[csaa-forum] Symposium: Australian Social Sciences in the Asian Century: PLEASE REGISTER BY 13 November 2012

[Vera Mackie]

The Annual Symposium of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia this year will focus on Australian Social Sciences in the Asian Century.

 Speakers will respond to the just-released White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century and will consider what we can learn from an engagement with the diverse social science traditions in the region.

<http://asiancentury.dpmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/white-paper/australia-in-the-asian-century-white-paper.pdf>

Speakers include Sujata Patel (University of Hyderabad), Chua Beng Huat (National University of Singapore), Sylvia Estrada-Claudio (University of the Philippines), Raewyn Connell (University of Sydney) and
Simon Marginson (University of Melbourne).

The one-day symposium will be held on 20 November 2012 in the Shine Dome in Canberra.

For the full program and registration form, see:

<http://www.assa.edu.au/programs/forums/annual_symposiums/2012.php>

 The Annual Symposium and Cunningham Lecture are open to non-Fellows.

Registrations will be accepted until 13 November 2012.

Discounted registration is available for students.

 Vera Mackie
University of Wollongong

 (Co-convener of the Symposium)