Seminars
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2011 Seminars
- Workshop, Wednesday 30th November to Friday
2nd December, ECL Lecture Theatre 3.
The 4th Japanese History Workshop Australia
Convenor: Dr Takeshi Moriyama, Asia Research Centre - Public Seminar, Friday 25th November,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 3:30 pm
Dr Heribert Dieter, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
Trade integration in Asia and the drawbacks of preferential agreements - Public Seminar, Friday 18th November,
Freehills Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University, 2:30 pm
Associate Professor Heng Yee Kuang Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Japan's soft power as a global trouble-shooter: aspirations and conceptual implications - Public Seminar, Thursday 13th October,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Dr Kurt Stenross, Asia Research Centre
The Maritime Culture of Madura, Indonesia - Public Seminar, Thursday 6th October,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 3:30 pm
Jacqui Baker, Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong
'From Casino Protectionism to the Economy of Law: Transformations in the Illicit Economies of the Indonesian Police: 1981-2007 ' - Public Seminar, Friday 16th September,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Associate Professor Raj Ramanathapiallai, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA
'Mud Spray: The Conflict between Humans and Elephants in Asia' - Public Seminar, Tuesday 30th August, Hill Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University, 10:00 am
Dr Daniel Twining, German Marshall Fund of the United States
'U.S. Foreign Policy and Ongoing U.S. Engagement in the Asia Pacific: Strategic and Economic Outlook' - Public Seminar, Monday 25th July,
Freehills Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University, 3:30 pm
Dr Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University
'Development, Globalization, and Islamic Finance in Contemporary Indonesia' - Public Seminar, Wednesday 15th June,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 2:30 pm
Adjunct Professor Anna George, Murdoch University
'Scope of Intellectual Property Patents: Recent Developments in the US and Australia Indicate that a Fundamental Reassessment of the Governance of IPRs May be Underway? ' - Public Seminar, Wednesday 1st June,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 10:30 am
Dr Shahar Hameiri, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University
'State Transformation and the Rescaling of Security: Understanding the Politics of Non-Traditional Security ' - Public Seminar, Thursday 14th April, Senate Room, 1:30 pm
Professor Jonathan Rigg, University of Durham, UK
'Revisiting rural places: Pathways to poverty and prosperity in Southeast Asia' - Public Seminar, Wednesday
23rd March, Senate Room, 1:30 pm
Dr. James Gomez, Monash University
'Singapore's Forthcoming Elections: Prospects for Change' - Public Seminar, Monday 7th March,
Hill Lecture Theatre, 4:00 pm
Professor Robert Cribb, Australian National University
'Orangutans and the boundaries of humankind: from the 17th century to the 21st'
2010 Seminars
- Public Seminar, Thursday 11th March,
Senate Room, 1:30 pm
Associate Professor Jim Glassman, University of British Columbia
'The Provinces Elect Governments, Bangkok Overthrows Them': Urbanity, Class, and Post-Democracy in Thailand - Public Seminar, Thursday
18th March, Senate Room, 1:00 pm
I Ketut Putra Erawan, Executive Director, Institute for Peace and Democracy, Udayana University - Workshop, Monday 22nd and Tuesday
23rd March, EH4.078
'Studying "spaces of non-existence": Methodological concerns'
Convenors: Dr Ian Wilson, Asia Research Centre; Dr Barak Kalir, University of Amsterdam and Mr Luky Djani, Indonesia Corruption Watch - Public Seminar, Thursday 15th April
Senate Room 1:30pm
Professor Richard Stubbs, MacMaster University, Ontario
Changing Dynamics in Economic Security in Southeast Asia - Public Seminar, Tuesday 4th May
Senate Room 1:30pm
Professor Andrew Wang, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
and Visiting Research Fellow, Murdoch Business School
China's Trade Patterns and Policies - One Just WorldForum, Wednesday
9 June,State Library of Western Australia
-Theatre, Perth Cultural Centre, Francis St,
Perth 5:30pm
Australia the Peace Builder. Post Conflict Issues in our Region: What can Australia Do?
One Just World is a national series of free, after-work speakers' forums aimed at involving the community in conversation and debate on key international development issues facing Australia, the Asia-Pacific and beyond. It is a partnership between World Vision Australia, the International Women's Development Agency (IWDA), AusAID and in WA, the Asia Research Centre. - Workshop, Thursday 17th and Friday
18th June, Senate Room
'Macao's Casino Capitalism: Gaming, Governance and Public Policy' Workshop
Convenor: Professor Ian Scott, Asia Research Centre - Public Seminar, Thursday 15th July
Senate Room 2:30pm
Professor Kevin Hewison, Director, Carolina Asia Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Inequality and Class War: Considering the Political Economy of Thailand's Uprising - Public Seminar 10th August, 8th
Floor Conference Room, Exchange Plaza,
Perth, 12:30 pm-2:00pm
Professor Vedi Hadiz, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Islamic Politics and Indonesian Democracy - Public Seminar, Thursday 9th September,
Senate Room 10:30am
Professor Baogang He, Chair in International Studies, Deakin University
The Renewal of China’s Authoritarianism through Public Deliberation - One Just World Forum, Tuesday 14th
September, State Library of Western Australia
-Theatre, Perth Cultural Centre, Francis St,
Perth, 5:30pm
The Big Win Win: Corporate Social Responsibility and the World’s Poor - Public Seminar, 17th September,
Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Doug Porter, The World Bank
Discourses of Discomfort: research and dialogue on Solomon Islands’ growth futures - Conference, December
‘The Elephant in the Room: Development Policy and the Problem of Politics’
Convenor: Professor Richard Robison, Asia Research Centre
2009 Seminars
- Public Seminar, 26th November, Senate
Room, 1:30 pm, Murdoch University
Scott Guggenheim, AusAID-Indonesia partnership Program
Development and Village Governance in Indonesia - Public Seminar, 14th December, Senate
Room, 10:30 am, Murdoch University
Dr Janet Borland, Asia Research Centre
Sites of Learning: Reconstructing New Primary Schools for the Imperial Capital of Japan, 1923-1930 - Public Lecture, 8th September, Kim
E Beazley Lecture Theatre, 4:00 -5:00pm,
Murdoch University
His Excellency Mr David Daly, European Union Ambassador to Australia
Europe and Australia: EU – Australia Linkages - Public Seminar, 12th August, Senate
Room, 1:30 pm, Murdoch University
Dr Gerard Strange, University of Lincoln, UK
World Order and EU Regionalism: Beyond New Constitutionalism - Public Seminar, 17th June, Senate
Room, 1:30 pm, Murdoch University
Professor Ian Scott, Asia Research Centre
Gaming, Governance and Public Policy in the New Macao - Public Seminar, 19th May, Senate
Room, 1:30 pm, Murdoch University
Professor James Chin, Monash University, Malaysia
Old Wine in a New Bottle? The new Najib Administration - Public Seminar, 7th May, Senate
Conference Room, 2:30 pm, Murdoch University
Professor Kevin Hewison, Director, Carolina Asia Centre, University of North Carolina
Thai-Style Democracy: Royalists and the Struggle for Thailand’s Constitution - Public Seminar 23rd April, Senate
Room , 3:30 pm, Murdoch University
Professor Ben Reilly, Director, Centre for Democratic Institutions, Australian National University
Political Engineering and Ethnic Politics in the Asia-Pacific - One Just World Forum Growing cities, growing slums, 28th April, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Perth 5.30 pm - 7pm
- Public Seminar Date to be confirmed, Senate
Room , Murdoch University
Associate Professor Jim Glassman, University of British Columbia - Public Seminar 9th April, Jackson
McDonald Room, Law Building , Murdoch University
Professor Shaun Breslin, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, Warwick University
China: Democratising One Party Rule? - Public Seminar 2nd April, Senate
Room, 1:30 pm Murdoch University
Shahar Hameiri, Asia Research Centre
State Building Interventions and the Elusive Search for State Capacity - Public Seminar 9th March, Senate
Room , Murdoch University, 11:30 pm
Professor Adam Roberts, Centre for International Studies, Oxford University, Oxford
Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Asian Realities - 'New Modes of Governance
and Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific' Conference
12th-13th February, 2009. Brian Hill Lecture Theatre and Senate Room, Murdoch University - 'The History of Marine
Animal Populations in Asia-Towards a Regional Synthesis' Conference
11th February, 2009. Senate Room, Murdoch University - 'AusAID
Political Governance Review' workshop
Asia Research Centre, 23rd January - 'Cambodia’s
Economic Transformation'workshop
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 5-7 January - 'Southeast
Asian Exiles' workshop
Australian National University
2008 Seminars
- Public Seminar 7th November,
8th
Floor Conference Room,
Exchange Plaza, Perth, 2:00 pm
Professor C. Raja Mohan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
India - U.S. Strategic Partnership After Bush - Public Seminar 23rd October,
Senate
Room ,
Murdoch University, 11:30 am
Professor James Cotton, University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra
Australian International Thought and Asia, Then and Now - Public Seminar 16th October,
Senate
Room ,
Murdoch University, 11:30 am
Associate Professor Simon James Bytheway, Nihon University and Adjunct Fellow, Curtin University
Money and Banks, Finance and The State: An Investigation into the Role of the State in Japanese Finance, 1868-2008 - One Just World Forum 21 August, Fremantle Town Hall, 7:00pm
'Beyond Charity : Incorporating Human Rights into Development' - Public Seminar 15th May,
Senate
Room ,
Murdoch University, 12:30 pm
Professor Mark Beeson, University of Birmingham
Trading places? China, the United States and the evolution of the international political economy - Public Seminar 28th April,
Senate
Room,
Murdoch University, 10:30 am
Dr Tim Huxley, Executive Director, The International Institute for Strategic Studies Ð Asia, Singapore
An Arms Race in the Region? Southeast Asian Defence Policies, Military Spending and Weapons Procurement - Public Seminar 28th March,
8th
Floor Conference Room,
Exchange Plaza, Perth, 2:00 pm
Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, Republic of India
The Rise of India and the Implications for Regional Stability
2007 Seminars
- Public Seminar 11th December,
8th
Floor Conference Room,
Exchange Plaza, Perth, 10:00 am
Professor Rosemary Foot, University of Oxford, U.K
The Rise of China:Implications for Regional Security - Public Seminar 19th October,
Senate
Room, Murdoch University, 11:00 am
Lieutenant General John Sanderson,Special Adviser to the Government of Western Australia on Indigenous Affairs
The Shifting Centre of Global Power: Australia's Emerging Relationships in Asia and the South Pacific - Research Seminar 24th August,
Chancellery
Building, Rm 3.1B,
Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Donna Turner
(Re)Locating conflictual state-labour relations: The case of Malaya(sia) - Public Seminar 10th August,
Worship
Centre, Murdoch University, 9:30 am
Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat University, Bangkok
Untying the Gordian Knot? The Difficulties in Solving Violence in Southern Thailand - Public Seminar 13th August,
Senate
Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Dr Makoto Iokibe, President of the National Defence Academy of Japan
Security in East Asia in the Turbulent Post-Cold War Period - Research Seminar 25th May,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Dr Henry Chen
Taiwanese Offshore (Distant Water) Fisheries in Southeast Asia, 1936-1977 - Public Seminar 31st May,
ECL3 Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University, 10:00 am
Dr Susan Wright
Forming the Bioterrorism 'Bandwagon': Implications for the BioSciences and Disarmament - Research Seminar 11th May,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Toby Carroll
The Politics of New Approaches to Institutionalising Markets: The World Bank and Water Privatisation in the Philippines - Research Seminar 27th April,
Chancellery, Room4.1, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Ms Georgina Stevens
The Fight Against Discrimination and Legal Mobilisation of Minority Groups in Japan. - Public Seminar 30th March,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Associate Professor Jim Glassman, University of British Columbia
Democracy with Thai Characteristics? Social Movements, Nationalism, and the Coup of 2006 - Public Seminar - 2nd March,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 1:30 pm
Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, Tokyo University, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Japan and Security Problems in East Asia
2006 Seminars
- Public Seminar Series - 16th November ,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 12:30 pm
Professor James Perry, Indiana University
Radically Rethinking How We Motivate Public Servants - JapanÕs
Role in Asia Seminar Series - 27th October ,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 12:30 pm
Professor Takashi Shiraishi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
Reflections on East Asia Community Building - JapanÕs
Role in Asia Seminar Series - 15th September,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 12:30 pm
Professor Yasuji Ishigaki, Tokai University Law School
JapanÕs Strategic Vision for Asia and its Partnership with Australia - Public Seminar Series - 21st September ,
Senate Room, Murdoch University, 12:30 pm
Professor Richard Robison, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
Liberal Markets, Illiberal Governance - Public Lecture - 28th September, Kim
E Beazley Lecture Theatre, Murdoch University,
11:30am-12:45pm
The Honourable Dr Brendan Nelson, Federal Minister for Defence
Regional Instability and Australian Responses - JapanÕs
Role in Asia Seminar Series - 25th August,
Senate
Room, Murdoch University, 12:30 pm
Professor Keiichi Tsunekawa, University of Tokyo
Dependent Nationalism in Contemporary Japan and Its Implications for the Regional Order in the Asia Pacific - Public Seminar Series - 9th August, Senate Room, Murdoch University,
12:30 pm
Dr Nathan Quimpo, University of Amsterdam
Ethnic Conflict, Islamist Insurgency and the Peace Process in Mindanao, Southern Philippines - Public Symposium - 4th August, 8th Floor Conference Room, Exchange Plaza, Sherwood Court,
10:30 am
Professor Yukiko Fukagawa and Associate-Professor Ann Capling,
Japan-Australia Free Trade Agreement: How likely and who benefits?
with assistance from a 2006 Australia-Japan Year of Exchange Grass-roots Support grant. - Workshop - 17th July, Senate room, Murdoch University, 9:00 am
- 5:00 pm
Port Privatisation: The Asia Pacific Experience - Public Seminar Series - 15th July, Senate Room, Murdoch University,
12:00 pm
Michael Fernandez, Singapore
Nine Years in Changi - Public Seminar Series - 15th June, Senate Room, Murdoch University,
12:00 pm
Dr Kazuhiro Harada, Visiting Fellow, Asia Research Centre
From Coercion to Collaboration: Participatory Forest Management in Indonesia - Public Seminar Series - 12th June, Senate Room, Murdoch University,
12:30 pm
Professor Robert G Sutter, with the US Consulate in Perth
Bush and US Foreign Policy in Asia: Implications for the Region - Public Seminar Series - 5th May, Lounge Room, Club Murdoch,
10:00 am
Dr Aloysius L. Madja, Indonesian Consul in Perth
International Terror, Illegal Fishing and Papua: Issues and Implications for the Indonesian - Australian Relationship - Public Seminar Series - 3rd April, Senate Conference Room, 1:30
pm
Dr Andrew Rosser, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK
The Political Economy of State Building in Timor Leste - Roundtable - 13th March, 8th Floor Conference Room,
Exchange Plaza, Sherwood Court, Perth, 10:00 am Sorry Full
Dr Ellen Frost, Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics, Adjunct Research Fellow at the National Defense University’s Institute of National Strategic Studies in the United States.
Professor Stuart Harris, Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University and former head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Professor Samuel Makinda, Chair for Security, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies, Murdoch University. Member, Australian Foreign MinisterÕs National Consultative Committee for International Security Issues and member, Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.
ChinaÕs Rise: Force for Regional Stability or Regional Friction? - Public Seminar Series - 1st March, Senate Room, 4:00 pm
Dr Rajat Ganguly, University of East Anglia, UK
Insurgency: Motivation, Capability and Opportunity Structure
2005 Seminars
- Public Seminar Series - 21st April, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Dr Edward Aspinall, University of Sydney
The Social and Political Impact of the Tsunami on Aceh - Research Seminar Series - 5th May, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Ian Wilson, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Vigilantes, violent entrepreneurs and the privatization of security in Indonesia - Public Seminar Series - 12th May, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Professor Chua Beng Huat, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Taking Group Cultural Rights Seriously: Multiculturalism in Singapore - Research Seminar Series - 20th May, Chancellery 3.1b, 12:30
pm
Jie Chen, Political Science and International Relations, UWA
Transnationalization of Chinese civil society: implications for democratization - Research Seminar Series - 26th May, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
James Warren, Asian Studies and Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Typhoon: Climate ,History and Society in the Philippines: Some initial Thoughts - Research Seminar Series - 8th June, Senate
Room, 12:30 pm
John Edwards, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Recent animal and human disease events in Asia and the relationship with culture, systems of livestock production and the environment - Research Seminar Series - 17th June, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Kanishka Jayasuriya, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Contractualism and transnational welfare governance - Research Seminar Series - 11th July, Senate
Room, 12:30 pm
Bernard Arps, Visiting Fellow, ANU and Javanese Linguistics and Literature, Leiden University
Audio scandals and their actors: crimes, gaffes and sensations involving sound media in recent Indonesian history - Research Seminar Series - 29th July, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Robin Gauld, Visiting Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Advanced Asian health systems in comparison - Research Seminar Series - 5th August, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Terence Lee, Mass Communication and Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Gestural Politics: Civil Society in 'New' Singapore - Public Seminar Series - 11th August, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Professor Paul Evans, Acting Director, Liu Institute For Global Issues, University of British Columbia
A Conservative Restoration of Asia-Pacific Security? - Public Seminar Series - 19th August, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Associate Professor Paul Hutchcroft, University of Wisconsin-Madison visiting Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Strong Demands and Weak Institutions: Addressing the Democratic Deficit in the Philippines - Public Seminar Series - 22nd Sept, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Associate Professor Khoo Boo Teik, Universiti Sains Malaysia
From Mahathir to Abdullah: What Does it Mean for Malaysia? - Public Seminar Series - 4th Oct, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Professor Dorothy Solinger, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director, Center for Asian Stiudies, University of California Irvine
Globalisation and Job Loss in China: Comparing Protest and Welfare Effects with France and Mexico. - Research Seminar Series - 14th Oct, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Gary Meyers, Law and Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in Bio-Resources - Public Seminar Series - 20th Oct, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Associate Professor Vedi Hadiz, National University of Singapore
Global Economy, Local Conflict: Indonesia After Soeharto - Research Seminar Series - 28th Oct, Senate
Room, 12:30 pm
Gary Sigley, Asian Studies, UWA
Engineering the Soul: Market Anxieties and China's New Experts - Public Seminar Series - 3rd Nov, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Dr Mark Beeson, University of Queensland
Living with Leviathan: Australia, Asia, and American Hegemony - Research Seminar Series - 11th Nov, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Colin Brown, Media, Society and Culture, Curtin University
The Indonesian National Games of 1951 and 1953: sport, politics and ethnicity in early post-revolutionary Indonesia - Research Seminar Series - 18th Nov, Senate Room, 12:30 pm
Malcolm Tull, Business and Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Potential impacts of management measures on Indonesian artisanal shark and ray fishers - Research Seminar Series - 29th November, Brian Hill Lecture
Theatre, 12:30pm
Professor Bryan Turner, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Citizens and States in Asia: the dynamic of religion and politics in state formation - Public Seminar Series - 1st Dec, Chancellery 3.1b, 12:30 pm
Associate Professor Vivienne Wee, Associate Director, South East Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong
Resource Politics and Competing Ethno-Nationalisms in Asia
2004 Seminars
- ÔThe Next IndonesiaÕ Seminar Series - 8th April
Max Lane, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Revisiting the state in Indonesian politics: the "anti-capitalist" counter-revolutionary state and 1998. - ÔThe Next IndonesiaÕ Seminar Series - 29th April
Max Lane, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
The process of revival of class struggle politics and its impact on the fall of Suharto and post-reformasi politics: the limitations of the structuralist approach - Public Seminar Series - 7th May
Professor Shaun Breslin,University of Warwick
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: The Public, the Private and the International - ÔThe Next IndonesiaÕ Seminar Series - 13th May
Max Lane, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Revisiting the "Showcase State" (Development is STILL the issue): the political economy of economic development and the coming political crisis. - ÔThe Next IndonesiaÕ Seminar Series - 10th June
Max Lane, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Will Indonesia disintegrate? class, culture and nation in the era of dead-end development - Public Seminar Series - 17th June
Professor Amitav Acharya, Deputy Director, Institute of Defence and
Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Asia and the Age of Fear: Regional Order after 9/11 - Public Seminar Series - 22nd June
Max Lane, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
The 2004 elections in Indonesia: preparing the way for the next political crisis - Public Seminar Series - 15th July
Hugh White, Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra
Losing Faith: Asian Crises and Australian Security Since 1997 - Public Seminar Series - 5th August
Professor John Clammer, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Citizenship, Rights, Class and Identity in Post-Bubble Asia - Public Seminar Series - 2nd September
Professor Pasuk Phongpaichit, Chulalongkorn University
Thailand Under Thaksin: Another Malaysia? - Public Seminar Series - 23rd September
Dr David Wright-Neville, Monash University
Losing the Democratic Moment: Counter Terrorism in Southeast Asia - Public Seminar Series - 14th October
Associate-Professor M. Ramesh, University of Sydney
Emerging Forms of Capitalism in Asia - Public Seminar Series - 4th November
Associate-Professor Norani Othman, Deputy Director, IKMAS, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Political Islam and Women’s Rights: Southeast Asia and the Middle East - Public Seminar Series - 25th November
Sidney Jones, Southeast Asia Project Director, International Crisis Group, Jakarta
Political Impacts of the ‘War on Terror’ in Indonesia
2003 Seminars
- 27th February
Dr Marshall Clark, School Of Asian Languages And Studies, University Of Tasmania
Men and Masculinities in Indonesian Media - 3rd March
Professor David Goodman, Director, Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney
Structuring Local Identity: Nation, Province and Country - 15th April
Associate Professor Greg Tower, Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University
Accounting Models and Reporting Expectations: Evidence from the Indian Sub-Continent - 5th May
Professor Paul Bowles, Department of Economics, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Privatisation of Rural Enterprises in China: Processes and Outcomes - 22nd May
Max Lane, Fellow, CAPSTRANS, University of Wollongong
Indonesian Politics after the 2004 elections: Crisis of the political elite, bankruptcy of 'Civil Society' and disorganization at the grassroots - 17th July
David Reeve, Department of Chinese and Indonesian, School of Modern Language Studies, University of New South Wales
Outsider/Insider - The painful journey of becoming Indonesian - 25th July
Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
India's New Approach To The Indian Ocean - 30th October, EH 4.78, 12:30 pm
Ian Wilson, Research Associate, Asia Research Centre
The 'Para-militarization' of Indonesian political culture
2002 Seminars
- 12th March
Professor James Warren, Asian Studies, School of Humanities, Murdoch University
A Tale of Two Centuries: The Globalisation of Maritime Raiding and Piracy in Southeast Asia at The End of the Eighteenth and Twentieth Centuries - 19th March
Associate Professor David Brown, Head of School, Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University
Globalisation and the (Re)Construction of Nation States: An Explanation of Ethnic Conflict - 2nd April
Dr Greg Acciaioli, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Reappropriating Colonial Categories, Fashioning Conteporary Identities: Integrating Subnational and Transnational Loyalties in Decentralising Indonesia - 4th April
Dita Sari, Indonesian Trade Union Leader
Why I Rejected Reebok: Fighting Multinationals and The IMF in Indonesia - 16th April
Associate Professor Sam Makinda, Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University
Security and Sovereignty in the Asia-Pacific Region - 23rd April
Dr Jocelyn Grace, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre
Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemics in Viet Nam - 14th May
Dr Nils Bubandt, Aarhus University, Denmark
Paranoia as Political Discourse. Violent Conflicts and Rumour Politics in Eastern Indonesia - 28th May
Dr Shelda Debowski, Senior Lecturer (Management) and Associate Head of School (Research), Murdoch Business School
Human Resource Management in China - 16th July
Professor Jeffrey Henderson, Professor of International Economics, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Globalisation, Economic Governance and Poverty: Comparing Malaysia and South Korea - 13th November
Dr Mai Hoang Pham
Socio-Economic Reform and Poverty Alleviation in Vietnam During the 1990s - 26th November
Dr Luigi Tomba, Research Fellow, RSPAS, ANU
Hopetown, China: Residential Segregation, the State and the Making of an Urban Middle Class
