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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Newcastle invites academics from a wide a variety of disciplines to submit proposals for panels and individual papers at its conference, Histories of Violence, to be held in the city of Newcastle from 21-23 August 2012. (Please see attached for further information) <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Plenary speakers: <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Arjun Appadurai, New York University <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>A/Prof Philip Dwyer, <A href="mailto:Philip.Dwyer@newcastle.edu.au">Philip.Dwyer@newcastle.edu.au</A></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>Michelle Mansfield</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Arial Narrow">Lecturer, Research Academic and Research Project Manager </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal></SPAN><SPAN><FONT size=2 face="Arial Narrow">Course Coordinator SOCA 3350 and SOCA 6640</FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Arial Narrow">Project Officer Centre for the History of Violence</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><SPAN>Lecturer and Tutor EPHUMA 154</SPAN><BR>English Language and Foundation Studies Centre</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE<BR></STRONG>Callaghan NSW 2308<BR>Tel: 61 - 2- 4921 6888</FONT></SPAN></P>
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