CASAAP Events, Workshops and Conferences
1st Annual National Security and Strategy Workshop: Major Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean
Presented by CASAAP member Dr Alexey Muraviev on Friday 20 November 2009.
Launched in November 2009, the Strategic Flashlight research seminar and policy workshop series aims at providing a dedicated forum for government, business, academia and the larger community in Western Australia and beyond to discuss and debate issues of immediate and longer term strategic significance for Australia and the region. Find out more about seminars and workshops in this series.
Perth, Western Australia
13-14 November 2009
Co-hosted by the Centre for the Advanced Study of Australia, Asia and the Pacific (CASAAP) and the Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN).
Better Settlements: Reimagining Our Agricultural Landscapes
A Public Forum discussing policy for sustaining rural communities and landscapes.
Western Australia’s agricultural landscapes are changing to reflect a new interest in rural values. People are moving to the country in unprecedented numbers and this is challenging existing policy on rural settlements. State policy on rural settlements is currently under review. This provides the opportunity for discussion that contributes to the vision for how our rural communities and landscapes will look in the future. This forum brings together big voices and small voices to:
- Outline the role of rural policy in Western Australian landscapes
- Overview the role of property rights in our current landscape management options
- Give a voice to communities, innovative property developers, property managers, small landholders
- and big agriculture
- Explore a futurist vision to develop our potentials in a best practice scenario of resilient communities,
- dynamic ecosystems and viable economies.
Initiated by CASAAP member, Dr Angela Wardell-Johnson in conjunction with The John Curtin Institute of Public Policy (JCIPP) and the Australian Sustainable Development Institute (ASDI), and officially opened by The Honourable John Day MLA, Minister for Planning; Culture and the Arts.
Time and date: 1.00–4.30pm, Thursday 05 November 2009
Venue: Bank West Lecture Theatre, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University
Download the brochure for further information [.pdf - 114kb]
Follow these links for PART 1 and PART 2 of the i-lecture recordings.
Humanities Graduate Research Careers Workshops
‘Publishing in Academic Journals and Publishing Your Thesis’
Presented by CASAAP Director, Professor Graham Seal
Date and Time: 9.45am – 11.15am, Wednesday 30 September 2009
Venue: Building 209, Room 230.
SPECIAL PUBLIC LECTURE
Mrs Khofifah Indar Parawansa: ‘The Role of Women in Islam in Indonesia’
Abstract:
A paradigm shift on the position of women is currently underway in Indonesia. Until recently, there was widespread opposition to women playing a leading role in social and political life, and even as late as the 1990s the proposal that Megawati might become President caused great controversy. But since then it seems to have become increasingly accepted that women can play a prominent role in public life - even by conservative Muslim political parties like PPP. Mrs Khofifah is a prominent Muslim politician, the ‘Minister for Women’s Empowerment’ under the Wahid government (1999-2001), a former member of PPP, and a recent candidate for the governorship of East Java. She is also a leading NGO activist and chair of ‘Muslimat NU’, a 13-million member social organisation dedicated to improving the lives of Indonesian women. In this talk she argues that the lack of social and economic development has had the greatest impact on women, and is the primary cause of female illiteracy and domestic violence. She points out that many Muslim women in Indonesia suffer from discrimination, but only because the teachings of Islam have been misused. Using extracts of verses from the Koran, she points out that a true understanding of the holy texts would place women in a prominent social role - and in most respects in a position that is more elevated than that of men.
Date and time: 11.30 am -12.30, Monday 14th September 2009
Venue: Shilbury Lecture Theatre, Curtin University (204:234)
Recorded copies of the talk and a short Q&A session can be provided on request to: I.Chalmers@curtin.edu.au
Special Workshop for Humanities Researchers
Developing ARC Linkage Grant Projects
Topics will include:
What is an ARC Linkage: aims, outcomes, etc.
The project: academic and applied outcomes
The research group: putting it together and keeping it together
The partners: getting them, managing their expectations, extending them
The plan: thinking strategically
Date and Time: 9.30 am - 11.30 pm, Tuesday 11 August 2009
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209:214).
Special Colloquium for CASAAP members: the future of research in the Humanities at Curtin University.
As we move into the ERA it is clear that there will be significant new challenges for Humanities researchers. This colloquium is designed to pose and
begin to answer a number of relevant questions as outlined in the brochure.
Special guest and speaker: DVC Research, Professor Linda Kristjanson
Time and date: 2pm - 4pm, Tuesday 4 August 2009
Venue: Humanities Board Room
Download the brochure [.pdf - 103kb] for more information.
SPECIAL ‘CITATIONS’ WORKSHOP FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCHERS
Continuing our researcher development program CASAAP, together with the Curtin University Library, is presenting a special workshop for Humanities Researchers: ‘Keeping Track of Citations Using Scopus and ISI Web of Science’.
In this workshop you will:-
- learn how to track research ideas and see who is publishing in your research area.
- find out who is citing your – or your supervisor’s – research.
There is much more to discover in this area – see the flyer for more information [.pdf -54kb]
Date and Time: Wednesday 03 June, 10 am – 12 pm.
Venue: Curtin University Library Level 3 Training Room..
Further enquiries and registration: Karen Rickman. Email: K.P.Rickman@curtin.edu.au
AUSTRALIA, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: IMAGINARIES, HISTORIES AND FUTURES
An intensive ONE-DAY CONFERENCE convened by the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific (CASAAP), Curtin University of Technology and the National Museum of Australia.
This conference brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars and participants to discuss the issues, challenges and possibilities for Australia’s future regional relations.
Date: 29 May 2009
Venue: National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Download the brochure for more information [.pdf - 80KB]
Download the program [.pdf - 236KB]
Special Workshop for Humanities Researchers:
Getting Journal Articles Published
Date and Time: 10.30am - 12.30 pm, Tuesday 12 May 2009
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209:214).
National Australian Folklore Conference 2009
An annual conference facilitated by the Australian Folklore Network, the National Library of Australia, the National Folk Festival and the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific (CASAAP), Curtin University.
Building on the success of the four previous Australian National Folklore Conferences, the Australian Folklore Network, the National Library of Australia and the National Folk Festival will again host a one-day conference immediately before the National Folk Festival.
The conference brings together those involved in collecting, researching, archiving, performing and facilitating folklore in all its many varieties and is a prelude to the National Folk Festival, which also includes a stream of presentations and performances relevant to folklore research.
The organising partners for this event are all involved in one or more aspects of folklore collection, research, archiving and teaching:
- the National Library of Australia is the premier archive of folklore, as well as initiating and supporting extensive fieldwork programs and fellowships
- the National Folk Festival is the premier venue for the presentation and performance of Australian folk traditions
- the Australian Folklore Network connects the various folkloric interests and activities around the nation through its e-publication, Transmissions and through various projects, presentations and publications
- the Australian Folklore Research Unit in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific at Curtin University is involved in collecting, archiving, researching and teaching folklore, regionally, nationally and internationally
The conference brings these interests together, providing an opportunity for participants to discuss at a national level, issues and initiatives in the collection, study and dissemination of Australian folklore.
The conference also contains a number of related events and opportunities, including a lunchtime concert as well as the availability of new publications and recordings.
Date: 09 April 2009
Venue: National Library of Australia, Canberra.
REGIONAL COLLABORATION SYMPOSIUM, CASAAP TOGETHER WITH CURTIN’S SARAWAK CAMPUS, APRIL 2009
CASAAP co-sponsored a symposium on ‘Regional collaboration in mainstreaming gender and peace in biodiversity’ at Curtin’s Sarawak campus, Miri, on 28 and 29 April 2009. Biodiversity experts from Malaysia and Australia gathered for discussion and pledged to heighten regional collaboration in mainstreaming gender and peace in biodiversity conservation. The symposium was co-organised by Curtin University’s Australian and Sarawak staff with Malaysian Environment NGOs (MENGO) and The Peace Café.
This symposium provided the opportunity to bring together people working academically in biodiversity conservation and people developing policy and implementing grass-roots applications of biodiversity conservation. The first day addressed key overviews of approaches and issues, and the second day developed application tools to implement the broader knowledge in the local context.
This unique opportunity facilitated the development of new approaches through collaboration between key researchers in Malaysia and Australia sharing theoretical perspectives that were tested by practical policy and grassroots agencies in the discursive context of the symposium. The conference and its ongoing impact has been receiving attention from The Borneo Post.
Special thanks to Centre member Angela Wardell-Johnson for spearheading this initiative, which developed from a CASAAP seminar in early 2009.
Invitation to Morning Tea with visiting Malaysian Researchers:
Dr Ratna Malar Selvaratnam from the The Peace Café and Dr Sundari Ramakrishna representing Malaysian Environmental Non-Government Organisations (MENGO).
Dr. Ratna Malar Selvaratnam is a peace ecologist committed to bringing peace approaches to human systems, has brought her work internationally to Oxford, Manila, Kochin and Basel amongst others, and collaborates with a variety of stakeholders in her home country Malaysia.
The focus of Peace Ecology is on integrity and compassion as guiding values to create meaningful human environments. The Peace Café is used as a metaphor to harness the power of informal learning and community building.
The Malaysian Environmental Non-Government Organisations (MENGO) provides an independent platform/network of Malaysian NGOs that is committed towards enhancing the environmental sustainability agenda at local, national and international levels. This organisation aspires towards an ecologically-sound, transparent, participatory and socially just society, through sustainable development policies and practices related to natural resources management and biodiversity conservation.
Please take this opportunity of joining with us to meet an inspiring group of people who are keen to hear about our work and develop research collaborations.
Date and Time: 10.30am - 12 noon, Friday 06 February 2009
Venue: Humanities Board Room (209.214)
Download the brochure and media release for further information
Special Seminar: Emeritus Professor Steve Rabson, Brown University, Boston.
Minorities in Japan: Living Against the Myth of Homogeneity
There is a widely held view in Japan that the country is comprised of one nation, one civilization, one language, one culture, and one race. In this special seminar, Professor Rabson challenges this standpoint through a discussion of the histories and current status of four minorities in Japan: the indigenous Ainu, Burakumin, Resident Koreans, Resident Chinese, and Okinawans. He also outlines the experiences of recent immigrants from South America.
Date & Time: 10.30 am – 12.30pm, Friday 05 December 2008.
Venue: Humanities Board Room (Building 209, Room 214) Curtin University
Special launch of Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia, co-authored by Linda Briskman, Director of the Centre for Human Rights Education at Curtin University, and CASAAP Management Committee Member (2008).
Join us to celebrate this significant event as Fred Chaney, AO, Dr Carmen Lawrence, and author Linda Briskman engage in a panel discussion at Curtin University.
Date and Time: 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm, Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Venue: Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Building 211, Curtin University of Technology
The Beijing Olympics in transnational China: politics, economic reforms and the media game presented by the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific (CASAAP) and The Media-Asia Research Group (MARG)
The international media’s focus in 2008 has been very much on Beijing as the host of the Olympic Games. While most of the reporting is on sports and the athletes, the Olympic Games is more than just a sporting event. In this workshop the connections between sports, media, nationhood and politics will be examined, with a focus on both the Chinese and international coverage of the games.
Date and time: Thursday 2 October 2008, 10am to 12pm
Venue: Bank West theatre, Curtin University.
Catered Lunch: 12 noon - 1.30pm (RSVP essential)
Download the brochure for more information [.pdf - 37kb]
Giving and Taking a Research Seminar
What do you do when you're asked to give a seminar presentation, when you attend a seminar, and when you're not quite sure just what to do?
Presented by Dr Suvendrini Perera, Dr Joan Wardrop and Professor Graham Seal, Curtin University of Technology.
Date and time: Wednesday 24 September 2008, from 10am - 12 noon.
Venue: Shilbury Lecture Theatre (204.126)
Download the brochure for more information [.pdf - 320kb].
Getting Journal Articles Published
Designed as a straightforward 'how-to' session, this workshop will help researchers with the increasingly difficult demands of getting journal articles published.
Presented by Professor Graham Seal, Director CASAAP.
Date and time:Thursday 18 September 2008, from 12 noon - 2pm.
Venue: Geology Seminar Room (312.222)
Download the brochure for more information[.pdf - 325kb]
Research Forum on Counter-Terrorism:
Responses to Extremist Ideology in the South East Asian Context presented by Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific in collaboration with Future Directions International
The speaker, Christopher Heffelfinger is a researcher and consultant for the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Over the past three years he has contributed to the Militant Ideology Atlas, the CTC Harmony Project, and the continuing CTC-FBI education collaborative. He has also served as an FBI Fellow for CTC and currently instructs FBI agents on radicalization and issues pertaining to Muslims in North America.
Date and time: Monday 28 July 2008, 10.30 am – 12 noon.
Venue: Curtin University Geology Seminar Room (312.222)
Download the brochure for more information [.pdf - 320kb]
Statistics for Researchers in Humanities, a series of special workshops presented by CASAAP
- Case Study Design – an introduction with Professor Dani Stehlik, Director, Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities.
Date and time: Monday 26 May, 10 am – 12 noon.
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209.214)
- Basic Statistical Terminology with Professor Ross Taplin, Curtin Business School.
Date and time: Monday 09 June, 12 noon – 2pm.
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209.214) - Basic Statistics with Professor Ross Taplin, Curtin Business School.
Date and time: Tuesday 17 June 10 am – 12 noon.
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209.214) - Rasch Analysis with Professor David Andrich (UWA), Associate Professor Rob Cavanagh (Humanities, Curtin University), and
Dr Irene Styles (UWA).
Date and time: Monday 04 August, 10 am – 12 noon.
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209.214)
Publishing or Perishing
A special two-part workshop for Early Career Researchers with Professor Graham Seal.
- Date and time: Tuesday 11 March 2008,10am – 12 noon.
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209.214)
- Date and time: Tuesday 10 June 2008,10am – 12 noon.
Venue: Humanities Boardroom (209.214)
'Junction Zones': Coexistence Workshop Fiji, February 2008
A research project on coexistence in multiethnic societies across Asia, Australia and the Pacific, conducted by Dr Suvendrini Perera, CASAAP Management Committee Member and Senior Research Fellow in Curtin University's School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts.
Date: 29 February 2008
Location: Fiji