November 2011 Asian Australian EVENTS round-up! [10.10.2011]
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.”
FOR FULL INFORMATION, VISIT THE WORKSHOP PAGE.
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…!
FOR FULL INFORMATION, VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE.
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.
VISIT THE AAFF 2011 WEBSITE FOR FULL INFORMATION!