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Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)
18th Biennial Conference 2010
The University of Adelaide
5 - 8 July 2010
Crises and Opportunities: Past, Present and Future
The 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), was held at the University of Adelaide as a collaboration between the University of Adelaide and Flinders University.
Published Proceedings:
Published proceedings are available here.
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Keynote Address
Conference Opening
Conference Dinner
Conference Book Launch & Lord Mayor's Farewell (Kindly taken by Roslyn 'Joy' Ricci)
Organising Committee
Patrons:
- Lt Governor Mr Hieu Van Le (Lt Governor of the State of South Australia)
- Mr Michael Abbott QC
Sponsors
Keynote Speakers:
- Asia - Where Will It Be in the 21st Century?
Tan Sri Dr Mohd. Munir - Chairman, Malaysia Airlines and Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, Southeast Asia International Affairs Programme. Kindly sponsored by SANTOS
- The "Tibetan Question" between East and West
Prof Wang Hui - Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Nominated as one of the World's top 100 intellectuals by Foreign Policy www.townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/resid_hui.shtml. Kindly sponsored by the Confucius Institute
Invited Speakers:
- Asian Studies Women's Forum
Dr Maznah Mohamad - National University of Singapore - 2010 Flinders University Asia Centre Annual Lecture
Assoc Professor Goh Beng Lan - Head, Southeast Asian Program, National University of Singapore
"Crisis of Area Studies in a Global Age: A perspective from Southeast Asia" - Australia India Council (Canberra) and the South Asian Studies Assocation of Australia
Dr Asghar Ali Engineer - Chairman, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai India
"Muslims in Modern India: Mass Prejudice, Government Apathy and Poor Leadership" - Australia India Institute
Dr Atreyee Sen - Research Council United Kingdom (RCUK) Fellow
"Surviving Violence, Contesting Victimhood: Communal Politics and the creation of Child-Men in Urban India Slums"
Special Events:
- Malaysian Agriculture in Transition, 1960-2010
Speaker: Dr Colin Barlow - Law and Religion in Traditional and Contemporary China
Speaker: Associate Professor Benny Tai Yiu Ting, University of Hong Kong - Roundtable: The Engaging State - South Australia and the Asia Pacific
- Roundtable : India's Look East Policy: Challenges and Prospects
- Conference Gala Dinner and Entertainment 7 July 2010