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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jan-Jun 2006
Vol. 7, No. 1(30)

07 Jun 2006

Pacific-Islands: a New Edition of the "Pacific-Islands-L" Academic Discussion List
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "The Pacific-Islands electronic forum was established on 11 Mar 1994 by the RSPAS, The Australian National University. Between Mar 1994 and early Jun 2006 it was operating from coombs.anu.edu.au address and it was called "Pacific-Islands-L." In Jun 2006 the mailing list has moved to a more efficient mailserver, and adopted a simpler name. The forum continues to provide a world-wide communications vehicle for exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with the Pacific. Currently it has over 330 subscribers (all carried over from the old, coombs.anu.edu.au address), mainly from universities and research institutes. Please note the list's new address, namely, pacific-islands@anu.edu.au To subscribe, or view the list's new features (which include an archive of prior postings), please use the forum's home page, at the URL below.
URL http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/pacific-islands
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [n/a]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V. Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

20 Apr 2006

Asia Pacific Mediation Forum (APMF) Conference, Jun 2006
Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
Supplied note: "The University of the South Pacific's (USP) Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance (PIAS-DG) is pleased to announce that the ASIA PACIFIC MEDIATION FORUM (APMF) CONFERENCE will take place June 19th-30th [2006] on the USP campus in Suva, Fij. The Conference includes two days of pre-conference workshops and three days of conference presentations, panels and symposia. Two accredited basic-mediation courses will be held early, June 19st-23rd, the week before the primary conference activities begin. The programme will be uploaded soon on the conference website [at the url below]
The theme of the conference, 'Mediating Cultures of the Pacific and Asia', has been received enthusiastically by such leaders as Chief John Momis, former Governor of Bougainville and 'the father of the Papua New Guinea's constitution', who has agreed to give one of the keynote addresses.
The Conference and workshops are being held as a contribution toward capacity development in mediation skills in the Pacific and Asia and to promote constructive conflict resolution practices. The conference will highlight mediation methodologies that have evolved in the Pacific and will build a network of mediation practitioners throughout this region, Asia and beyond. Conference outcomes are expected to enhance democratic processes by increasing civil society's as well as government institution's capacity for peaceful dialogue and cooperation. The Conference is an initiative of PIAS-DG's Peace and Conflict Studies Program.
Complete conference registration and accommodation information can be found on the website. Please contact Laura Seurynck at seurynck_l--at--usp.ac.fj or Professor Graham Hassall at Hassall_g--at--usp.ac.fj for additional queries. - ls."
URL http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=apmf
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Laura Seurynck (seurynck_l--at--usp.ac.fj)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 30

11 Apr 2006

Asia-Pacific Missionaries: at Home and Abroad, Aug 2006.
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "2nd Biennial ANU Missionary History Conference, Asia-Pacific Missionaries: at Home and Abroad, Coombs Lecture Theatre, The Australian National University, Friday 25-Saturday 27 August 2006.
ABSTRACTS INVITED. You are invited to share in the 2nd ANU Missionary Conference. Presentations on Canadian, New Zealand/Aotorean, Pacific Islander, Hong Kong, Singaporean, Malaysian, South African and Australian contributions to Christian missions, domestic and foreign, in the Asia-Pacific region, are invited. A common background with British missionary outreach links the 2006 conference. Abstracts close 30 May 2006. Postgraduate papers are encouraged. A special focus of the conference is the contribution of women to the missionary enterprise. The conference is open to anyone interested. [...] Proceedings [in PDF format] of 2004 TransTasman Missionary conference are at: rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/TransTasman/ "
[The 2004 Conference Proceedings include: * Barry, Amanda - 'A Matter of Primary Importance': early missionary educational attempts at Ramahyuck (Victoria) and Poonindie (South Australia); * Brett, Christine - "We have grown to love her". The Aborigines Inland Mission, Aboriginal People and the NSW Aborigines Protection Board, 1905-1920.; * Crawford, Janet - "Unpretending labours": Julia Farr and the Melanesian Mission; * Edwards, Bill - A Moravian Mission In Australia: Ebenezer Through Ernabella Eyes; * Gooden, Rosalind - Five Barley Loaves: An icon for Australasian Baptist Missionary Work; * Lake, Meredith - The Australian Council of Churches' activity in Asia and its reflexive impact on Australian Christianity, 1950 - 1965; * Mitchell, Jessie - "Can these dry bones live?" Conversion and Worship on Aboriginal Missions and Protectorate Stations, 1830-1850; * Morrison, Hugh - Australian Influences on New Zealand's Emerging Protestant Missionary Movement, 1885-1922; * Paproth, Darrell - Hussey Burgh Macartney Jr: Mission Enthusiast; * Piggin, Stuart - The Origins of Australian Protestant Missions: Evangelical Visions; * Ross, Cathy - Separate Spheres Or Shared Dominions?; * Welch, Ian - Nellie, Topsy and Annie: Australian Anglican Martyrs, Fujian Province, China, 1 August 1895. - ed.]
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/missionaryhistory/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

09 Feb 2006

Tongan History Association (THA)
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Self-description: "The Tongan History Association was established after the Second Tongan History Conference in Ha'apai, 1989. Chaired by the first President of the Association the late Reverend Dr. Sione Latukefu and a number of like minded scholars, the Tongan History Association was established as an association whose main purpose was to preserve, study and discuss Tongan History at a micro-level, from the past right up to the present. The association's constitution, ratified at the January 1997 conference, states the association's objectives to be: 'To encourage the exchange of information amongst individuals, institutions and organisations interested in Tongan history, anthropology and related disciplines' and 'To encourage the study, discussion, writing and publication of material on Tonga'."
Site contents: * Introduction; * A brief history of the Tongan History Conference and Association; * Tongan History Association Newsletter (Vol 1 No. 1, Feb 1989 - Vol 15 No. 2, Oct 2004) ; * Membership of the Tongan History Association; * Links to other Tongan and Pacific Sites; * List of Tongan History Association Members; * 2005 11th Tongan History Association Conference;
[Until mid-2004, the site was housed at the ANU. See the Internet Archive pages at http://web.archive.org/web/*/sunsite.anu.edu.au/spin/PACASSOC/TONGHIST/tonghist.htm - ed.]
URL http://www.latrobe.edu.au/anthropology/tonga/tonghist.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/anthropology/tonga/tonghist.htm
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

02 Jan 2006

European Centre on Pacific Issues (ECSIEP)
ECSIEP, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Supplied note: "The European Centre on Pacific Issues (ECSIEP) is the secretariat of the Europe Pacific Solidarity Network. ECSIEP serves as an information centre on developments in the Pacific and acts as an interface between Pacific civil society and European organisations and institutions. - pk."
Site contents: EPS Bulletin; Conflict and Resolution; Fishing activities; Pacific and Cotonou; Nuclear Testing; Reports and Resources; Solidarity Network; Links (Pacific NGOs, European NGOs, Other NGOs, Pacific News and Information Sources, Semi-Government and Institutions, ECSIEP Donors); Contact; About us.
URL http://www.ecsiep.org
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Pavel Klinckhamers (ecsiep--at--antenna.nl)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Study/Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000

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