October 2011 Australasian Drama Studies Focus Issue
Transcultural. Transnational. Transformation. : seeing, writing and reading performance across cultures
Co-editors Maryrose Casey and Will Peterson
This issue seeks to act as a forum to explore, bring together and/or set in opposition cross-cultural practices and receptions of performance, visions, borrowings, understandings, practices, theories and ethical ponderings about performance.
We welcome articles on any of the following topics: transcultural flows; cultural translations; inter-, intra- and cross-cultural performance practices and reception; and discussions, critiques or defences of ways of seeing, documenting or analysing performance across cultures.
Proposals and expressions of interest due by March 2010. Final deadline for submission of full articles October 31st 2010.
Keith Cameron Chair in Australian History, University College Dublin (UCD)
The Keith Cameron is held for one calendar year, and we are currently looking for applicants for two appointments, one for the calendar year 2011 and one for 2012.
go to "Job Vacancies for External Candidates" and then search in "History and Archives".
The Keith Cameron Chair was initially endowed in 1985, and recent holders of the position have been Brian de Garis (Murdoch), Nicholas Brown (ANU), Hilary Carey (Newcastle NSW) and Stuart Ward (Copenhagen). The current Professor is Katie Holmes (La Trobe). Some background information can be found on the UCD Australian Studies Centre website: http://www.ucd.ie/historyarchives/austud.htm. (This is in the process of being updated at the moment, as we move to a new contents management system.)
The Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association is pleased to announce the inaugural Essay Competition for the best critical scholarly essay or article in the field of Critical Race and/or Whiteness Studies.
Prizes include:
$200 for the best essay by an Indigenous scholar
$200 for the best essay by a non-Indigenous scholar
Prize winning essays to be published in the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies e-journal (www.acrawsa.org.au/ejournal.htm)
The competition is open to undergraduate, honours and postgraduate students and early career researchers. Essays should be under 5000 words, and may be from any area of the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Law. Please see the attached entry form for more details.
The 2010 biennial conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ) seeks to investigate the various connections and interconnections of community - physical, ecological, social, legal, economic, cultural, political, institutional, technological, and individual - between Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Submission of abstracts are invited for papers and workshops. Papers and Workshops addressing some aspect of the conference theme are encouraged but papers dealing with any aspect of Canadian Studies will be very welcome.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstracts of up to 200 words should be submitted online by 12 March, 2010.
Alternatively, abstracts can be emailed as an attachment to confco@une.edu.au
If emailing, please include the following:
Title;
Specify Paper or Workshop;
Author(s) full name(s) - with the presenting author underlined;
Affiliation; and
Complete mailing address with telephone, fax, and email.
Abstract submissions will be acknowledged by return email and acceptances will be communicated by 2 April, 2010. Those wishing to have their papers refereed by peer review will need to submit a completed paper by a date to be announced. Please refer to the author guidelines.
You do not have to be a current member of the ACSANZ to submit an abstract, however, registration fees are lower for members than for non-members. If you are considering joining the association, more
information and membership benefits can be found on the ACSANZ website: www.acsanz.org.au/joining.html
If Your Abstract is Accepted: If you are chosen to present at the conference you will also need to register to attend. All expenses including conference registration, accommodation and travel are the responsibility of the presenter. Submission of an abstract implies permission for it to be published in the conference proceedings and other relevant publications.
From White Australia to multiculturalism, from 'Fortress Australia' to globalisation, from picket fence to demographic diversification, the last few decades have seen dramatic changes in the way 'Australia' is understood. The return of a more exclusionary form of nationalism with the Howard government and some sporadic explosions of extreme reactions (Pauline Hanson and Cronulla) challenged what appeared to be a trend towards an increased acceptance of the 'other' within Australia. After a decade that has seen the country participate in two wars, a persistent anxiety over asylum seekers arriving by boat, the continued failure of Reconciliation and the election of the Rudd government, how are we to think about nationalism in Australia in 2010?
The aim of this symposium will be to discuss the role and place of nationalism in Australia today. Should nationalism remain relevant? Can nationalism be progressive? What are the links between nationalism, patriotism and racism? Can nationalism be considered Left-wing? Has nationalism become crucial in electoral politics?
This symposium will take place at La Trobe University on 22 April 2010. It will be organised into panels focusing on different aspects of Australian nationalism. To stimulate discussion, three 10-minute papers will be delivered at the beginning of each session. It is our hope that an edited book will result from the proceedings.
In association with Professor Robert Manne's Ideas and Society programme, a public debate chaired by Phillip Adams featuring Marilyn Lake, Ghassan Hage, Raimond Gaita and Andrew Markus will take place during lunchtime. This debate will feature key commentators offering different perspectives on Australian Nationalism.
The symposium organisers encourage non-paper givers to take part in the discussions. For organisational purposes, confirmation of attendance would be appreciated. The symposium will be fully catered.
"Multicultural questions without multiculturalism": The Japanese discourse of "multicultural co-living"
by Professor Koichi Iwabuchi
Jointly presented by the Asia Institute and the School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
The new millennium has seen the marked decline of multiculturalism in many Western countries. Conversely, in Japan as well as Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, multicultural issues have come to be more seriously discussed. Sharing with Western counterparts a similar trend of tightening national borders and stressing patriotism, East Asian societies differ significantly in lacking national policies of multiculturalism and immigration.
This lecture will explore the politics of multiculturalism in the Japanese context. Koichi Iwabuchi is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the School of International Liberal Studies of Waseda University, Tokyo.
Wednesday 17 March 6.30pm
Elisabeth Murdoch Building, Theatre A
The University of Melbourne, Parkville.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
For further information or to register: www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au
Visiting Professorship in Australian Studies 2010-11 Centre for Pacific and American Studies,Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Position: Visiting Professor Open to: Australian citizens Location: Centre for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo, Komaba campus Salary: Starting Salary ¥600,000 per month (before tax) Duration: 10 months. The Visiting Professor is expected to spend most of his/her time in Tokyo engaged in research in Australia or Australia and regional studies in Japan.
Commencement of position: 1 October 2011 Closing date for applications: 19 March 2010
Applications: Email applications to: k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au with the words "Confidential Visiting Professor Tokyo" in the subject line. Or post to:
"Visiting Professor, Tokyo University"
Professor Kate Darian-Smith
c/- International Australian Studies Association
The Australian Centre
137 Barry Street
Carlton
VICTORIA 3053, AUSTRALIA
Applicants must address the selection criteria and provide a detailed curriculum vitae by the closing date. Please include the names, phone, facsimile numbers and email addresses of three referees in your application.
Further Information: Professor Kate Darian-Smith
Tel: +61 3 8344 7232
Fax: +61 3 9347 7731
Email: k.darian-smith@unimelb.edu.au
For further details, position description and selection criteria see the document attached below.
FEAR FACTOR: TERROR INCOGNITO
edited by MEENAKSHI BHARAT AND SHARON RUNDLE
Fear Factor: Terror Incognito is a collection of 20 unforgettable stories by well-known and emerging authors from Australia and the Indian subcontinent including David Malouf, Salman Rushdie, Neelum Saran Gour, Tom Keneally, Rosie Scott, Jeremy Fisher, Susanne Gervay, Tabish Khair, Denise Leith, Andrew Y M Kwong, Devika Brendon, Gulzar, Meera Kant, Guy Scotton, Sujata Sankranti, Kiran Nargarkar, Temsula Ao, Jaspreet Singh, Janhavi Acharekar and Meenakshi Bharat; with a foreword by Yasmine Gooneratne.
A unique collaboration between Australia and India, the stories represent these writers protests against the phenomenon of modern terror. They do not offer solutions. Instead, they lead readers along the hidden paths of an unfamiliar psychology to make their own discoveries.
A joint publication with Picador UK and Picador India, Fear Factor: Terror Incognito is essential reading for anyone interested the global phenomenon of terror.
Author Information
Meenakshi Bharat is a translator, reviewer and critic. Her special interests include children's literature, women's fiction and English studies – areas which she has researched extensively. Currently, she is engaged in translating a volume of Hindi short stories. She is also getting a volume of short fiction ready for publication. She teaches at the University of Delhi. Sharon Rundle is a writer, editor and lecturer. Her stories, essays and articles have appeared in various publications and have been broadcast on radio, in Australia and internationally, since 1992.
MONASH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, CULTURES & LINGUISTICS JAPANESE STUDIES CENTRE & JAPANESE STUDIES PROGRAM
SYMPOSIUM
"Japanese Communities in Transition: Australia 2010"
Time: March 13 (Saturday), 2010, 9:30-5:00 Venue: Japanese Studies Centre, Bldg.54 Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria
Intensive transnational networks and activities are creating new types of ethnic communities in Australia. This symposium will explore aspects of Japanese settlement issues in Australia, as a variant of emerging settlement patterns of Australia’s new migrants. It aims to show how the Japanese community is changing from the earlier types of settler community and sojourner community, to become transnational communities; and how the Japanese communities differ from other ethnic communities in Australia in this regard. Some papers will showcase research on macro data (Mizukami and Spence-Brown/De Kretser); others will present results of more focussed qualitative research projects, including research on Japanese international students, Japanese background speakers in Japanese language programs in universities, intermarriage, Japanese working holiday makers, senior members of the Japanese community, aspects of Japanese communities in Brisbane and Sydney, and possibly also Japanese long-stay senior visitors (to be confirmed).
Registration:
Registration for the symposium is free, but is essential for catering purposes. As there will be no food outlets open on Saturday, a light lunch will be provided for participants. Closing date for registering is
17:00 on Friday March 5th.
Do you have special diet requirements (vegetarian / other)?
Additional remarks:
Program
9:30 Opening remarks by Professor Ross Mouer
Guest Speaker, The Consul-General of Japan (tbc)
Speakers:
10:00 Mizukami Tetsuo (Japanese Studies Centre / Professor, Rikkyo
University)
Overview of the Japanese population in Australia with a focus upon demographic data.
10:30 Robyn Spence-Brown (Monash University) and Anne de Kretser (Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education)
The current state of Japanese language education in Australia (tentative title)
11:00 Naomi Kurata and Kenta Koshiba (Monash University)
Cultural identity of Japanese background speakers.
11:30 Shizu Koyanagi (Metropolitan University of Tokyo)
Interpersonal interaction and perceived boundaries in intercultural contexts of Australia, Japan and Thailand: the cases of Japanese international students and retired seniors.
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Fujioka Nobuaki (PhD candidate, Hitotsubashi University)
Japanese working holiday makers in Australian cities.
1:30 Itoh Mayuko (Phd candidate, University of Melbourne)
International marriage communities.
2:00 Selena Kusaka (MA candidate, University of Sussex / La Trobe University)
Australian-Japanese international marriage community in Melbourne
2:30 Tea break
3:00 Masao Nobe (Professor, Okayama University)
The networks of elderly Japanese in Australia
3:30 Nagatomo Jun (Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe)
Current situation of Japanese business in Australia and changes in the Japanese community in Queensland.
4:00 Takeshi Hamano (PhD candidate, University of Western Sydney)
Dwelling in Australia and resurgence of Japanese gender identity: Japanese marriage migrants and their ‘home’ in Sydney’s rural suburbs
Call for Papers - The Vietnam Inheritance: Cultural, social and political legacies of the Vietnam War in Australia: An Interdisciplinary Symposium marking the 35th anniversary of the end of the war
29 & 30 April 2010 Monash University, Caulfield Campus
Jointly convened by The School of Political and Social Inquiry, and The School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.
This symposium provides an opportunity for scholars from a range of disciplines to reflect on the impact of the war and its aftermath in Australia on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of its conclusion. In particular, we are interested in explorations of the cultural, social and political legacies of the war in Australia.
Selected papers from this symposium will be published in an A-ranked journal.
Abstracts of 200 words and brief author/s bio/s to be submitted by to Denise Cuthbert at denise.cuthbert@arts.monash.edu.auby Friday 26 February
