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University of Melbourne, Friday 19 February 2010<BR>
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The ARC Cultural Research Network is pleased to announce a masterclass with Prof. Koichi Iwabuchi (Waseda University, Japan), to be held at the University of Melbourne. With the CRN’s ARC funding now at an end, this will be one of your last chances to participate in one of the CRN’s masterclasses with visiting scholars; these events have provided some of the highlights of the CRN’s Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Development program since the Network began in 2005.<BR>
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A maximum of twelve participants for this masterclass will be chosen via competitive application, and applications are welcome from all Melbourne-based postgraduate students and Early Career Researchers working in the broad field of cultural studies. The class will run from 9am-5pm, is free of charge to successful applicants, and includes lunch and morning/afternoon teas.<BR>
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<B>To apply</B> please provide a brief (max. 2 page) CV, and a one-page statement introducing yourself and your research to Prof. Iwabuchi; in this document, you should also highlight your research’s connection to the masterclass theme and/or Prof. Iwabuchi’s work. Applications are due by <B>1 February 2010</B>, and should be sent to Alison Huber at <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>huberal@unimelb.edu.au</U></FONT>>.<BR>
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<B>Koichi Iwabuchi</B> is Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo. He received a Ph.D. from University of Western Sydney and his Ph.D. thesis won the President's Prize of Australian Association of Asian Studies. He has worked on contemporary media and cultural issues such as globalization and transnationalism, inter-Asian media connections, multicultural questions and cultural citizenship in the Japanese/East Asian contexts. His main English publications include: <I>Recentering Globalization: Popular culture and Japanese transnationalism</I> (Duke UP 2002), (co-eds with Mandy Thomas and Stephen Muecke) <I>Rogue Flows: Trans-Asian cultural traffic</I> (Hong Kong UP 2004), (co-ed with Chua Beng Huat) <I>East Asian Pop Culture: Analyzing the Korean Wave</I> (Hong Kong UP 2008). He is a co-editor (with Chris Berry) of a book series of Hong Kong University Press, TransAsia: Screen Cultures.<BR>
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<I>This event is supported with funding from the University of Melbourne and the ARC Cultural Research Network.</I></SPAN></FONT>
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