SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES SUMMER SCHOOL
JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 4 2005
The ANU South Asia Studies Summer School (SASSS) is a week-long program of intensive research activities designed to bring together scholars working on South Asia throughout Australia and New Zealand to exchange knowledge and experience at one of the leading centres of learning on South Asia.
The broad goals for the week are to provide a forum for students to discuss their research with substantial intellectual inputs from experienced researchers, to expose students to the work being done at the frontiers of South Asian studies by ANU faculty and invited guest faculty and to provide opportunities for networking through the exchange of knowledge and experiences surrounding the study of South Asia. The program will also expose the students to the immense resources on South Asia harboured in libraries in Canberra – at the ANU and the National Library. In addition, students will have the opportunity to participate in a range of social and cultural activities to be held as part of the Asia-Pacific Week.
Hosts for the program will comprise experienced researchers and scholars drawn from among the ANU's staff as well as some guest faculty.
SASSS Overview in pdf format
Workshops leaders will include (areas of interest in parenthesis):
- Prof. Prema-chandra Athukorala (Economics)
- Dr. Richard Barz (Contemporary Indian culture)
- Dr. Adrian Burton (Sanskrit literature)
- Dr. Christian Coseru (Buddhist literature)
- Prof. Amareswar Galla (Heritage studies)
- Dr. Chris Gregory (Indian tribal anthropology)
- Prof. Raghbendra Jha (Economics)
- Dr. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt (Resource management, gender and community in South Asia)
- Ms. Rosalind Matthews (Modern Hindi literature)
- Dr. John Powers (Tibetan history and religion)
- Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan (Contemporary Indian politics)
- Dr. Anurag Sharma (Economics)
- Dr. McComas Taylor (Sanskrit literature)
- Dr Mark Thirlwell (economics)
Participation in the South Asian Studies Summer School will enable students to:
- Meet and exchange ideas with their peers around working on similar topics in universities around Australia and New Zealand
- Establish links with key ANU scholars as informal on-going mentors
- Be exposed to South Asia-oriented research at the frontiers
- Gain feedback on proposed and current research projects from ANU-based South Asia studies specialists and invited speakers.
- Strengthen insights into key challenges facing South Asia studies – particularly, but not exclusively, in Australia-New Zealand.
- Make use of the resources of ANU libraries and the National Library of Australia
- Out-of-town participants in Asia-Pacific Week will be housed at Bruce Hall on ANU's campus. A continental breakfast is provided as part of the accommodation package.
ANU Asia Pacific Week
The 2005 SASSS is to be held in conjunction with summer schools in China Studies, Thai Studies, Indonesian Studies, Vietnam Studies, Pacific Island Studies, Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Studies and Japan Studies. The Asia-Pacific week will feature special events such as keynote speeches, films, performances and exhibitions. Participants at the SASSS will interact with participants from other summer schools in combined social functions.
For further information:
Prof. Raghbendra Jha,
Australia South Asia Research Centre
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU, Canberra ACT 0200
Email: r.jha@anu.edu.au
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