Asia Pacific Week 2009
Building Australia's Asia Pacific Expertise
ANU Campus 27 - 30 January

The Indonesia Studies Graduate Summer Shool is supported by funds from the Southeast Asia Node, ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network

The Indonesian Studies Graduate Summer School (ISGSS) is a week of intensive research activities for young scholars working on Indonesia. The Summer School is conducted on the ANU campus in the centre of Canberra. It is open to participants from throughout Australia and overseas interested in exchanging knowledge and experience, and accessing the scholarly resources of the ANU - Australia's premier centre for scholarship on Indonesia.

The broad goals are to provide a forum for building networks among postgraduate scholars through exchange of knowledge and experiences surrounding the study of Indonesia. The program also aims to provide students with an opportunity to use the rich and diverse resources on Indonesia held at the ANU Library and the Australian National Library (ANL). Activities include seminars, panel discussions, student presentations, individual consultations with ANU academics, guest lectures, master classes, a library visit and cultural events.

Your academic hosts and mentors will include Robert Cribb, Jim Fox, Greg Fealy, Hal Hill, Ed Aspinall, Patrick Guinness, Frank Jotzo, Terry Hull, Ross McLeod, Chris Manning, Budy Resosudarmo and Kathy Robinson.

You will have opportunities to:

• Meet, exchange ideas and forge networks with students from around Australia
• Establish links with key ANU scholars as informal on-going mentors
• Gain feedback on work in progress
• Develop techniques for conducting effective fieldwork in Indonesia
• Strengthen insights into key theoretical challenges for Indonesian Studies
• Draw on the knowledge of the expert Indonesia specialist librarians at ANU and ANL
  

Program

The program is still evolving and may be subject to change.

Interactive seminars by senior researchers

• Climate change policy challenges for Indonesia
• Islam: its political, social and pop culture faces in Indonesia
• Indonesia population challenges
• Security and terrorism: their changing faces in Indonesia
• Methodology and ethics in the research process

Master class workshops

• Students present 15-20 minute papers on work in progress or key research problems
• Discussion and feedback from peers and experts
• Guest lectures

Individual Consultations

• Opportunities will be made available for students to consult with individual ANU staff about their research projects.

Eligibility

• The Indonesian Studies Graduate Summer School invites applications from research higher degree students currently enrolled in any Australian university. Applications are welcome from overseas, especially from New Zealand and Indonesia.
• Depending on overall numbers, places are also available for Honours students and Early Career Researchers
• Students in all disciplines within the humanities and social sciences are eligible.
• PhD students who have not previously participated in the ISGSS will be given priority

Scholarships

All of the cost of accommodation and meals are covered. Participants will be accommodated on the ANU's campus in John XXIII College. There may be some contribution towards domestic travel costs for participants presenting their research. *Students are strongly encouraged to apply elsewhere for travel funding.*

Application Process

Funded places in the ISGSS are limited to 25.
To apply for admission and (if eligible) a scholarship you should complete the online application. There is no registration fee.

Applications close on 3 October 2008. Applicants will be advised of the success of their applications by early November 2007.

Contact

For further information contact the convenors:

Dr Robert Cribb, Pacific and Asian History Division, RSPAS, ANU, ACT 0200
Email: robert.cribb@anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 6125 4247