“Understanding Japan’s dynamic decade”: A symposium on Japan in the 1960s
Dates: 15-17 December 2011 (Thursday 2-6 pm, Friday & Saturday 9 am-6pm)
Venue: The University of Melbourne, Old Arts, Lecture Theatre B
“Understanding Japan’s dynamic decade” explores a pivotal moment of Japan’s cultural formation. This symposium will investigate the “age of revolution”—a time when anything seemed possible and all forms of art and social life experienced dramatic change. Papers will investigate visual arts, film, performance, music and the politics of the times.
Presentations by: Yoshikuni Igarashi, Freda Freiburg, William Marotti, Vera Mackie, Holger Hartung, Peter Eckersall, Sara Jansen, Stanca Scholz-Cionca, Eiichi Tosaki, Yasuko Ikeuchi, Adam Bronowski, Corey Wakeling, Katherine Mezur, Philip Flavin, Luciana Galliano & Alison Tokita.
A symposium jointly organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Monash European and EU Centre and the Australian Institute of Polish Affairs (AIPA)
This symposium addresses key challenges and questions facing both Australia and Europe: How to respond to increasing (and not always controllable) migrations? How to deal, on the national level, with widening ethno-cultural diversity? How to prevent this diversification from becoming the force of social fragmentation, ethnic fracturing and segmentation? How successful, in these respects, have been multicultural policies in Australia? What is the political future of multiculturalism in Australia and Europe?
Invited Australian speakers include prominent scholars Andrew Markus and Bob Birrell from Monash University, Jan Pakulski from the University of Tasmania, Alex Naraniecki from Deakin University, Dr Stefan Auer from La Trobe University as well as government officials and community leaders, such as Jose Alvarez and Hakan Akyol from Victorian Multicultural Commission.
The invited guest speakers from Europe include:
Pawel Kaczmarczyk (University of Warsaw, and Head of the Central and East European Economic Research Centre)
Magdalena Lesinska (Deputy Director of Centre of Migration Research, member of International Migration Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE) Research Network)
The AASRN was extremely pleased to hear about GILBERT CALUYA (Uni of South Australia) and his success in the first ARC Discovery DECRA round, announced 14 November 2011.
This DECRA round was very competitive, with 2500+ applications inter/nationally and approximately 200 awards made.
Gilbert’s project:
TITLE: Burqas, borders and babies: intimate citizenship in postcolonial Australia
Project Summary:
Anti-Muslim sentiment across the globe is increasingly expressed on the grounds that Muslims are misogynistic, raising questions about Muslims' intimate relations. This project will investigate the ways that Muslim intimacy has become a site of political contestation in Australia with implications for migrant security and border security.
Congratulations, Gilbert! We know you’ll achieve great things over the next three DECRA years.
We might just leave your Featured Member profile up there for a while longer…!
To find out how to win heaps of other great door prizes including from Village Cinemas, Matt Huynh, and more tba visit: http://asianaustralianfilmforum.com and see ‘SPECIAL OFFERS’ page.
Early Registrations for Asian Australian Film Forum (AAFF) held Sat 12th and Sun 13th November will close today (2/11/11).
Call for Papers – Chinese Community Council of Australian 2012 ConferenceMOVING ON!
Our second Conference will be held in Melbourne over the 18-19 August 2012 weekend.
Venue: To be advised by June 2012.
Theme: Moving On!
At its inaugural conference in April 2011, Finding the Chinese Australian Voice, a resolution was carried binding the National Executive “to look into the Lambing Flat incidents and discriminatory policies against the Chinese, with a view to asking the Australian Government for an apology together with acknowledgement of the contributions of Chinese Australians”.
As a consequence the National Executive has endorsed our first project, Moving On!, that will go a significant way towards finding a Chinese Australian voice that will resonate with all who care about the cultural development and destiny of our nation.
This conference is devoted to seeking information, knowledge and expertise that would enhance the execution of our Moving On! project.
We seek papers from historians, history teachers, and social researchers on the treatment of Chinese Australian history in current school syllabi which might benefit from re-casting to evoke empathy from a Chinese Australian perspective.
Remember all those fantastic Asian Australian events that are happening in Melbourne in November this year? They’re all open for registration and RSVPs! I’ve brought them all together in this post for your convenience.
1. AAI 4 ECR Workshop – 9 November – Register by 1 October!
This workshop is being organised by Professor Jacqueline Lo (Chair, AASRN; ANU), and will feature Dean Chan (U of Wollongong), Christine Kim (Simon Fraser U, Canada), and me (RMIT). Also? It’s FREE. What’s the workshop for? It’s for:
“Research Higher Degree and postdoctoral researchers are invited to attend a workshop exploring the “state of play†of Asian diasporic studies within Australia, and more broadly within the context of North America and Europe. The aim of this workshop is to assist ECRS to better situate their projects, both intellectually and professionally.”
2. NEW COMMUNITIES, NEW RACISMS (AAI 4: The 4th Biennial AASRN Conference) – 10-11 November
This conference is promising to be an excellent event that brings together Asian Australianists from around Australia and colleagues from the US and Canada.
Also? You can’t say no to Poh (Ling Yeow)!
Or Ghassan Hage, Meaghan Morris, Benjamin Law, Alice Pung, Tom Cho, Adam Bandt, Tsebin Tchen, Peta-Jane Madam, Dai Le, Maria Vamvakinou, Shabbr Wahid, Cam Nguyen, Soo-lin Quek, Vincent Chow, Kee Pookong, Tammi Jonas, Jane Wong, Phil Lees, Billy Lee, Belinda Smaill, Olivia Khoo, Chris Pang, Heng Tang, Christian Were, Mark Cummins, John Sinclair, Gao Jia, and many others…!
3. AAFF 2011 (The Inaugural Asian Australian Film Forum) – 12-13 November – You can RSVP for the event!
This is shaping up to be such a great gig! Australia is long overdue for something like this, an event that acknowledges and celebrates Asian Australian screen cultures and filmmaking. The speakers and special guests are a wonderful cross-section of talent, with panels I can’t wait to see. These include:
On the screen scene – Getting AAs stories seen
Asian faces and cultural spaces
Cross cultural perspectives
New visions, new voices: Indy and emerging perspectives
Speakers + participants at the AAFF include Annette Shun Wah, Jiao Chen, Maria Tran, Somchay Phakonkham, Sofie Kim, Andy Trieu, Sky Crompton, Dom Golding, Pearl Tan, Heng Tang, and Kieran Tully!
The closing film for AAFF is Khoa Do’s Mother Fish.
Image: Infinite Love (video stills) 2011 HD video edition of 5 + 1AP
A new exhibition at Grantpirrie Gallery features AASRN member OWEN LEONG.
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Owen Leong Infiltrator
Leong continues his exploration of the body and skin as a membrane across which social forces are transmitted. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body.
Gallery Details:
86 George Street Redfern
NSW 2016 Australia
+61 2 9699 9033
Trepang: China & the Story of Macassan-Aboriginal Trade (Melb Museum)
This exhibition tells the story of the ancient trade in sea cucumbers (trepang).
Trepang explores the long history of cultural exchange and trade between the Chinese, Macassan and northern Australian Aboriginal people.
Combining historical artefacts, paintings, maps and photographs with new works to tell the story of the Aboriginal and Asian contact around the trepang (sea cucumber) trade from the early 18th Century to the early 20th Century.
Trepang is founded on a 20-year friendship between classically-trained Chinese artist Zhou Xiaoping and highly respected Indigenous Australian artist John Bulunbulun.
Featuring contemporary works including cross-cultural collaborations of traditional Chinese and Australian designs.
Trepang forms part of The Year of Chinese Culture in Australia 2011 – 2012.
Proudly presented by Rio Tinto, the Gordon Darling Foundation, the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Museum Victoria.
