukewarm Marxist, Propelled to the Top by Stalin Who Recognised His Ruthless Streak; Mao Spent Most of the Long March Lounging in a Litter; Mao Mistreated Peasants From the Outset, Impoverished the People and Deprived Them of Food, While Feeding Moscow and Providing Overseas Aid to Fulfil His Dream of China As a Superpower; Mao, Unlike Chiang Kai-Shek, Barely Lifted a Finger Against the Japanese; and Mao Danced to the Tune of 'the Pleasure-Seeking Dragon Flirts with the Phoenix' While Having Others Tortured During the Cultural Revolution. Join a Discussion On This Controversial Book With: Dr Paul Monk of Austhink Consulting, a Former China Analyst for the Defence Intelligence Organization, and Author of "Thunder From the Silent Zone"; Bing Jun Pang, Retired Tianjin-Born Academic Whose Career has Taken Him to Oxford, Stanford, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia; And Dr Dennis Woodward, Specialist in Chinese Politics at Monash University and Author of "the People's Liberation Army: A Threat to India?" Admission Cost: $2 All Welcome The Talk Will Be Followed by an Informal Meal in a Nearby Chinatown Restaurant. ________ Item 8. Exhibition: 'The Broken Angels' by Heri Dono Exhibition Dates Friday 10 March - Saturday 8 April Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, 200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy 3065 Gallery Open Tuesday - Friday 11-5.30pm, Sat 1-5.30pm The Broken Angels Is an Exhibition of New Work by Internationally Acclaimed Indonesian Artist Heri Dono Who Is Currently Artist-in-Residence in Gertrude's Studio 18 As the Recipient of the 2006 Unesco-Aschberg Bursary. The Exhibition Narrates the Story of Indonesia's 'Reformasi' (Reformation) Movement That Saw the Fall of Suharto Followed by the Country's Subsequent Socio-Political Chaos. Website: http://www.gertrude.org.au/exhibition.php?id=549 ________ Item 9. Call for Applications: "Developing Australia's Capacity in South Asia" (Dacsa) Scholarships "Developing Australia's Capacity in South Asia" (Dacsa) Scholarships Are Sponsored by Ausaid and the Australian Research Council's Asia Pacific Futures Research Network, and Administered by La Trobe University. Applications Are Invited for Up to Six Scholarships to Write a Phd at an Australian University On a Developmental Topic Related to South Asia (I.E., Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka). Deadline: 28 April 2006 For Details About These Awards Including Method of Application Https://Www.Dfat.Gov.Au/Aic/Dacsa_scholarship_advert.Pdf Applications Can Be Emailed to T.Lee@Latrobe.Edu.Au or Posted To: Tracy Lee, Project Officer, School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia Other Programs Within This Scheme Will Be Advertised in Due Course. ________ Item 10. Asaa 16th Biennial Conference 26 - 29 June 2006 Venue: University of Wollongong, Australia The Conference Is Titled "Asia Reconstructed: From Critiques of Development to Postcolonial Studies" and Aims to Examine Governance, Society, Culture, History, Education, Language, Law, Technology, and the Arts. Full Details: Http://Www.Uow.Edu.Au/Arts/Conferences/Asaa/Index.Html Early Bird Registration Closes On 28 April 2006. Enquiries: Wollongong Unicentre, Conference Management Team, Po Box U100, University of Wollongong, Nsw 2500 Contact: Peter Vrahas, Phone: 61 2 4221 8173, Email: Vrahas@Uow.Edu.Au ________ Item 11. Postdoctoral Fellow, the Division of Pacific and Asian History, Anu Applications Are Invited for the Position of Postdoctoral Fellow Academic Level a at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Anu. For a Description of the Position Http://Info.Anu.Edu.Au/Hr/Jobs/Academic_positions/_pa3321.Asp Enquiries: Dr Robert Cribb, Division of Pacific and Asian History, Convenor.Pah@Anu.Edu.Au Phone (02) 6125 4189; Closing Date: 1 May 2006 ________ Item 12. Une Asia Centre Research Fellowships The Asia Centre has Established a Uneac Research Fellowship Scheme Aimed at Attracting to the Centre Sabbatical and Other Visiting Scholars Working On Asia. Under This Scheme, Potential Visiting Scholars Are Invited to Apply for Up to a$3,000 Support Per Fellowship. Fellowships Would Normally Be Offered to Scholars Visiting for 3 Months or More and Would Not Include Any Contribution to International Airfares. For Those Visitors Wishing to Stay for a Shorter Period Pro-Rata Fellowship Support May Be Considered. There Will Be Several Fellowships Awarded in 2006. Interested Scholars Are Invited to Apply at Any Time for a Uneac Research Fellowship, Which Will Be Awarded On a Competitive Basis. Information On the Fellowships: Http://Www.Une.Edu.Au/Asiacenter/Resfell.Html Contact: Prof. Howard Brasted, University of New England, Armidale Nsw 2351, Australia Email:Hbrasted@Une.Edu.Au ________ Item 13. Conference: Poverty, Inequality and Judicial Access for Poor in South Asia Call for Papers Due Date for Abstracts - 15 April 2006 Due Date for Papers - 15 August 2006 This Conference Will Take Place in the First Week of November 2006 Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Papers Are Invited in the Following Areas: 1. Understanding Poverty and Its Linkages with Human Development, Human Security and Human Rights in a Globalising South Asia 2. Engendering Poverty Assessment and Eradication Programmes 3. Judicial Activism, Pil and Judicial Interventions for Protecting Poor 4. Judicial Reforms in Terms of Legal Aid Services and Lok Adalats (People's Courts) for Providing Speedy Justice to Poor 5. Good Practices in Service Delivery to Poor Including the Role of Ngos in Education, Health and Entrepreneurship Training 6. Environmental Justice to Poor in the Context of Their Rights Over Common Lands (Including Village Ponds and Grazing Grounds), Forests and Wetlands in Rural Areas 7. Urban Poverty, Urban Slums and Urban Poverty Eradication Programmes 8. Safety Nets and Employment Guarantees to Unorganized Labour in Rural and Urban Areas 9. Applications of Information and Communication Technology for Improving Status of Poor in Which the Space for Sub-Altern and Radical Feminism Discourse Could Be Explored For Further Information: http://www.jnu.ac.in/main.asp?sendval=conference ________ Item 14. Website of the Month Web Site On East African Food Habits Online! Www.Healthyeatingclub.Org/Africa/ This Interactive Website On East African Food Habits has Been Developed by Verena Raschke, a Phd Candidate at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna. The Website Is Largely Based On the Oltersdorf Collection, a Unique Data Set From Studies of Food Habits in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania From the 1930s to 1970s. Verena Undertook Part of Her Doctoral Research at Monash Asia Institute in 2005 Under the Supervision of Professor Mark Wahlqvist. ===================================================================== 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. For Further Information About the Monash Asia Institute and This Newsletter: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/ To Unsubscribe, Please Send an Email To: Monash.Asia.Institute@Adm.Monash.Edu.Au =====================================================================