[csaa-forum] CFP: The Pacific in Australia

[Melissa Gregg]

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From: Vicky McNicol [mailto:v.mcnicol at uq.edu.au] 
Sent: Friday, 10 June 2005 3:21 PM
To: all at emsah.uq.edu.au
Subject: Call for Papers - Please Circulate to Appropriate Staff &
Postgraduates


CALL FOR PAPERS

 

The Pacific in Australia - Australia in the Pacific 

The inaugural conference of the

 Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies

 

 

Carseldine Campus, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

Tuesday 24th January to Friday 27th January 2006.

 

The conference over four days will showcase Australian excellence in
disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, scholarship and tertiary
teaching about the Pacific Islands. The conference will also include the
launch of AAAPS, (the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific
Studies), an initiative to promote the teaching and study of the Pacific
Islands in Australian Universities. Papers are now invited for the four
themes addressed by the conference. The proceedings will be peer reviewed
for online access through EPrint and a publication is planned. For further
details contact the panel convenors as follows; 

 

*	Hunting the collectors; Pacific collections in Australia Galleries,
Museums and Archives 

      Contact:  Dr Susan Cochrane (University of Queensland) <
s.cochrane at uq.edu.au >
 

*	The Pacific in Australia - Australia in the Pacific; disciplinary
and interdisciplinary research in the Humanities Contact:  Dr Clive Moore,
(University of Queensland) <  <mailto:c.moore at uq.edu.au> c.moore at uq.edu.au >



*	Teaching; what and how we teach about the Pacific - sharing ideas on
undergraduate and postgraduate courses and programs  Contact:  Dr Max
Quanchi; (Queensland University of Technology)  <
<mailto:m.quanchi at qut.edu.au> m.quanchi at qut.edu.au >
  

*	Visual and Performing Arts; creating links between Australian based
Pacific Island artists and scholars  Contact: Dr Prue Ahrens (Griffith
University/QCA & QPasifika) <  <mailto:P.Ahrens at griffith.edu.au>
P.Ahrens at griffith.edu.au >
 

To register a paper, send the title, abstract of 100 words, name and
affiliation, by August 30th 2005 to < <mailto:m.quanchi at qut.edu.au>
m.quanchi at qut.edu.au> (place "Attention AAAPS" in the subject line). The
final mss for peer review is due on October 30th 2005. 

 

Registration, teas and lunch during the conference are free. Full electronic
access and data projection is available. Delegates must meet their own
travel and housing costs. For details on local transport and housing in the
Carseldine precinct or Brisbane city, contact the conference convenor Dr Max
Quanchi at  <  <mailto:m.quanchi at qut.edu.au> m.quanchi at qut.edu.au > 

 

For further information about AAAPS and its activities, the AAAPS launch and
the inaugural AGM contact the Interim AAAPS President, A/Prof Grant McCall
(University of New South Wales) < g.mccall at unsw.edu.au >

 

For further information about ICE-APS (the International Centre of
Excellence in Asian and Pacific Studies) contact the Executive Officer,
ICE-APS, Mr Richard Thompson, <  <mailto:Richard.thompson at anu.edu.au>
Richard.thompson at anu.edu.au > or the ICE-APS website
<http://iceaps.anu.edu.au/> http://iceaps.anu.edu.au

 

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The conference is supported by ICEAPS and the Centre for Social Change
Research, QUT in conjunction with QPasifika an initiative linking the
Queensland Museum, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Performing Arts
Centre, Griffith University, The University of Queensland and Queensland
University of Technology.

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Vicky McNicol
School of English, Media Studies & Art History
University of Queensland
CRICOS Provider No: 00025B
Tel: (07) 3365 1412
Fax: (07) 3365 2799
Email: v.mcnicol at uq.edu.au
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