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The Vietnam Inheritance

Cultural, social and political legacies of the Vietnam War in Australia:

An Interdisciplinary Symposium marking the 35th anniversary of the end of the war

Thursday 29 & Friday 30 April 2010
Monash University, Caulfield Campus

The Schools of Political and Social Inquiry and English, Communication and Performance Studies are pleased to convene this interdisciplinary event and to welcome keynote speaker Paul Ham, author of Vietnam: The Australian War (2007).

The symposium provides an opportunity for scholars from a range of disciplines to reflect on the impact of the war and its aftermath in Australia on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of its conclusion. In particular, speakers at the symposium will address the cultural, social and political legacies of the war in Australia. Topics to be covered by speakers at the symposium include:

the legacy of the war on Australian media, journalism and reportage of war and other emergencies
post-war Vietnamese migration to Australia and the Vietnamese diaspora
the legacy of anti-war political mobilisation, and the legacy of the National Service scheme and its opponents
the war and Australian culture (including Vietnamese-Australian cultural production and literary, visual and filmic representations of Vietnam in Australia)
the legacy of the Saigon babylift on intercountry adoption to Australia
the war and tourism

Proceedings will commence on the afternoon of Thursday 29 April and continue with a full day of papers on Friday 30 April.

Location:
Monash University, Caulfield Campus,
Building H, Room H1.16
www.monash.edu.au/campuses/caulfield

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Symposium Program:

View the symposium draft program (PDF)

Registration:

Registration is free however if you wish to attend please contact Jan Boey (janice.boey@buseco.monash.edu.au) as soon as possible and no later than Thursday 22 April, as numbers are needed for catering purposes.

Symposium dinner:

We plan to organise a symposium dinner at a local eatery at a reasonable price per head (to be paid by individuals) subject to sufficient interest from attendees. If you wish to attend a symposium dinner, please let Jan know when you register for the symposium

Convenors:

Denise Cuthbert - School of Political and Social Inquiry
Robin Gerster - School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
Kevin Foster - School of English, Communications and Performance Studies

Faculty of Arts, Monash University

Generously supported by the Office of the Campus Director, Caulfield Campus, Monash University