[csaa-forum] CFP - mobilities (AAI5) conference - 26-27 Nov 2015 (Immigration Museum, Melbourne)

[Tseen Khoo]

*CFP - mobilities (AAI5) conference - 26-27 Nov 2015 (Immigration Museum,
Melbourne) - **aai5conference.wordpress.com
<http://aai5conference.wordpress.com>*

*>> This conference is hosted by the Asian Australian Studies Research
Network (AASRN) <https://aasrn.wordpress.com/> in partnership with the
Immigration Museum, Melbourne
<http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/>. <<*

Research in Asian Australian Studies is marked consistently by critiques of
static contexts and hermetic conceptualisations of sociocultural
communities.

With the heightened – some might say hyper – mobility of people, capital,
and information in the past couple of decades comes the necessity of new
interrogations of community, nation, diaspora, and unbelonging.

What does this porousness of boundaries (whether geopolitical, community,
or digital) mean for Asian Australian groups and their critical politics?
Has the strategic essentialism of ‘Asian Australian’ lost its efficacy?
Where is the crucial work that still needs to be done?

The ‘mobilities’ (aka AAI 5) conference focuses on the disparate, dispersed
trajectories of Asian Australian subjects and communities, as well as the
movement of its political and cultural boundaries.

It brings together academics, community and cultural workers, educators,
creative artists, and industry speakers. At its core, the conference
critically examines Asian Australian Studies today.

*CONFERENCE KEYNOTES*

   - Professor Ien Ang (Institute for Culture and Society, University of
   Western Sydney)
   - Dr Tim Soutphommasane (Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian
   Human Rights Commission)

*PRIORITY THEMES:*

   - Critical views on Asia literacy
   - Educating about Asian Australia
   - Political subjectivities, public life
   - Creative cultural activism
   - Rural + regional Asian Australia
   - Asian Australian health
   - Diaspora + Asian identities
   - Digital activism
   - Screen cultures + mobile subjects
   - Histories of mobility + migration

*CONFERENCE TIMELINES + SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*

   - *Call for Papers deadline: 1 March, 2015. *Please send submissions to
   aai5conference at gmail.com, with “mobilities – <LAST NAMES>” in the email
   subject heading (e.g. mobilities – De Silva, Wang, Bloggs). You are
   encouraged to submit:


   - *Themed panel groups*: Panel title and 100 word panel theme summary,
      150 word abstracts and 100 word bios for each presenter.
      - *Roundtable groups*: Roundtable title and 200 word roundtable theme
      summary, 100 word bios for each participant.
      - *Individual papers*: 250 word abstracts and 100 word bios.

      - 1 May – Accepted speakers will be notified / Registrations open
   - 25 July – Last day for early-bird registration

We welcome interdisciplinary approaches, and presentations from a broad
range of humanities and social sciences fields (including political
science, public health, cultural studies, education, critical race studies,
cultural geography, history, and sociology).

The conference encourages a wide range of presentation format submissions,
including themed panels, individual papers, round-tables, and Q&A-style
sessions.

*CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: *Dr Tseen Khoo (La Trobe U), Dr Dean Chan (Curtin
U), Dr Sukhmani Khorana (U of Wollongong) Professor Jacqueline Lo (ANU). All
conference enquiries can be directed to aai5conference at gmail.com

*PARTNER EVENT: *Following the 'mobilities' conference, the Asian
Australian Film Forum and Network (AAFFN) will be holding a special event
called “Lights On: Asian Australian Screen & Community Connections”
featuring a Friday evening (27 Nov) film screening from 5pm, and Saturday
(28 Nov) event 10am to 5pm to be held at the Kaleide Theatre, RMIT. This
event will feature various films and panels showcasing Asian Australian
screen and community arts, and is free and open to everyone. For more
information, visit the AAFFN
<https://asianaustralianfilmforum.wordpress.com/> website or Facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/AsianAustralianFilmForum>.
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