The East Timor Studies Graduate Summer School is a week long period of workshops and research activities designed to bring together young scholars who are working on East Timor. The Summer School is held at the campus of The Australian National University in Canberra, and is open to participants from within and outside Australia. The program is still provisional at this stage. If you wish to take part you should let the program convenor know as soon as possible.
The program will showcase the work of young East Timor scholars in a formal setting and will include seminars, roundtable discussions, guest lectures as well as library visits and cultural events. The program also aims to provide students with an opportunity to use the rich resources held at the ANU library and the National Library of Australia. The East Timor Studies Graduate Summer School is open to honours-level and postgraduate students as well as recently completed post-doctoral students currently enrolled in any tertiary institution inside or outside Australia.
Several provisional themes for guest lectures have been proposed, and participants will be expected to make presentations on their own research interests. Provisional discussion topics for guest lectures are:
Roundtable discussions on the following topics will be held:
The Summer School will take place as part of the University’s Asia Pacific Week which is designed to provide a forum for building networks among postgraduate scholars through exchange of knowledge and experiences surrounding the study of the Asia Pacific region. The 2006 ETSGSS is to be held in conjunction with summer schools in China Studies, Thai Studies, Indonesian Studies, Korea Studies, Pacific Island Studies, Vietnamese Studies and Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Studies. The Asia-Pacific week will feature special events such as keynote speeches, films, performances and exhibitions. Participants at the ETSGSS will interact with participants from other summer schools in combined social functions.
Participants from outside Canberra will be housed at John XXIII College on the campus of the ANU. Breakfast is provided as part of the accommodation package.
A number of scholarships will be provided to offset the cost of accommodation (single room plus three meals per day) and travel for participants. Participants in Asia-Pacific Week 2006 will be accommodated at John XXIII on the ANU campus. Applicants are required to submit a letter (2 pages maximum) to the Convenor for their program area no later than 21 October 2005. Details of what information you should include in your letter are found on the Asia Pacific web page.
For further information contact trhe East Timor program convenor:
Dr John Bowden
Linguistics Department
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University
Tel: +61 2 6125 3281
Fax: +61 2 6125
Email: john.bowden@anu.edu.au
Canberra ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA
