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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline">​</div><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Dear All,</span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 2018 AsiaPacific@RMIT Seminar Series.<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Date</b><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">: Wednesday, 11 July 2018  <span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Time</b><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">: 12:30 pm – 1.30 pm  </span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Venue</b><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">: B013-04.02 (Boardroom in the Emily McPherson Building, 405 Russell St.)</span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Presenter</b><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">: Assoc. Professor  Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Title</b><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">:  ‘Live it and Spit it’: Hip Hop and the Globalized Muslim Youth of the Asia Pacific<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">This talk will explore the appropriation of hip hop music by young Muslims in the Asia Pacific. The genre which initially comes as a challenge to religious authorities and the state has developed from a stigmatized art form to one that has been co-opted by grassroots organizations and government ministries. The presentation will delve into the different strategies adopted by hip hoppers to not only reconcile their multiple identities but also to ensure the advancement of their craft.</span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Bio</b><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">:<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir is an Associate Professor of Sociology and is the 2016 Western Sydney University International Alumni of the Year. In 2017, he won the Nanyang Research Award for being one of the three best young professors university wide. He is the author of five books namely, Muslims as Minorities: History and Social Realities of Muslims in Singapore (2009), Muslims in Singapore: Piety, Politics and Policies (2010), The Future of Singapore: Population, Society and the Nature of the State (2014), Digital Culture and Religion in Asia (2016) and Globalized Muslim Youth in the Asia Pacific: Popular Culture in Singapore and Sydney (2016). In 2013, he co-edited The Sociology of Islam: Collected Essays of Bryan S. Turner. He has published articles which focus on cultural sociology, social theory, the sociology of youth, and deviance and social control. He is currently the Director of Peace Studies at the United Nations Association of Singapore.<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">The seminar is a brown bag lunch event. Please RSVP <a href="mailto:catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au">catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au</a> by Friday 6 July.</span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The AsiaPacific@RMIT Seminar Series is organised by  the Graduate School of Business and Law (GSBL), the School of Media and Communication and the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS).</b><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> </span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">best wishes,<span> </span></span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Cat Gomes, Supriya Singh and Paul Battersby</span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> </span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AsiaPacific@RMIT  Seminar Series 2018 Schedule</b><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> 11 July</b><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">‘Live it and Spit it’: Hip Hop and the Globalized Muslim Youth of the Asia Pacific</span><br style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decora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<br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Associate Professor Catherine Gomes</i><br></font><i><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:12.8px">School of Media and Communication</span><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font face="georgia, serif">RMIT University<br>124 La Trobe Street</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><font face="georgia, serif">Melbourne, Victoria 3000<br>Australia<br>Room: </font><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> 5<font face="georgia, serif">.2.3</font></span><font face="georgia, serif"> (city campus)</font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i><br>tel: + 61 3 9925 5068<br>fax: + 61 3 99259730<br>email: <a href="mailto:catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au" target="_blank">catherine.gomes@rmit.edu.au</a></i></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www1.rmit.edu.au/staff/catherinegomes" target="_blank">Staff website</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Research Lab Leader, <a href="http://digital-ethnography.com/portfolio-posts/migration-and-digital-media-lab/" target="_blank">Migration and Digital Media</a>, <a href="http://digital-ethnography.com/" target="_blank">Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC)</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Founding Editor, <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=252/view,page=0/" target="_blank">Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration</a></font></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://translatingimpermanence.org/" target="_blank">Transient Migrant project website</a> (Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship)</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Recent books </b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9789811303319" target="_blank">Siloed Diversity: Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social Networks</a></font></div><div><a href="https://www.rowmaninternational.com/buy-books/product-details/?productId=3-156-3ad7333d-8296-45dc-91de-c70c9714fe65" style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media (</span></font><i style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:georgia,serif">forthcoming</i></a>)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811016387" target="_blank">Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in Australia and Singapore</a>, </font></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-MY" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811025990" target="_blank">International Student Connectedness and Identity: Transnational Perspectives</a></font></span></span></div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319461083" target="_blank">Quality Assurance in Asia-Pacific Universities: Implementing Massification in Higher Education</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://www.anthempress.com/the-asia-pacific-in-the-age-of-transnational-mobility" style="font-size:small" target="_blank">The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for Community and Identity on and through Social Media</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Recent Journal Articles and Chapters</b></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Reciprocity-and-Adaptivity-International-Students-and-Stakeholders/Ata-Tran-Liyanage/p/book/9781138707399" target="_blank">Navigating through the hostility: international students in Singapore </a></font></span><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=525678" target="_blank">International Student Identity and the Digital Envir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