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Conferences, Lectures and Seminars in 2006

Lectures and Seminars:

Thursday 23 February, 2006:

Associate Professor Kiranjit Kaur (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia)

Women in Media: Depiction and Distortion in Malaysian Television Dramas

Tuesday 15 August 2006:

ASIA CENTRE PUBLIC SEMINAR

Dr John Kent
(Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics)
Israel, the US and the Middle East: the weight of the past and the collapse of the future.
REPORT

Friday 1 September 2006:

Dr John Kent
(Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics)
Security ('It blows the mind most bitterly') and Empire: Foreign Policy and Military Strategy in the Middle-East

Tuesday 10 October 2006:
ASIA CENTRE PUBLIC SEMINAR

Professor Lakshmi Subramaniam
(Senior Fellow in History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta; Currently Senior Visiting Fellow, CAPSTRANS University of Wollongong)
Embracing the Canonical: Tradition and Modernity in Indian Music

DETAILS

Tuesday 7 November 2006:
ASIA CENTRE PUBLIC SEMINAR

Dr Urmila Goel
(Visiting Research Fellow, UNE Asia Centre)
Indians in Germany - The imagination of a community
Day/Date: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Time: 1.00 pm
Place: Lecture Theatre A2, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New England

Workshop & Colloquium:

ASSA/UNESCO Australia Workshop 2006 [ 28-29 November 2006 – UNE
Workshop Title: MIGRATION CHALLENGES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC IN THE 21^ST CENTURY

14th MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE SOCIETY COLLOQUIUM 2006 UNE, ARMIDALE
BOUNDARIES AND SHIFTING SOVEREIGNTIES: MIGRATION, SECURITY ISSUES AND REGIONAL COOPERATION
Thursday 30 November - Friday 1 December 2006
http://www.une.edu.au/malaysiasoc/14thColl.html

For details please contact Professor Ian Metcalfe.

Conferences, Lectures and Seminars in 2005

Lectures and Seminars:

Wednesday 15 June 4.00 pm:

Ian Metcalfe (Asia Centre, UNE)

Giant Caves of Borneo (Sarawak): Geology, Archaeology and Ecotourism

Wednesday 10 August 1.00 pm (International Precinct Seminar Room):

Prof. Cliff Goddard (Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, UNE)

Cultural scripts and intercultural communication.

Friday 9 September 2005 1.00 pm (Lewis Seminar Room, EBL):

Helen Godfrey (PhD Student Economics/Asia Centre)

The Forgotten Trade: Gutta Percha and the Telegraph - a Trading Ecology

(PhD Proposal Seminar)

Wednesday 14 September 1.00 pm (International Precinct Seminar Room):

Dr. Albert Wijeweera (Economics, UNE)

Empirical Analysis of Debt Overhang Hypothesis: The Case of Sri Lanka

Tuesday 18 October 12 noon to 1 pm (Lecture Room A2, Arts building):

Dr Jim Masselos (University of Sydney)

The Transit of Bombay/Mumbai through the Twentieth Century: Form and transformation

Friday 28 October 1 pm (Lewis Seminar Room, EBL):

Gorawut Numnak (Asia Centre – PhD Seminar)

Foreign Workers in Thailand

Thursday 3 November 5.30 pm (5.00 pm drinks) (Arts Lecture Theatre 2):

UNEAC Annual Public Lecture

Emeritus Professor Malcolm Falkus (UNE)

Islam and Terror in Asia: A Thai Perspective

For details please contact Professor Brasted.

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