===================================== MONASH ASIA INSTITUTE BULLETIN 8/2005 4 July 2005 ===================================== In this bulletin 1. Conference: Religious sites in Ancient Southeast Asia 2. MAI Postgraduate Seminar: Marriages and Births during the Khmer Rouge 3. 3rd Herb Feith Lecture 4. India-China Conference 5. Engineering Education Conference 6. MAI Press: Latest releases 7. Exhibition: Japanese Contemporary Clay Work 8. Indonesian Food & Trade Festival 2005 9. Seminar: India's agrarian crisis 10. Seminar: Indian Secularism 11. Cambodia Fund Dinner - Melbourne 12. ASAA e-journal 13. Vietnam/Cambodia Cycling Tour 14. Buddhist Studies: India Exchange Program 15. Website of the month: APT 2006 ------------------------------------------- Item 1. Conference 13 - 15 July 2005 Ramada Hotel, 270 Flinders St , Melbourne "Old Myths and New Approaches - Advances in the Interpretation of Religious Sites in Ancient Southeast Asia" Conference hosted by Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in collaboration with the Monash Asia Institute and the Faculty of Arts. This path-breaking two-day conference will focus on the religious sites of ancient Southeast Asia, and their relations with the surrounding landscapes, an issue which has hitherto received little scholarly attention. The conference draws on the latest work by over twenty international experts, who will approach the sites from a range of perspectives and disciplines. Temples discussed will be the Angkorean complexes in Cambodia and Thailand, Hindu-Buddhist temples on Java, Burmese Buddhist sites, and Cham temples in Vietnam. More details: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/cseas/sacredsites/ Enquiries: Dr. Alexandra Haendel , Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute. ------------------------------------------- Item 2. MAI PhD Confirmation Seminar Monash Asia Institute Friday 29 July 2005, 12.00 noon to 2.30 pm Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus "Love and Horror in the Ritual Revolution: Marriages and Births during the Khmer Rouge" Speaker: Dr Peggy LeVine, PhD Candidate, Monash Asia Institute Dr Peggy LeVine charted marriage, pregnancy and birth experiences of Cambodian people who were wed during the Khmer Rouge era (1975-1979), while exploring what has kept many together, what protects them, and what constitutes despair and desire. Mostly she set out to account for the breadth of human experience encountered during those years. She came to realise that many of the 'unmentionable' threads in people's stories contain counterpoised experiences - betrayal alongside loyalty, anguish aside longing. Prior to this study, LeVine went along with references that describe the Khmer Rouge marriages as 'forced'. Dr Peg LeVine has a doctorate in cultural psychology and is a registered clinical psychologist. She is in the late stages of a PhD in Asian Studies and has been recently working in the area of international mental health in the Southeast Asian Region. We begin at noon with a light luncheon to be followed by the presentation at 12.30pm sharp. ALL WELCOME Enquiries and RSVP (essential) to Juliet Yee ------------------------------------------- Item 3. 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 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 4. India-China Conference Call for papers - due date - 1 August 2005 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. For more details:http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/units/aberu/conference/index.php ------------------------------------------- Item 5. 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 6. MAI Press Latest releases from the MAI Press include: "On feminism and nationalism: Kartini's letters to Stella Zeehandelaar 1899-1903" translated by Joost Cote by , 2005, $36.95 ISBN 1 876924 35 7 (CSEAS Monograph) Kartini's pioneering work for the freedom and education of women has made her an Indonesian national hero. The letters to a European contemporary are amongst the most powerful of her surviving correspondence. "Borderlands and women: transversal political agency on the Burma-Thailand border" by Mary O'Kane, 2005, $11.00. ISBN 1 876924 36 5 (CSEAS Working Paper Series) "Musibah: governance, intercommunal violence and reinventing tradition in the Kei Islands, southeast Maluku" by Craig Thorburn, 2005, $11.00. ISBN 1 876924 34 9 (CSEAS Working Paper Series) Full catalogue of MAI Press: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/publications/index.html Enquiries: Emma Hegarty , Publications Officer, Monash Asia Institute =============================================================== Other items of interest =============================================================== Item 7. Manningham Gallery Exhibition Hosted by Manningham Gallery, Japan Foundation and Consulate-General of Japan, Japan Information and Cultural Centre (JICC) "Japanese Contemporary Clay Work" Exhibition Dates Thursday 7 July - Saturday 23 July 2005 Manningham Gallery, Manningham Council Municipal Offices 699 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster 3108 Gallery Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 2-5pm. Free Admission Floor talk, Saturday 16 July, 2.30 - 4.30 pm, Free Floortalk: Japanese Clay Works - Tradition and Diversity Koji Hoashi and Alistair Whyte Workshop: Japanese Ceramic Techniques, Saturday 23 July 2005, 2.00 - 5.00pm, Free Alistair Whyte and Koji Hoashi Workshop: Shibori Dyeing, Saturday 9 and 16 July 2005, 10.00 am -4.00 pm $80 (plus material list and $5 material fee payable to tutor at first lesson) Workshop: Raku Firing, Saturday 2 July 2.00 - 4.00 pm, Sunday 24 July, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm $75 Biographies Koji Hoashi was born in Oita, Japan in 1961 and arrived in Australia during the mid 1980s. While spending much of this time as an expert teacher and lecturer on Australian and Japanese art/ceramics, Koji also regularly exhibits his work in Australia and Japan. Koji is currently Japanese Program Coordinator, and a lecturer in Japanese and International Studies, at the University of Ballarat. Alistair Whyte was born in Melbourne 1954 and studied ceramics at the Bendigo Institute of Technology and Kyoto University of Fine Arts (Japan) before completing an apprenticeship under Katsuno Hirokuni. After returning to Australia and setting up his Warburton studio, Alistair went on to complete an MA in Applied Linguistics. He is a regular exhibitor whose works embody both oriental and Australian influences. All programs, besides the floortalk, will be held at the Manningham Arts Centre, 177 Foote St, Templestowe. Bookings Essential: 9840 9381 Further details available from the Gallery: Telephone: 9840 9367 email: gallery@manningham.vic.gov.au website: http://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/ ------------------------------------------- Item 8. Annual Indonesian Food & Trade Festival 2005 Organised by Perhimpunan Warga Indonesia di Victoria Incorporated, PERWIRA Inc. (The Indonesian Society of Victoria Incorporated) Sunday 10 July 2005, 11.00 am - 4.00 pm Box Hill Town Hall 1022 Whitehorse Road, Vic 3128 Melway Map 47 E9 or Map 75A H4 There will be stands with variety of Indonesian satays, poffertjes, food and drinks from different Indonesian regions for sale, also books, magazines on Indonesia, groceries, phone cards, other products, art & crafts and other services such as travel information and booking, migration information, education plus many more interesting stalls, such as Foster Parents Indonesia, Australian Indonesian Associations and Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers' Association. You will also be entertained with traditional Indonesian dancing performances, traditional music, pencak silat or art of self-defense. You will have a chance to win a return airfare ticket from Melbourne-Denpasar-Melbourne donated by Garuda Indonesia. Entrance fees: $3 adults $2 children/pensioners/concessions $8 family (2 children and 2 adults) Getting to Box Hill Town Hall Take Belgrave or Lilydale train from Flinders Street Station to Box Hill Central Station Or tram no. 109 from Collins Street to Box Hill (last stop) Box Hill Town Hall is along Whitehorse Road, and is within walking distance (about 300 metres) from the train station and tram stop. Enquiries: Mrs Lami Hopman, Co-ordinator, 0422 044 987 or 0438 655 270 Web: http://www.perwira.com.au/ ------------------------------------------- Item 9. Melbourne South Asian Studies Group Seminar Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 4.00 pm Frank Engel Room - enter through Kerr Street Australian Volunteers International 88 Kerr Street, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 "When Farmers Die: India's agrarian crisis, farmers' suicides and the media" Speaker: P. Sainath, Journalist, The Hindu, Chennai and Mumbai Mr P. Sainath is an award-winning journalist and author of "Everybody Loves a Good Drought". He is a guest at the Adelaide Writers Festival. NB: Possibility of a meal afterwards nearby restaurant. Enquiries: Professor Robin Jeffrey, 9479 2692 or R.Jeffrey@latrobe.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 10. Melbourne South Asian Studies Group Seminar Wednesday, 15 July 2005, 4.00 pm Frank Engel Room - enter through Kerr Street Australian Volunteers International 88 Kerr Street, Fitzroy, Vic 3065 "The Distinctiveness of Indian Secularism" Rajeev Bhargava Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi NB: Possibly a meal afterwards in Brunswick Street. Enquiries: Professor Robin Jeffrey, 9479 2692 or R.Jeffrey@latrobe.edu.au ------------------------------------------- Item 11. Cambodia Fund Dinner - Melbourne Saturday 16 July 2005, 7.30 pm Baitong Thai Restaurant 1398 High Street, Malvern Cost: $35.00 Prior to their shift to Sydney in late July 2005, the Australian Aid for Cambodia Fund will hold a dinner party in Melbourne on 16 July. A chance to enjoy excellent Thai cuisine, to farewell the AACF office, and to hear first hand about the situation in Cambodia from recently returned AACF volunteers agricultural scientist Dr Alice Melland, and Human Resources professional Bronwen Peak. AACF provides consciousness-based university education to rural youth who would not otherwise have access to higher education. RSVP to (03)9489 6240, or info@aacf.ws See: http://www.aacf.ws ------------------------------------------- Item 12. ASAA e-journal The new version of the ASAA e-journal of Asian Linguistics and Language Teaching will take the form of an annual supplementary issue of the e-FLT Journal put out by the Centre for Language Studies at NUS in Singapore. e-FLT is registered on Ulrich's list (and with DEST) as a fully peer-reviewed journal. Our issue will be jointly published by e-FLT & ASAA and will be devoted exclusively to Asian languages. Submission date for the first issue is 15 September 2005. Articles and reviews are to be submitted in the first instance to the e-FLT Journal for registration, after which they will be sent to the editor Jane Orton (Univ. of Melbourne) to arrange reviews. The quality of the e-FLT can be seen in their 2 issues already out on the e-FLT Journal website http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg Details concerning style guide, length and so forth are also available on that website. Colleagues are encouraged to submit articles to this journal on a range of issues involved in the teaching, learning and study of Asian languages. ------------------------------------------- Item 13. Vietnam/Cambodia Cycling Tour December 2005 In partnership with Intrepid Travel, the Australian Aid for Cambodia Fund is offering the opportunity to join a 13 day bicycle tour of Vietnam and Cambodia from 1st - 13th December 2005 December is an ideal time to visit Cambodia as the weather is mild and dry. After flying through Singapore the adventure starts in Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam and involves travel by bicycle for comfortable distances and by bus for longer distances through south Vietnam and the provinces of Cambodia, well away from the beaten tourist trails. On the way you pass by AACF's main project in Cambodia, the Maharishi Vedic University on the former Ho Chi Minh trail, cycle along the Mekong, visit Phnom Penh, and end by touring the magnificent temple complex of Angkor Wat. You'll be getting a rare opportunity to see the realities of these countries in a way that few other tourists would, while providing funding support to AACF. Either raise $5000 in sponsorship of which 50% will go towards the cost of the tour, and 50% will go directly towards AACF's important work of providing education for rural youth in Cambodia, or pay for your own trip at $3250, of which of $500 is a donation to AACF. Enquiries: Mike Thomson (03) 9489 6240 or info@aacf.ws ------------------------------------------- Item 14. Buddhist Studies: India Exchange Program The University of Tasmania Buddhist Studies in India Exchange Program will again be running a Summer School unit to be held in India from late December 2005 - late January 2006. The Exchange program, administered under the direction of the School of Philosophy, counts as a 25% credit unit at the University of Tasmania and involves students in an intensive month long study program conducted by staff from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath just outside Varanasi. University of Tasmania staff travel with the group and supervise the overall program. The costs of travel, insurance, accommodation and meals, as well as visits to important historic and cultural sites, are included in the overall cost of the program (up to $4,000), although applicants should note that the unit also incurs a HECS charge. The minimum requirement for admission into the program is completion of first-year studies at any Australian University (although under some circumstances it may also be possible for students from outside Australia to be accepted). Interested applicants should contact the School of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania (email: kellett@utas.edu.au - Ph: 03 6226 7581) no later than 26 August 2005. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about Indo-Tibetan Philosophy, History and Culture as well as the chance to experience a radically different cultural environment. More details: http://www.utas.edu.au/philosophy/buddhist/summercourse.html ------------------------------------------- Item 15. Website of the month: Asia-Pacific Triennial Contemporary Art 2006 http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/apt The Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is the Queensland Art Gallery's flagship international contemporary art event. Establised in 1993, the APT is the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, including Australia. After four APTs and more than a decade of focussed engagement with the art of the region, the Gallery is proud to present APT 2006, the fifth APT, in November 2006. It will feature 30-35 artists, and will be the first major exhibition at the Gallery's second site, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (QGMA). ======================================================================== 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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