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We invite members to submit panel and paper proposals on a range of issues including migration, Islam and the state, terrorism, human rights, human trafficking, bilateral/regional cooperation etc.
Requests to present a paper at the colloquium should reach the convenors no later than 10 October 2006. Acceptance of papers for oral presentation will be made by the Convenors and depend on relevance to the focus of the colloquium and availability of program slots.
This year there will be a scheduled postgraduate workshop on the afternoon of 1 December where students will be able to present short talks on their research relating to Malaysia & Singapore and receive feedback from peers and other academics. Postgraduates who present a paper at the Postgraduate Workshop on aspects of their research/thesis will be assigned a mentor who will provide detailed feedback to them.
We are pleased to inform you that Amarjit has donated her Jackson lecture honorarium to cover the registration costs for postgraduate researchers. Waiving of registration for postgraduates will be on a competitive basis. Students should make an application, preferably be email to Prof. Ian Metcalfe, Email: imetcal2@une.edu.au Please include an email from your supervisor, an abstract of no more than 300 words and a biography of no more than 100 words in your application which should be received no later than 10 October 2006. Students who present a paper at the colloquium or make a presentation at the postgraduate workshop will be given priority for support.
Registration Form now available. Please click HERE to download a PDF version. Please register by 20 November 2006.
Click HERE to download a PDF version of the PROGRAM.
ACCOMMODATION
We recommend that participants stay at the Cameron Lodge Motor Inn, Cnr Barney & Dangar Sts Armidale NSW 2350, close to the CBD. Telephone: (02) 6772 2351 Facsimile: (02) 6772 5600. Participants should make their own bookings and payments directly with the Motel. We have negotiated a special rate of $70 (Bed & Breakfast per person) for participants with the Cameron Lodge so please mention the Colloquium when booking. There are also many other motels in Armidale available.
Budget AccommodationBudget accommodation is available at Mary White College on the UNE campus as follows:
Rate : $49/- per night B & B (standard single rooms with shareed bathroom down the corridor)
A limited number of rooms in the all female block are available. Payment details need to be received at the time of booking, along with any special needs.
Dinner : casual rate $10/- per day
Contact: Sally James Ph: (02) 6773 1243 Email: sjames@une.edu.au
PROGRAM (Click HERE to download a PDF version )
WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2006
7:30 pm PUBLIC LECTURE (LT A2, Arts Building)
Fr. David Holdcroft
‘The Jesuit Refugee Service and Displaced Persons in Southeast Asia’
THURSDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2006
8:00-8:45 am REGISTRATION
8:45-9:00 am Welcome and Opening by Professor Robin Pollard, Pro Vice-Chancellor Development & International, UNE
Chair: Howard Brasted
9:00-9:15 am Tessa Morris-Suzuki (ANU)
‘Rethinking Regional Migration: Reflections from the East Asian Experience’
9:15-9:30 am Binod Khadria (JNU, India and ARI, NUS)
‘The Movement of Skilled Indian Workers in the Asia-Pacific Region: Mapping Emerging Geo-Economic Contours through a Telescope and a Microscope’
9:30-9:45 am Aswatini (LIPI, Indonesia)
‘Indonesian labour Migration to Malaysia and Singapore’
9:45-10:00 am Arunajeet Kaur (NUS)
‘Integrating ‘foreign talent’ into the multi –racial social fabric of Singapore and its policy implications: Case study of Indian professionals in Singapore since 1991’
10:00-10:40 am DISCUSSION
10:40-11:10 am MORNING TEA
Session 2 International Migration & Health Issues
Chair: Michele Ford
11:10-11:25 am Bligh Grant (UNE)
‘Malaysia, Singapore & Australia: Contemporary Immigration Regimes Compared’
11:25-11:40 am Mary Ditton & Leigh Lehane (UNE)
‘Problems in primary health care in rural Thailand’
11:40-11:55 am Jarurat Yanggratoke (Thailand)
‘Policy Shift in Migrant Worker Policy and Its Effects on Thailand’s Health System’
11:55-12:20 pm DISCUSSION
12.20-1:30 pm LUNCH
12.50-1:30 pm MALAYSIA & SINGAPORE SOCIETY AGM
Chair: Tessa Morris-Suzuki
1:30-1:45 pm Michele Ford (U. Sydney)
‘Temporary Migration, Labour Rights and Economic Citizenship in East and Southeast Asia: Some Preliminary Reflections’
1:45-2:00 pm Amarjit Kaur (UNE)
‘Governance of migration and frameworks for border controls in Malaysia and Singapore’
2:00-2:15 pm Denis Wright (UNE)
‘Forced Migration and Trafficking in South Asia’
2:15-2:40 pm DISCUSSION
Chair: Fadzilah Majid Cooke
2:40-2:55 pm Michael Leigh (U. Melbourne)
‘Nation and State in the Asia-Pacific Region’
2:55-3:10 pm Lily Rahim (U. Sydney)
‘The Politics of Competitive National-Building and Communalism in Singapore and Malaysia'
3:10-3:35 pm DISCUSSION
3:35-4:00 pm AFTERNOON TEA
Chair: Michael Leigh
4:00-4:15 pm John Funston (ANU)
‘The Thai State and Muslims in Southern Thailand: Should Malaysia be worried?’
4:15-4:30 pm Rita Camilleri (Monash U.)
‘Regional Cooperation on Muslim Minorities’
4:30-4:45 pm Kiranjit Kaur (UiTM, Malaysia)
‘The Media and Reporting on Security Issues in Malaysia’
4:45-5:10 pm DISCUSSION
6:00-7:30 pm DINNER & Book Launches (Booloominbah)
Launch of Fadzilah Majid Cooke’s book ‘State, Communities and Forests in Contemporary Borneo’ [A. Kaur]
Launch of 14th James C. Jackson memorial Lecture – Amarjit Kaur [Howard Brasted]
7:45 pm ILLUSTRATED PUBLIC LECTURE
(LT A2, Arts Building)
Ian Metcalfe (UNE)
‘Caves and Cave Temples of Peninsular Malaysia’
FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER 2004
Chair: Lily Rahim
8:30-8:45 am Nadra Hosen (CCES, Indonesia)
‘Islam in Indonesia’
8.45-9:00 am Nadirsyah Hosen (UQ)
‘Syariah Law in Indonesia’
9:00-9:15 am Zifirdaus Adnan (UNE)
‘Islamic radicalisation in Indonesia with reference to suicide bombers.’
9:15-9:40 am DISCUSSION
Session 7 Community, Economy and Society: Sustainable Development
Chair: Christine Inglis
9:40-9:55 am Fadzilah Majid Cooke (University of Malaysia, Sabah)
‘Indigenous “Voluntary” Migration and Oil Palm: The Symbolic Dimension’
9:55-10:10 am Helen Godfrey (UNE)
‘The Forgotten Trade: Gutta Percha and the Telegraph – a Trading Ecology’
10:10-10:25 am DISCUSSION
10:25-11:00 am MORNING TEA
Session 8 Transnationalism & Identity
Chair: Ian Metcalfe
11:00-11:15 am Christine Inglis (RIAP, Sydney)
‘Transnationalism and its relevance to understanding migration in an uncertain environment: The case of Malaysia and Singapore’
11:15-11.30 am Urmila Goel (UNE/Germany)
‘Shifting boundaries on the internet: Strategies of “second generation Indians” in Germany’
11:30-12:00 pm DISCUSSION
12.00-12.15 pm Colloquium Closing Remarks
12:15-1:15 pm LUNCH
1:15-5:00 pm POSTGRADUATE WORKSHOP & TEA
Chair: Amarjit Kaur
The following students will make 20 minute presentations followed by discussion and feedback from Workshop Mentors:
Alistair David Blair Cook (University of Melbourne)
‘Normative Evolution and Regional Constraints: The International Refugee Regime in Southeast Asia’
Sylvia Yazid (Monash U.)
‘The Role of NGOs in Promoting the Rights of Indonesian Women Migrant Workers: Activism of Migrant Labour and Women's NGOs’
Risa Tokunaga (ANU)
‘Refugee communities in Malaysia: dynamics between border control and human rights’
Gaim James Lunkapis (Macquarie U.)
‘Social Impact Assessment Framework for Sustainable Local Resource Management in Sabah, Malaysia’
Coral Kee (U. Sydney)
‘The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Crisis in Singapore’
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