===================================== MONASH ASIA INSTITUTE BULLETIN 10/2005 3 August 2005 ===================================== In this bulletin 1. CSEAS Seminar 2. 3rd Herb Feith Lecture 3. JSC Seminar Series 4. MAI Postgraduate Seminar: Indian military 5. Seminar: Young Muslims 6. Seminar: Civil Democratic Islam 7. Seminar: Asia and the Future of Europe 8. Annual Indonesia Lecture Series 2005 9. India-China Conference 10. Engineering Education Conference 11. Edward Gray Memorial Prize 12. Double Masters Degree in Asian Studies and International Dev. & Env. 13. Seminar: Indian agriculture 14. Forum: Political Asylum in Australia 15. Seminar: Defection and Delay 16. International Careers Conference 17. Seminar: Indonesia: Sex, Power and Nation 18. UNEAC Research Fellowship 19. Website of the month: SASI (Southeast Asian Serials Index) ------------------------------------------- Item 1. CSEAS Seminar Thursday 4 August 2005, 11.00 am Manton Room SG02, Ground Floor, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus "Aspects of the 2004 Indonesian Elections" Dr Lance Castles, Hon Research Associate, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute Abstract In my opinion, the elections in 2004 were a major step forward toward a functioning democracy. Nevertheless it was subjected to a barrage of criticism by the "chattering classes" who dominate the press and television commentary. I will try to explain this thinking and refute it. Yet at the same time the one serious objection to the election, the ballot-paper malfunction, has disappeared from all public comments. Why? And, does it matter? If time permits, I will summarise, with evidence, the reasons for SBY's superiority over the three other main candidates. ALL WELCOME Enquiries: Dr Penelope Graham Senior Lecturer and Head of Anthropology, School PSI, Faculty of Arts Director, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute Email: penny.graham@arts.monash.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 2. 3rd Herb Feith Lecture The Centre of Southeast Asian Studies and the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, in association with Radio Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne, announce The third Herb Feith Lecture to be presented by Dr Joan Hardjono "Can Indonesia hold? Unity and diversity revisited" Thursday, 4 August 2005, 6.00 pm refreshments for 7.00 pm start Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Corner of Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne Joan Hardjono is a human geographer who has written extensively on environmental issues as well as on transmigration, poverty and rural conditions in Indonesia. She works as a social assessment consultant and has undertaken studies for various international institutions that include the World Bank, ADB, UNDP, AusAID and ILO. She is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the SMERU Research Institute, Jakarta, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. Dr Hardjono edited "Indonesia: Resources, Ecology, and Environment" (1991) and co-edited "Labour: Sharing in the Benefits of Growth?" (1993) and "Development in Eastern Indonesia" (1996). More recently, she co-authored "People, Poverty and Livelihoods: Links for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Indonesia" (2002). ALL WELCOME For more details see: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/cseas/hfeith05.html Please RSVP to Monash Asia Institute's Sanjeev Veloo on email: Sanjeev.veloo@adm.monash.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 3. JSC Seminar Series Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University (All seminars are held in the Auditorium of the Japanese Studies Centre, Building 54, Monash University Clayton campus at 3:00 pm on Fridays, unless otherwise noted) Tuesday August 9, 10:00-11:00 am Science (building 25), Theatre S12 "White Australian Narratives of the Japanese" David Walker (Deakin University) Thursday August 11, 6:00 - 8:00, Monash City Centre, 30 Collins St "The modernization of Japanese theatre: body and word" (in English) Hiromi Hyodo (Gakushuuin University) Monday August 15, 5:00 pm "Ninjobon: The Redefinition of a Genre" Leith Morton (Tokyo University of Technology) Enquiries: Japanese.Studies.Centre@arts.monash.edu.au or Alison.Tokita@arts.monash.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 4. MAI Seminar Monash Asia Institute Friday 26 August 2005, 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus "Indian military and its relations with the media" Mr Dinesh Kumar, PhD Candidate, Monash Asia Institute India, the world's largest democracy, has the world's third largest military. The post-Independent Indian Army in particular, and the military in general, has arguably been among the world's busiest military in its 58 year history beginning virtually from the day India was partitioned and became independent on 15th August 1947. The Indian military has fought four wars with Pakistan, one with China, engaged in covert operations (East Pakistan) and foreign interventions (Sri Lanka and Maldives), combated terrorism (Punjab), participated in over 30 UN peace support operations, trained foreign armies (e.g. Iraq), quelled domestic riots, and continues to be engaged in counter-insurgency operations (Kashmir and in the North East) while also being routinely called for aid to civil authorities. The Indian media comprises almost 60,000 newspapers and periodicals published in over 100 languages and dialects. While examining the strength and growth of the Indian military, its shortcomings and several major operations as case studies, the seminar will examine the debate on how transparent has the Indian defence establishment been vis-à-vis the media, which is regarded as the crucial fourth estate in a democracy and a primary vehicle of informing and moulding public opinion. Is there a problem? About the speaker Dinesh Kumar, a PhD candidate at the Monash Asia Institute, was Defence Correspondent with The Times of India, the country's largest selling English Daily newspaper, for nine years. He also covered political violence in Punjab for six years, and until recently was the Resident Editor of The Times of India in Chandigarh. His various publications include an Occasional Paper titled Soldiers and Scribblers: Media in Information Warfare: A Case Study of India earlier researched in the UK. ALL WELCOME Enquiries and RSVP (essential) to Sanjeev Veloo with "Indian Military Seminar" in subject heading of your message. ------------------------------------------- Item 5. Seminar Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University Thursday 1 September 2005, 11.00 am Manton Room SG02, Ground Floor, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus "Young Muslims: religion, education, and gender transformation in contemporary Java" Associate Professor Nancy Smith-Hefner About the speaker Nancy Smith-Hefner is Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Boston University. Her current research is on Muslim youth, education and socialization in the context of modern social change in Indonesia and the Islamic resurgence from the late 1970s. This research project examines the changing nature of family, marriage, sexuality, and gender ideals among Muslim youth in the central Javanese royal seat and university town of Yogyakarta. She is particularly interested in the contrast between modernist Muslim youth, loosely linked to the modernist organization Muhammadiyah and neo-traditionalist youth culturally linked to Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest traditionalist Muslim organization in the world. Nancy Smith-Hefner has numerous articles in press from her current research on "Young Muslims", supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. She has previously published articles drawing on her doctoral dissertation 'Language and Social Identity: Speaking Javanese in Tengger' (University of Michigan, 1983). She has also published the book "Khmer American: Identity and Moral Education in a Diasporic Community" (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999). RSVP (essential) to monash.asia.institute@adm.monash.edu.au with "Young Muslims Seminar" in subject heading of your message. ------------------------------------------- Item 6. Public Lecture Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University Thursday 1 September 2005, late afternoon, Monash University Clayton campus (Time and venue to be advised) "Civil Democratic Islam: prospects and policies for a plural Muslim world" Public Lecture by Robert Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University. About the speaker Robert W. Hefner is Professor of Anthropology, Associate Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs at Boston University, where he directs the program on Islam and civil society. Hefner has conducted research on religion and politics in Southeast Asia for the past twenty-eight years and has carried out comparative research on Muslim culture and politics since the late-1980s. Hefner is the invited editor for the sixth volume of the forthcoming New Cambridge History of Islam, Muslims and Modernity: Society and Culture since 1800. He has published more than a dozen books, as well as several major policy reports. His most recent published works are Civil Islam: Muslims and Democratization in Indonesia (Princeton 2000) and, as editor, Remaking Muslim Politics: Pluralism, Contestation, Democratization (Princeton 2005). Other recent books include, as editor, The Politics of Multiculturalism: Pluralism and Citizenship in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia (Hawaii 2001), Democratic Civility: The History and Cross-Cultural Possibility of a Modern Political Ideal (Transaction 1998), Market Cultures: Society and Morality in the New Asian Capitalisms (Westview 1998), and, with Patricia Horvatich, Islam in an Era of Nation-States: Politics and Religious Renewal in Muslim Southeast Asia (Hawaii 1998). His early books included, Hindu Javanese: Tengger Tradition and Islam (Princeton 1985) and The Political Economy of Mountain Java (California 1991). Four of his books have been translated into Indonesian. For more information about Prof Robert Hefner, see: http://www.bu.edu/anthrop/faculty/hefner/ RSVP (essential) to monash.asia.institute@adm.monash.edu.au with "Civil Democratic Islam Seminar" in subject heading of your message. ------------------------------------------- Item 7. Seminar: Asia and the Future of Europe Centre of Southeast Asian Studies (Monash Asia Institute) Centre for Malaysian Studies (Monash Asia Institute) Melbourne South Asian Studies Group National Centre for South Asian Studies (Monash Asia Institute) Friday 2 September 2005, 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm Venue to be confirmed. "Asia and the Future of Europe; Westernisation and Easternisation in global perspective" Professor Mario Rutten, University of Amsterdam Westernisation of Asia and easternisation of Europe are two interconnected aspects of globalisation. In most of the social sciences developments in Europe are often taken as central, with those elsewhere seen as derivative. From early on, it was assumed that the study of Europe would provide insights into future developments in Asia, while the study of Asia would give us, at the most, insights into Europe's past. This research provides a new comparative perspective in the study of Asian and European societies. It will show how and to what extent the study of Asia gives us insights into Europe's future. RSVP (essential) to monash.asia.institute@adm.monash.edu.au with "Asia Europe Seminar" in subject heading of your message. -------------------------------------------- Item 8. Annual Indonesia Lecture Series (AILS) Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University Monday 5 September 2005 6.00 pm refreshments for 7.00 pm start Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Corner of Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne "Muslim politics and democratization in Indonesia" Speakers: Prof Robert Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University Prof Azyumardi Azra, Rector, State Islamic University, Indonesia RSVP (essential) to monash.asia.institute@adm.monash.edu.au with "AILS 2005" in subject heading of your message. ------------------------------------------- Item 9. India-China Conference The Monash Asia Institute is collaborating with the ABERU (Asian Business and Economics Research Unit) and the Global Institute of Monash University in organising a conference on Globalisation, Migration and Labour Mobility in India and China, to be held in Melbourne 29-30 September 2005. The conference focuses on the interaction of the two countries, India and China, both countries with large populations and high growth rates following market liberalisation. The conference will examine how their labour experiences compare, and what the 2 countries might draw from each other in relation to labour markets and management. THE DEADLINE FOR PAPERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 15 AUGUST 2005 For more details:http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/units/aberu/conference/index.php ------------------------------------------- Item 10. Engineering Education Conference UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE, Monash University) 4th Asia Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education 26-29 September 2005 Menam Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand The objective of the Forum is to bring together educators from the Asia-Pacific region to continue discussion about common issues in engineering and technology education; to discuss the need for innovation in engineering and technology education; and to foster the links, collaboration and friendships already established in the region; and to pursue the goals formulated in the action oriented agenda. This forum is partly supported by the Research Unit on Cultures and Technologies in Asia (RUCTA), Monash Asia Institute (MAI). For more information see: http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/uicee/meetings/4thAPFETE.html Enquiries: Mr Arun S. Patil, Forum Manager, UICEE, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University e-mail: uicee@eng.monash.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 11. Edward Gray Memorial Prize Contribution to Australia Sri Lanka Relations The Australia Sri Lanka Council (ASLC) wishes to honour the memory of the late Edward Gray, and acknowledge his contribution to Australia and Sri Lanka. The prize of $500 will be awarded to the undergraduate or postgraduate student currently attending a university in Australia, whose recent work is judged by a panel appointed by the ASLC to have contributed most significantly to the Australia/Sri Lanka relationship and understanding. The person should be nominated by an academic who is familiar with his/her work. The award is advertised through Australian universities and is expected to be presented in November 2005. Submissions should be made by October 15 2005 to one of the addresses below and should include: - the CV of the applicant - name(s) of referee(s) - a copy of the eligible work, or testimony to the eligible activity, not exceeding 4000 words. Send to: Professor Marika Vicziany Monash Asia Institute Building 11, Monash University, Vic 3800 Marika.Vicziany@adm.monash.edu.au or Trevor Jayetileke Secretary, Australia Sri Lanka Council Inc 20 Throsby Court, Endeavour Hills 3802 asgsash@alphalink.com.au About Edward 'Eddie' Gray Edward 'Eddie' Gray passed away in Melbourne on 21/9/04, aged 85. He is survived by his wife Yvonne and three sons who reside in Melbourne. Eddie was a founding member of the Australia Sri Lanka Council and was Vice President at the time of his demise. He was also on the Board of Trustees of the Sri Lanka Cricket Foundation of Victoria. Eddie's life was dominated by his love for sport. He represented Sri Lanka as a contestant in Boxing at the 1948 London Olympic Games. After retiring from active sports he continued to support and promote any sport activity connected to Sri Lanka. His love for country and sports were synonymous. He moved to Australia with his family in 1977, but this did not prevent him from representing Sri Lanka as an official at subsequent Olympic Games. Eddie was an asset to the work of the ASLC with his organising ability and enthusiasm, his gracious manner, and his contacts with many friends and associates. We salute this famous son of Sri Lanka, and offer our prize as a mark of respect and admiration for this great friend of our two countries. ------------------------------------------- Item 12. New Asian Studies - International Development and Environment Double Master Degree The School of Geography & Environmental Science and the Monash Asia Institute are pleased to announce the establishment of a new double master coursework program, in Asian Studies and International Development and Environmental Analysis (MAS-M.IDEA). Students enrolling in the new course will be able to receive two Master degrees in two and a half years of full-time study, or five years of half-time study - a savings of one semester full-time study or two semesters half-time, compared with taking the two courses separately. There are already many dynamic links between the IDEA and Asian Studies Programs within the Faculty of Arts, as students in each program enrol in units and electives available in the other program. On the one hand, many, if not most, IDEA students are particularly interested in development in the Asia-Pacific region, while most Asian Studies students at Monash are concerned with development issues in one form or another. Both groups are concerned with social and cultural change in the context of globalisation. Thus, the proposed M.IDEA-MAS double degree presents an opportunity to combine the strengths of the two programs and offer postgraduate students a chance to considerably enhance their skills, knowledge and qualifications in a course tailored to their interests but in less time than it would usually take to gain two masters degrees. MAS-M.IDEA students will be required to complete 120 points: 60 points in the M.IDEA program and 60 points in the MAS program. Each of these courses includes a 12-point final project. Students undertaking the double degree course will combine two final project units, usually combining the Internship-based client project (IDA 5310, 12 pts), a core unit of the M.IDEA program, with the Supervised Research Project (AST 5110, 12 pts), a core unit of the Asian Studies Program. The two final projects should relate to one another, in effect comprising a larger applied research project in Asian Development. Alternately, students could undertake a combination of AST 5110 and Supervised Research in International Development and Environmental Analysis (IDA 5400, 12 pts), producing a two-part pure research project. The MAS-M.IDEA double Master course will commence in Semester 1 2006. Enquiries: Professor Marika Vicziany, Director, Monash Asia Institute (marika.vicziany@adm.monash.edu.au) or Dr Craig Thorburn, School of Geography & Environmental Science, Craig.Thorburn@arts.monash.edu.au =============================================================== Other items of interest =============================================================== Item 13. Seminar 1-3 August 2005 Edmund Barton Building Conference Centre, Canberra "Indian agriculture and agricultural policies" This three-day seminar hosted by ABARE, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, will focus on the current situation of Indian agriculture, and key domestic and trade policies that shape and influence the sector. ABARE's key objectives in organising this seminar are: * to enhance the awareness and understanding of researchers, industry representatives and other stakeholders in Australia about the Indian economy in general and its agricultural sector in particular; * to provide a forum for interaction and exchange of views on developments in the Indian agricultural sector; and * to provide an opportunity to establish and strengthen institutional links and exploring the possibilities for conducting * collaborative research on topics related to the Indian agricultural sector. Professor Ramesh Chand, Acting Director of India's National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP)and a leading expert on Indian agriculture and agricultural policies will be the main speaker at the seminar. Professors Raghbendra Jha and Prema-Chandra Athukorala from the Australian National University and Professors D P Chaudhri and Edgar Wilson from the University of Wollongong will also present. For programme details see: http://www.abareconomics.com/research/india/india.htm Registration: Please contact Courtney Chester by email cchester@abare.gov.au or phone 02 6272 2159 ------------------------------------------- Item 14. Melbourne University History Department Forum Friday 5 August at 12.30 - 2.00pm Prince Phillip Theatre, Architecture Building, Melbourne University "Political Asylum in Australia" Chen Yonglin, Chinese Consulate dissident Chinese dissident Chen Yonglin, the former diplomat recently granted a permanent protection visa by the Australian government, will speak to an open forum on the nature of political asylum in Australia, at the University of Melbourne next Friday. The forum, organised by Dr Antonia Finnane of the History Department at the University, will also be addressed by Swinburne University Research Fellow Dr Klaus Neumann, author of the book Refuge Australia. More information: http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_2597.html Enquiries: Dr Antonia Finnane, History Department, Melbourne University Tel: 8344 5957, Email: a.finnane@unimelb.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 15. Seminar by Chen Yonglin and others Friday, 5 August 2005, 6.00 pm Designs Australia, 28 Victoria Street, Carlton 3053 between Drummond & Rathdowne Streets) "Defection and Delay" Speaker: Chen Yonglin and others Seminar hosted by the Melbourne Chinese Studies Group Former Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin claims he could no longer tolerate spying on Chinese dissidents - including Falun Gong followers and democracy and Tibetan advocates - and that Beijing has a network of over 1,000 spies in Australia. On 26 May he fled the consulate-general in Sydney and sought political asylum. Six weeks later, on 8 July 2005, he was granted a permanent protection visa to stay in Australia. The former first secretary, his wife and daughter, can apply for Australian citizenship in two years' time. But why did the Immigration Department and Foreign Affairs delay a decision that could have been made overnight? Is trade with China more important than human rights? Is Chen lying, as claimed by China's Ambassador Fu Ying? And will the decision lead to a flood of defectors, as predicted by Madame Fu? Chen Yonglin, Dr Dennis Woodward of Monash University and Dr Paul Monk of Austhink Consulting, in a discussion chaired by former ABC China correspondent Helene Chung Martin. Admission Free All Welcome Please RSVP to Sophie Couchman (sophiec@smartchat.net.au) ------------------------------------------- Item 16. Conference The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Friday 26 August 2005, 8.30 am - 5.30 pm Grand Buffet hall, Union Building, Melbourne University International Careers Conference The one-day conference is targetted for people interested in working in international development and/or in Australian organisations operating overseas. Guest speakers include: Ian Wilcock, DFAT Leah Nichles, DIMIA Elizabeth Langdon, Former UN Staff Member Conny Lenneberg, World Vision Ian Wood, BHP Billiton Michael Sonneberg, Freehills Meghan Bailey, Australian Volunteers International Justin Breheny, ANZ Banking Group Members of the Australian Federal Police and Secret Intelligence Service Special Guest, Rowan Callick, the Asia-Pacific Editor of the Australian Financial Review, will open the conference. More details: http://www.aiiavic.org.au Registration fee required. Enquiries: AIIA Victorian Branch email: info@aiiavic.org.au or Tel(03) 9654 7271 ------------------------------------------- Item 17. Seminar The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre and The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival present "Indonesia: Sex, Power and Nation" Saturday, 27 August 2005, 6.00 pm The Merlyn Theatre, CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, South Melbourne. Join Professor Tim Lindsey as he chairs a panel with Julia Suryakusuma, Rowan Callick and Susan Blackburn to discuss issues in contemporary Indonesian society. Moderator: Tim Lindsey Professor Timothy Lindsey is a leading Indonesian law specialist who is Director of the Asian Law Centre and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam. He has been involved in academic and donor-supported work in Southeast Asia for over a decade. He researches and teaches in Bahasa Indonesia, is a member of the Board of the Australia Indonesia Institute and is a practising member of the Victorian Bar. His publications include Indonesia: Law & Society, Indonesia After Soeharto: Prospects for Reform and Indonesia: Bankruptcy, Law Reform and the Commercial Court. Panellists: Julia Suryakusuma Described as a feminist and a femme fatale, Julia Suryakusuma is one of Indonesia's leading public intellectuals. A dissident activist writing under Suharto, Suryakusuma was the first Indonesian scholar to venture a gendered analysis of Suharto's New Order regime. Her new book, Sex, Power and Nation, brings together for the first time her essays spanning 24 years of writing, applying her analysis to Suharto's regime and that of Indonesia's fledgling democratic politicians. Rowan Callick Rowan Callick is Asia-Pacific editor of The Australian Financial Review. He has worked for the AFR since 1988, except from 1990-92 when he was a senior writer with Time magazine. He is a member of the Board of the Australia Indonesia Institute. He won the Graham Perkin award for Journalist of the Year in 1995 and a Walkley award for his writing on Asia in 1997. His book "Comrades & Capitalists: Hong Kong since the handover" was published by UNSW Press in 1998. Susan Blackburn Dr Susan Blackburn is an Indonesia specialist and a senior lecturer at the school of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University. She has written widely on women, gender relations and politics in Indonesia and is currently teaching in the fields of Southeast Asian Politics, Politics of Development, and Gender in Asian Politics. Enquiries: Daphanie Teo, The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre Telephone: (03) 9650 0998 Email: daphaniet@asiasoc.org.au Web: www.asiasociety.org.au Bookings: The C.U.B. Malthouse Box Office (Event Code: 28) Telephone: (03) 9685 5111 ------------------------------------------- Item 18. UNEAC Research Fellowship Asia Centre Research Fellowship, University of New England Asia Centre (UNEAC) The Asia Centre has established a UNEAC Research Fellowship 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. 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. Interested scholars are invited to apply at any time for a UNEAC Research Fellowship, which will be awarded on a competitive basis. For further information please contact: Prof. Howard Brasted, University of New England Tel: (61-2) 6773 2081 Email:hbrasted@une.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 19. Website of the month: SASI (Southeast Asian Serials Index) Two eminent series published by the MAI - Working Papers on Southeast Asia and the Annual Indonesia Lecture Series - have been indexed for an international database on Southeast Asian studies. The Southeast Asia Serials Index (SASI) is one of many resources available through the Asian Studies Research Collection in the Monash University Library. SASI is hosted by ANU and KITLV at Leiden, and contains indexes for thousands of articles. Monash staff, students and research associates can use the index as an electronic resource through the Monash library: http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/subjects/asian-studies/asrcdata.html (Click on link for ANU Index to Southeast Asian Serials at the bottom of the page) ======================================================================== 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 ========================================================================