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Edited by: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek

The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jan-Dec 2007
Vol. 8, No. 1(32)

The Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, ANU
would like to wish the Network friends, colleagues and associates

Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year

bows and best regards,
Matthew Ciolek
14 Dec 2007.

20 Dec 2007

ANU Asian and Pacific Cultural Studies Network (APCSN)
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Supplied note: "The ANU Asian and Pacific Cultural Studies Network [to be launched 10 Apr 2008 - ed.] has emerged from conversations amongst scholars in the College of Arts and Social Sciences [CASS - ed.] and the College of Asia and the Pacific [CAP - ed.] who draw on the critical methods of cultural studies to understand the rapidly changing forms of contemporary cultures across the region. These methods - including poststructuralism, postcolonialism, globalisation studies, transnationalist approaches, and queer studies - provide platforms for understanding the diversity of Australian, Asian, and Pacific cultures and histories, and their interconnectivity with each other and the rest of the world. These and many other contemporary issues cross national boundaries, and do not fit neatly within single-country approaches. At the same time, the new critical methods used in this research often cross the boundaries of established disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The network will provide a cross-college forum for scholars and graduate students interested in critical and transnational approaches to research on Australia, Asia, and the Pacific. Full information about the APCSN, including membership, upcoming events and initiatives, can be found at [the URL below]. Convenors: Jacquie Lo (CASS) and Peter Jackson (CAP). - kh."
Site contents: * About Us; * Participants; * Events; * Contact Us
URL http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/apcsn/index.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Karen Hill (karen.hill--at--anu.edu.au), forwarded by rspas.all--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

11 Oct 2007

Conference: New Zealand and the Mediterranean, Jul 2008
New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA), London, UK
Supplied note: "Conference: New Zealand And The Mediterranean. The 15th annual conference of the New Zealand Studies Association together with the Centre for New Zealand Studies, Birkbeck, University of London Florence, Italy 2 - 4 July 2008.
This major international event sees NZSA combining again with the Centre for New Zealand Studies (CNZS).
Following the success of NZSA's 2006 conference in Paris, this event will be located in Italy, in central Florence. The conference venue, at the Florence campus of Richmond The American International University in London, is a 16th century palace just 300 yards from the Uffizi Gallery [...].
A conference dinner and excursions are planned, with Florence within easy travel of Pisa, Rome, Bologna and Venice.
Keynote speakers confirmed are: Claudia Bell, Roger Collins, Caroline Daley, James George, Patricia Grace, Jan Kemp, Michele Leggott, Karen Nero, Vincent O'Sullivan, and Christopher Pugsley. [...]
Proposals for 20 minute papers must be sent by 9 November to either Dr Ian Conrich, Chair of NZSA & Director of CNZS ian--at--ianconrich.co.ukor Dr Dominic Alessio, Vice-Chair of NZSA alessid--at--richmond.ac.uk. Abstracts need to be 250-300 words and accompanied by a bio sketch of 100-150 words. A decision on proposals received will be made by 3 December. Initial enquiries pre-proposal are welcomed and we will give priority to proposals received from members of NZSA. The conference will accept proposals on all subjects to do with New Zealand BUT priority will be given to papers on New Zealand and the Mediterranean, which is viewed as including the following regions: Spain, Portugal, the south of France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco. - rvdh."
URL http://www.nzsa.co.uk/conferences.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Rene van der Haar (r.vanderhaar--at--maw.ru.nl), forwarded by pacific-islands--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 100

05 Oct 2007

IPS Publications - Books about the Pacific
IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
Supplied note: "IPS Publications at the University of the South Pacific is delighted to launch its overhauled, updated and user-friendly website. The site gives details of the 350+ titles we have published over the last three decades - all relating to aspects of the Pacific region and most written by Pacific Islanders. Access the treasure trove that is IPS at [at the URL bellow], find details of all titles and buy online. Please spread the word about this very handy site to all colleagues interested in 'all things Pacific' - wt."
Self-description: "IPS Publications is a small, but dynamic and productive, part of the University of the South Pacific [Suva, Fiji - ed.]; we are continually attempting to improve our service. "
Site contents: * Categories; (Art & Architecture, Culture & Society, Drama, Education & Language, Dictionaries, Health & Nutrition, History & Biography, Journals, Land & Environment, Legends, Songs & Tales, Marine Studies, Novels, Poetry, Politics & Government, Religion, Short Stories, Video Tapes, Women & Youth); * ProductsÊÊSearch; * Latest Releases; * Writing the Pacific; * News; * FAQ; * Useful Links; * Image Gallery; * Events; * About Us; * Contact Us; * Your Basket; * Shipping; * Distribution; * Get Published!
URL http://www.ipsbooks.usp.ac.fj/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Wendy Tubman (editorips--at--usp.ac.fj), forwarded by pacific-islands--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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 Sep 2007

Oceanic Connections, Apr 2008
The Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS) & The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The 2nd Conference of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies
"Oceanic Connections"
CALL FOR PAPERS The Australian National University, Canberra, April 18-20 2008.
We invite proposals of individual papers and thematic roundtables that report on original research and activities from the many diverse areas of Pacific Studies. We also welcome proposals on developments in the wider Pacific communities in Australia including the work of church groups, arts collectives, libraries, archives, museums and galleries.
The general theme of this conference is "Oceanic Connections" focusing on integrating Pacific Studies research, education and outreach in Australia and internationally. The gathering coincides with the start of course offerings in Pacific studies at the graduate and undergraduate levels at the ANU.
Topics might include, but are not limited to the following areas: * Governance - communities, capacities, states, nations, security; * Subjectivities - gender, race, class, sexualities, cultural identities; * Representations - histories, literature, film, collections and records; * Ideas & practices - ideologies, languages, epistemologies, spiritualities; * Boundaries - crossings, settlement, diasporas, regionalism, indigenous Australian and Pacific Islander relations; * Economies - commodities, poverty, aid, trade, sustainable development; * Performances - media, performing arts, popular culture; * Environments - islands, atolls, oceans, resources; * Education - teaching, learning, research and training in Pacific Studies .
Abstracts for individual and roundtable (up to 4 participants) presentations should be approximately 150 words. All proposals should be sent to Katerina Teaiwa katerina.teaiwa--at--anu.edu.au and Stewart Firth stewart.firth--at--anu.edu.au by September 12, 2007. We will advise on the outcome of proposals by October 12, 2007. "
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/tpc/aaaps.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Katerina Martina Teaiwa (katerina.teaiwa--at--anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - 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

27 Aug 2007

ANU E Press
Division of Information, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "ANU E Press collects, disseminates, brands and makes available on a global electronic basis selected scholarly research undertaken at the ANU. ANU E Press facilitates communication among scholars, especially with respect to: * publication of research results; * collection and capturing of scholarly dialogues; * creation of archival records.
[...] The ANU E Press supports the following: * open e-publication; * institution-based repositories with appropriate listings and metadata/discovery mechanisms; * a centralised repository; * a low-cost, common-good funding model; * moderation/peer review; * copyright preserved by creators; * facilities for access to and transfer of electronic information, for example, a print-on-demand facility."
Site contents: * Search and/or Browse by Titles, Authors, Subjects, and by Date; * Recent Submissions; * Subscribe to this collection to receive daily e-mail notification of new additions; * RSS Feeds.

Electronic publications include the following titles:
* Aboriginal Population Profiles for Development Planning in the Northern East Kimberley;* A Quest for True Islam; * Asian Socialism and Legal Change: The dynamics of Vietnamese and Chinese reform; * Assessing the evidence on Indigenous socioeconomic outcomes: A focus on the 2002 NATSISS; * Australian Department Heads Under Howard: Career Paths and Practice; * Australian Political Lives: Chronicling political careers and administrative histories; * Black Words White Page; * Boats to Burn; * China-Linking Markets for Growth; * Coastal Themes: An Archaeology of the Southern Curtis Coast, Queensland; * Connected Worlds: History in Transnational Perspective; * Culture and Sustainable Development in the Pacific; * Culture in Translation: The anthropological legacy of R. H. Mathews; * Customary Land Tenure and Registration in Australia; * Dislocating the Frontier: essaying the mystique of the outback; * From Election to Coup in Fiji; * Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands; * Health Expenditure, Income and Health Status Among Indigenous and Other Australians; * Indigenous people and the Pilbara mining boom: A baseline for regional participation; * Inside Austronesian Houses; * Islands of Turmoil: Elections and Politics in Fiji; * Lithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers: The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory; * Making Sense of the Census: Observations of the 2001 Enumeration in Remote Aboriginal Australia; * Myanmar: State, Community and the Pacific; * Negotiating the Sacred: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in a Multicultural Society; * NGOs and Post-Conflict Recovery: The Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency, Bougainville; * Oceanic Explorations; * Origins, Ancestry and Alliance; * Out of the Ashes: Destruction and Reconstruction of East Timor; * Pacific Islands Regional Integration and Governance; * Pacific Regional Order; * Pieces of the Vanuatu Puzzle: Archaeology of the North, South and Centre; * Power and Pork: A Japanese Political Life; * Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago; * Reformist Muslims in a Yogyakarta Village; * Rule of law, legitimate governance & development in the Pacific; * Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land; * Social Indicators for Aboriginal Governance: Insights from the Thamarrurr Region, Northern Territory; * State and Society in Papua New Guinea: The First Twenty-Five Years; * State, Communities and Forests in Contemporary Borneo; * Struggling for the Umma: Changing Leadership Roles of Kiai in Jombang, East Java; * The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia; * The Art of Narritjin Maymuru; * The Austronesians; * 'The axe had never sounded' place, people and heritage of Recherche Bay, Tasmania; * The China Boom and its Discontents; * The First Ten K R Narayanan Orations: Essays by Eminent Persons on the Rapidly Transforming Indian Economy; * The Indigenous Welfare Economy and the CDEP Scheme; * The Islamic Traditions of Cirebon: Ibadat and Adat Among Javanese Muslims; * The Journey of a Book; * The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic; * The Military and Democracy in Asia and the Pacific; * The Nature of Northern Australia; * The Poetic Power of Place; * The Spanish Lake / * El lago espanol; * The Turning Point in China's Economic Development; * Viet Nam: a transition tiger?; * What Good Condition? Reflections on an Australian Aboriginal Treaty 1986 - 2006; * What's Changing: Population Size or Land-Use Patterns?
[Warning: a glacially slow online information/publishing system - ed.]
URL https://dspace.anu.edu.au:8443/handle/1885/42748
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]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

20 Aug 2007

Repositories of Primary Sources: Asia and the Pacific
University of Idaho - Moscow, ID, US
Self-description: "A listing of over [200 Asia-Pacific] websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness. Links added or revised within the last thirty days or so are marked {New}. [...] Those who have recently submitted new and revised entries are acknowledged. Guidelines for the inclusion of sites on this list are available. Compiled [1995-2007] by Terry Abraham."
Site contents: * Australia [links to 101 Australian archives]; * Bangladesh (National Archives and the National Library, Bangladesh); * Cambodia (National Archives of Cambodia); * China (China. State Archives Administration, Gongyi City Archives Bureau, National Library of China, Shanghai Film Archive, Shenyang Archives Bureau, Tsinghua U., Wuhan U.); * Cook Islands (National Archives of the Cook Islands); * Fiji (U. of the South Pacific, Suva); * Guam (U. of Guam. Micronesian Area Research Center, War in the Pacific National Historical Park); * Hong Kong (Chinese U. of Hong Kong, City U. of Hong Kong, Government Records Service of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Baptist U., Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archives, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology, Po Leung Kuk, U. of Hong Kong); * India (American Institute of Indian Studies, Archives of Indian Labour, Gujarat State Archives, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Karnataka State Archives Department, Kerala State Archives Department, Krishnamurti Foundation India, Manipur State Archives, National Archives of India, National Library of India, Parliamentary Museum and Archives, St. Xavier's College. Goethals Indian Library and Research Centre); * Indonesia (Badan Arsip Propinsi Jawa Timur, National Archives of The Republic of Indonesia); * Japan (Aichi U. of Education, Chiba U., Diplomatic Record Office of Japan, Hitotsubashi U.Center for Historical Social Science Literature, Hokkaido U.Slavic Research Center, International Christian U., Kobe U., Koizumi Fumio Memorial Archives, National Archives of Japan, National Diet Library, Niigata U., Okinawa Prefectural Archives, Tokyo Institute of Technology Library. Tomash Collection of the History of Electricity and Magnetism, U. of Tsukuba, Waseda U. Archives, Waseda U. Library, Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives); * Korea (Dept. of Education Archives Korean Education Library, Ewha Womans U.Archives, Ewha Womans U.Rare Books, Hongik U., Korea. National Archives and Records Services, Kyujanggak Archives); * Macau (Macao Historical Archives); * Malaysia (National Archives of Malaysia, National Library of Malaysia. Centre for Malay Manuscripts, National Library of Malaysia. Malaysiana Collection, U. Kebangsaan Malaysia. Archives Collection, U. Kebangsaan Malaysia. Special Collections, U. Putra Malaysia, U. Sains Malaysia, U. of Malaya. Za'ba Memorial Library); * Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands National Archives); * Micronesia (Micronesian Seminar); * New Caledonia (Service des Archives de Nouvelle-Caledonie); * New Zealand [links to 23 NZ archives]; * Pakistan (National Archives of Pakistan); * Philippines (Asia Pacific Research Center, Ateneo de Manila U. American Historical Collection, Ateneo de Manila U. Pardo de Tavera Room, De La Salle U.U. Archives, Filipinas Heritage Library); * Singapore (National Archives of Singapore, National Institute of Education); * Taiwan (National Archives Administration, National Taiwan U.); * Thailand (Khon Kaen U., Mahidol U., Rajabhat Institute Phetchaburi. Local Information Center, Rajabhat Institute Phetchaburi. Rarebooks, Thammasat U.); * Vanuatu (U. of the South Pacific, Vanuatu).
[A part of a larger site covering archives and special collections in Western United States, Eastern United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa and the Near East. - ed.]
URL http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/asia.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/asia.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

21 Jun 2007

Acronyms used by Asian / Pacific Studies' scholars: a dictionary
RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Self-description: "This document lists acronyms, names and web addresses of over 1,390 [1110 acronyms were listed in Aug 2006 - ed.] leading associations, institutes, networks, NGOs, organisations, periodicals, programs, and research projects of relevance to Asian & Pacific Studies. [...] You are cordially invited to send addenda and corrections to this list [...which is] a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html) and Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html)."
Site contents: [File structure:] *Acronym, * Entity [and its URL], * A Part Of, * Country. The recorded entries range from 'AAI' (Asia-Australia Institute, UNSW, Australia) to 'IAUNRC' (Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, Indiana U,. US) to 'SUPRA' (Support Program for Advanced Asian Studies, NIAS, Denmark) to 'YCIAS' (Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Yale U., US)
URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/ACR/Acronyms.html
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: rating not available
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

21 May 2007

Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP)
Citizenship and Globalisation Research Priority Area, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Self-description: "The Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) undertakes research into issues of cultural heritage protection in Asia and the Pacific, including Australia. Based in the Faculty of Arts at Deakin University Melbourne, the Centre is closely connected with UNESCO, including its World Heritage Centre and especially its Asia Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand. The Centre is also a member of Forum UNESCO, the Asian Academy for Heritage Management and AusHeritage."
Site contents: * Research & Consultancy; * CHCAP News (Public Seminars, Visiting Fellows, Current News 2006, News Archive 2005, News Archive 2004, News Archive 2003); * Studying at CHCAP; * Publications (Books by CHCAP staff: On Feminism and Nationalism: Kartini's Letters to Stella Zeehandelaar 1899-1903; Recalling the Indies - Colonail Culture & Postcolonial Identities; Streetwise Asia: A Practical Guide for the Conservation and Revitalisation of heritage Cities and Towns in Asia; Welsh Patagonians - The Australian Connection; Middle Class Culture in the Nineteenth Century America, Australia and Britain; The Disappearing 'Asian' City; Hanoi: Biography of a City; Cultural Identity and Urban Change in Southeast Asia; An Archaeology of West Polynesian Prehistory; Yarrawarra Places, Making Stories; Feminist Poetics of the Sacred, Creative Suspicions; Samurai in the Surf; Recalling the Indies); * Museum Studies; * External Links.
URL http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts/chcap/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts/chcap/
Link reported by: Francesca Beddie (fbeddie--at--ozemail.com.au), forwarded by asian-currents--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - 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

14 Feb 2007

Hidden Treasures: Accessing the Riches in Pacific Collections, Mar 2007
Center for Pacific Islands Studies University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, US
Supplied note: "The University of Hawai'i Center for Pacific Islands Studies is pleased to announce 'Hidden Treasures: Accessing the Riches in Pacific Collections' A Pacific Islands Studies Conference 15-16 March 2007 Imin Conference Center Honolulu, Hawai'i.
This conference seeks to bring attention to Pacific collection materials that are not well known but that have special value to Pacific communities and to the general public. It also seeks to focus attention on issues and developments regarding access to these materials, as well as to digitizing projects underway. An international group of Pacific librarians will share information about their collections and discuss common concerns. The keynote speaker for the conference is award-winning poet, author, and former librarian Robert Sullivan, a UHM assistant professor of English. Other featured speakers include David Kukutai Jones, Maori specialist at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand; and Ewan Maidment, Executive Officer of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Canberra, Australia. The conference convener is Dr Karen Peacock, UHM Pacific curator and head of Special Collections - lh. "
URL http://www.hawaii.edu/cpis/libconf/index.htm
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Letitia Hickson (ctisha--at--hawaii.edu), forwarded by Pacific-Islands Electronic Forum (pacific-islands--at--anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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

29 Jan 2007

Chinese in The Pacific: Where to Now?, Feb 2007
Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (CSCSD), ANU, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note: "There will be a one-day workshop on "The Chinese in the Pacific: Where to Now?" 9 Feb 2007, at the University House [the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra - ed.] The workshop will be open to the public and all interested parties are invited to attend. The workshop is sponsored and organized by The Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. - hy."
Self-description: "The Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University), announces a one-day workshop on Friday 9 February 2007 on Chinese in the Pacific. [...]
Draft Program ANU workshop Chinese in the Pacific: Where to Now? University House, Australian National University, 9 February 2007.
OPENING REMARKS - * Prof. Hank Nelson, Australian National University * Ms Ou Boqian, Political Counselor, Chinese Embassy, Canberra
SESSION 1: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - * Professor Graeme Hugo, Federation Fellow, University of Adelaide "Recent trends in Chinese migration to Australia" * Dr. Paul Jones, Melbourne University "New Pathways or Old Trajectories? The Chinese Diaspora in Australia, 1985 to 2005" * Associate Professor Manying Ip, University of Auckland "Chinese in an 'Asianised New Zealand'"
SESSION 2: PACIFIC OVERVIEWS - * Emeritus Professor Bill Wilmott, Canterbury University, Christchurch "Varieties of Chinese Experience in the Pacific" * Emeritus Professor Ron Crocombe, University of the South Pacific "The Fourth Wave: Chinese in the Pacific Islands in the 21st Century" * Professor James Chin, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak "The Chinese in Papua New Guinea: Old Money vs. New Migrants"
SESSION 3: CHINA LOOKS TO THE PACIFIC AND THE PACIFIC LOOKS TO CHINA - * Mr Graeme Dobell, ABC Journalist TBA * Mr Michael Powles, former head of New Zealand posts in China and the Pacific "China Looks to the Pacific" )
CLOSING SESSION - * Professor Brij Lal, Australian National University
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/activities.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Hong Yu (hong.yu--at--anu.edu.au), forwarded by asia_news--at--anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news/comments - 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

29 Jan 2007

Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (CSCSD)
Pacific & Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: "The Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora is the only centre in the southern hemisphere for research on people of Chinese descent in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. The Centre seeks to stimulate and encourage scholarship that reflects the diversity of and intercourse among areas, cultures and political economies in the region, and contributes critically to the field of knowledge. [...]
Research Priorities - We will focus our research on: * The historical formation of Chinese identities. * Much writing on Chinese in Southeast Asia lacks a real historical dimension. Although we commonly use the term "Chinese", our understanding of what constituted Chinese identity or ethnicity for the individuals who came south from various parts of the China coast is a very complex issue. One special interest would be in the different dialect groups and their various business networks overseas and how these elements contribute to or distracted from their so-called "Chineseness" for themselves and how their distinctive sub-ethnic business networks and relationships to China, to Chinese nationalism and to the colonial powers operated at different times and in different places. * The regional factors which contributed to the constructions of a range of Chinese sub-ethnicities and networks. * The social, cultural and political gaps that traditionally separated the peoples to the north from those of the southern coasts. * The meaning of Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Chinese identity, both in relation to the Chinese state as well as to the various peoples of Southeast Asia among whom they settled. * Alternative versions of the histories of Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific in which Chinese played an important part. * The issues beyond the conventional division of "Chinese" and "non-Chinese" issues. * The study of economic, social and business networks among various Chinese groups as well as with indigenous or local political and social elites. "
Site contents: * About CSCSD; * People; * Activities; * Publications (Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies [an e-journal under construction - ed.] Booklets Online publications); * Fellowships; * Student Information; * Related Links; * Contact Us; * Search CSCSD
URL http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/about.php
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/about.php
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news/comments - 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

URL http://coombs.anu.edu.au/pacific-www-monitor.html
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/coombs.anu.edu.au/pacific-www-monitor.html
International students: ANU CRICOS Provider Number is 00120C