15th Malaysia & Singapore Society Colloquium

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Registration location: Haydon-Allen Theatre, Tank Building 23

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PROGRAM

FRIDAY 5 December 2008

9am -10am Registration

Session 1

10-11am Welcome & Plenary Session

Plenary Session, (Haydon-Allen Theatre, Tank Bldg 23)

Amina Wadud (Virginia Commonwealth University) ‘Inside the Gender Jihad’

John Funston (ANU) ‘The 2008 Malaysian Elections’

11-11.15am Morning Tea

11.15 am -12.30 pm Session 2 Islam in Society

Chair Lily Rahim

11.15-11.30am Rita Camilleri (Monash University) ‘Opposing Narratives and Interpretations of Islam: The Challenge Facing Modern Malaysia’

11.30-11.45am Ken Setiawan (Leiden University) ‘The Malaysian Human Rights Commission and Freedom of Religion’

11.45 am -12.00 pm Joshua Neoh (ANU) ‘Making Malaysian Society Legible: A Case Study of Categorical Violence in the Name of Allah’

12.00-12.30 pm Discussion

12.30-2pm LUNCH

Session 3 Power, Space and Labor

Chair Ian Metcalfe

2-2.15pm Maloti Ray (University of Melbourne) ‘Urban Studies and the Case of Kuala Lumpur’

2.15-2.30pm Amrita Malhi (ANU) ‘Territorialisation and Imaginative Geographies: Power and Space in Trengganu 1928’

2.30-2.45pm Amarjit Kaur (University of New England) ‘The Social Determinants of Heath at the Border: Migrant Workers and Primary Healthcare in Malaysia’

2.45-3.15pm Discussion

Session 4 Interpreting Culture and Interrogating Historical Narratives

Chair Amarjit Kaur

3.15-3.30pm Leong Yew (National University of Singapore) ‘Asia Transcultured: Between Globalised Asia and Local Transformation in Singapore’

3.30-.3.45pm Michelle Marie Antoinette (ANU) ‘Contesting History: Contemporary Singaporean Art and the Explosion of Culture in the New Millennium’

3.45-4pm Gaik Cheng Khoo (ANU) ‘Filling the Gaps of History: Independent Documentary Makers Re-Engage With the Malaysian Left’

4-4.15pm Diana Carroll 'William Marsden and the Pattern of Nineteenth Century British Scholarship in the Peninsula’

4.15-4.45pm Discussion

4.45-5pm Afternoon Tea

5-5.45pm Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia GENERAL MEETING

6pm BOOK LAUNCH

Asia Bookroom ,Unit 2, 1-3, Lawry Place, Macquarie

Jan van der Putten and Mary Kilcline Cody (eds) ‘Lost Times and Untold Tales from the Malay World’

7.30 pm Malaysia and Singapore Society Dinner
Turkish Pide House, Cnr Barry Drive & Moore St, Canberra City

SATURDAY 6 December 2008

Session 1 Challenges in the New Millennium

Chair Gaik Cheng Khoo

9.30-9.45am Jan van der Putten (NUS) ‘Selamat Datang, Selamat Pergi: Some Observations of a Present Day Manhunt and the Role of Posters’

9.45-10am Faizal bin Yahya (NUS) ‘Singapore’s Small and Medium Enterprises Venturing Overseas’

10-10.15am Lily Zubaidah Rahim (University of Sydney) ‘The Singa and Garuda: Undercurrents in Singapore-Indonesia Relations’

10.15-10.30 Sian Matthews (ANU) ‘Australia and Malaysia Cooperative Policy-Making: An FTA Case Study’

10.30-11.00am Discussion

11-11.15am Morning Tea

Session 2 Contesting Old Paradigms

Chair John Funston

11.15-11.30am Michael Leigh (University of Melbourne) ‘Malaysia: Democratic Transition or Authoritarian Reversion’

11.30-11.45am Michael O’Shannassy (ANU) ‘Touching the Essential?: A Gramscian Perspective on the 2008 Malaysian General Election’

11.45-12.00 pm Clive Kessler (University of New South Wales) ‘Malaysia in 2008’

12.00-12.30 pm Discussion

12.45pm LUNCH

ISLAM & SECULARISM IN MALAYSIA WORKSHOP

Thursday 4 December 2008
Al Falasi Lecture Theatre, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
College of Arts and social Sciences, ANU
(Being held in conjunction with Malaysia & Singapore Society 15th Colloquium)

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ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is available at the following:

Liversidge Court Apartments – 02 6125 1100

Building # 78, ANU - Liversidge Street, ACTON

Rate: Studio Apartment $149.00 p/night self catered

At: http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaybldg.asp?no=78
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University House – 02 6125 5211

Building # 1, ANU - 1 Balmain Cres, ACTON

Rate: $130 p/nght Single B&B, $143 p/nght Twin B&B, $123 p/nght Rm Only

At: http://www.anu.edu.au/unihouse/accomm/accomm.htm
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Unilodge Exchange (ANU Residential) – 02 6194 5000

25 Childers Street, Canberra City

Rate: $ - Due to accommodation expansion Unilodge is unable to give a firm committement regarding accommodation for the period of the symposium. Callers closer to the dates will receive information re availability.

At: www.unilodge.com.au
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Bruce Hall (ANU Residential) – 02 6125 6000

Bldg # 40, ANU – Daley Road, ACTON

Rate: $50 p/nght single non catered

At: http://accom.anu.edu.au/UAS/209.html
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Burton & Garran Hall (ANU Residential) – 02 6194 0000/6267 4333

Bldg # 49, ANU – Daley Road, ACTON

Rate: $50 p/night single non catered

At: http://bandg.anu.edu.au/BandG/62.html
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Other Accommodation Options: Canberra has a wide range of accommo-dation options, close to the ANU campus, extending from backpacker lodges to five-star hotels.

Rates: Variable $

At: http://arts.anu.edu.au/ashb/accommodation.htm
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The ANU Campus map can be found :

At: http://accom.anu.edu.au/UAS/186.html

Please contact Lily Zubaidah Rahim (L.Rahim@usyd.edu.au) or John Funston (jfunston@pcug.org.au) for further information.