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Network BULLETIN ISSUE 13: APRIL 2008 |
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- Management Committee welcomes new member
- Australia 2020 Summit – congratulations Professor Michael Wesley
- EOIs for Postgraduate and ECR workshop close April 15
- Network sponsors Asian Currents
- Round two grant applications close April 30
- First round grants results
- 2007 annual report now available
- National Centre for Biosecurity host successful symposium
- Workshop effectively examines contemporary understandings of mental illness in East Asian communities.
If you have any comments or any contributions for future Bulletins - please contact Nicki Davies via email:Nicki.Davies@uts.edu.au
2008 has seen the ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network launch a new logo and we are gradually introducing this into all our communications both online and in hard copy. Please do not hesitate to contact us for a copy of the logo if you wish to include it in any of your Network associated communications. The image has also been adapted to create a new logo for each Node.The Network welcomes a new member to the Management Committee
The Network extends a warm welcome to Professor Sisira Jayasuriya who earlier this year assumed the role of South Asia Node leader. We would also like to express our appreciation to his predecessor, Professor John Fitzgerald, for taking on the responsibilities of the Node in 2007.
Australia 2020 Summit
CONGRATULATIONS TO AUSTRALIA-ASIA NODE LEADER, PROFESSOR MICHAEL WESLEY WHO WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2020 SUMMIT. HE IS CONVENING THE PANEL TITLED "AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING REGION AND WORLD."
Other Network members involved within this panel include:- Professor David Hill
- Dr Gary Sigley
- Professor Samina Yasmeen
- Dr Kent Anderson
- Professor Andrew MacIntyre
- Dr Katherine Morton
- Professor Amin Saikal
- Professor Benjamin Reilly
Check out the website for further details http://www.australia2020.gov.au/committee/index.cfm and please contact us if we have missed you from the list or you are part of other panel involvements.
Expressions of interest to host Postgraduate and ECR workshop
A REMINDER THAT THE EOI TO HOSTING OUR SECOND POSTGRADUATE AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT CLOSES ON APRIL 15 2008.
Full details can be found at: http://www.sueztosuva.org.au/other_docs/EOI_ARC_APFRN_08.pdf
Last year's highly successful event was hosted at University of Wollongong by a team led by Associate Professor Tim Scrase.
Round two grant applications now open
Applications for Round Two are now being invited. Closing date April 30. Topics should be based on the signature theme for 2008 – Crossing Borders of Cultural Meanings in the Asia Pacific (Culture and Religion). Further information is available on the website: http://www.sueztosuva.org.au/grant_apps.php
First round grants results
THE GRANTS SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH INCLUDED PROFESSOR PURNENDRA JAIN, PROFESSOR SISIRA JAYASURIYA AND PROFESSOR LOUISE EDWARDS MET LAST MONTH TO ASSESS FIRST ROUND APPLICATIONS FOR 2008. PROJECTS WERE CAREFULLY REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AND FUNDING WAS AWARDED TO SEVEN SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS:
| Applicant | Affiliation | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Selvaraj Velayutham | Macquarie University | Inhabiting diversity and the Asia Pacific workshop |
| Dr Assa Doron and Dr Alex Broom | ANU | Health, culture and religion in South Asia: Interdisciplinary and cross-national social science perspectives |
| Dr Anoma Pieris | University of Melbourne | ASAH (Asian Society of Architectural Historians) |
| Professor Vera Mackie | University of Melbourne | The Body and Globalisation workshop |
| Associate Professor Helen Creese, Dr Tomoko Aoyama and Dr Rosie Roberts | University of Queensland. | Women in Asia: emerging researchers showcase |
| Associate Professor Michael Roberts | University of Adelaide | Pride, prejudice, power and race in contemporary cricket |
| Dr. Katerina Teaiwa and Professor Stewart Firth | ANU | Oceanic Connections - enhancement of the 2nd conference of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies |
A reminder that a summary overview of the many network-funded projects is available online at http://www.sueztosuva.org.au/successful_apps.php
2007 annual report
The 2007 annual report was submitted to the Australian Research Council (ARC) on 31st March 2008. You can access the report via the website www.sueztosuva.org.au/annual_reports . Hard copies of the report are also available so please email us if you would like to obtain a copy
Network sponsors Asian Currents
THE NETWORK IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS SPONSORSHIP OF ASIAN CURRENTS FOR 2008. ASIAN CURRENTS IS THE EBULLETIN OF THE ASIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA, SPONSORED IN 2008 BY THE ARC APFRN. ITS AIM IS TO BUILD LINKAGES BETWEEN ASIA EXPERTS IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES AND THOSE WORKING ON ASIA IN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, THE MEDIA AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY
The next issue is due out in the third week of April and you can subscribe for free at: http://iceaps.anu.edu.au/asian-currents.html
If you would like to contribute - please contact the editor, Francesca Beddie, at fbeddie@infinite.net.au. Asian Currents is a great channel to tell policy makers and others about your work.
SYMPOSIUM - Biosecurity Challenges Facing Australia and its Region
PATRICIA GRAY, CHRISTIAN ENEMARK AND MICHAEL SELGELID OF THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOSECURITY AT ANU PUT TOGETHER THIS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SYMPOSIUM.
Professor John MacKenzie (Keynote Speaker), Professor Ian Ramshaw (Director NCB), Professor Tony Cunningham and Professor Alan Dupont.
Held at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU over two days included over 90 participants from a wide variety of backgrounds including policy makers, academics, industry representatives and a group of 16 delegates from the Asia-Pacific region. Topics covered ranged from laboratory safety, to public communication in case of an epidemic, to importation times of pandemic influenza to ethical aspects of scientific research. A keynote address by Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert, from the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand proved a definite highlight. Talking about his experiences with avian influenza, his presentation sparked much interest among the attendees.
Funding from the Network enabled guest speakers Professor Malcolm Dando from the University of Bradford (UK) and Professor John MacKenzie (Curtin University, WA) to attend.
Professor Dando also delivered a public lecture which was well attended by members of the public who had not attended the symposium. The presenters' slides and a copy of the conference booklet from the symposium are available on the National Centre for Biosecurity's website http://biosecurity.anu.edu.au.
WORKSHOP - Mental Illness and Contemporary East Asian Communities: Responding to Culture
DR GUY RAMSAY CONVENED THIS FASCINATING NETWORK SPONSORED WORKSHOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. THE WORKSHOP BROUGHT TOGETHER AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS, PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ENGAGED IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH TO EXAMINE CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDINGS OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN EAST ASIAN COMMUNITIES IN BOTH INDIGENOUS AND MIGRANT SETTINGS.
Guy Ramsay, Caroline Lenette and John Traphagan at the opening of the Masterclass.
The workshop has laid the groundwork for a richer, interdisciplinary understanding of mental illness and its attendant stigma in contemporary East Asian communities, which can usefully inform future research collaborations and health delivery practice.
31 participants took part in a one day workshop and seven people also took part in a Masterclass the following day. A webpage is currently in development to showcase the event and serve as a site for continuing dialogue between workshop presenters, attendees and other interested parties. It will be located on the website of the internationally renowned Centre for International Mental Health and contain a summary of the workshop, the workshop and Masterclass presentations as well as links to presenters' work that is connected to or follows on from this workshop. The webpage is expected to be live by mid April. http://www.cimh.unimelb.edu.au/newsevents/ mi_east_asian_community
Forthcoming events
Don't forget that a vast array of ARC-APFRN funded events are taking place all the time. Detailed information is on the website as it becomes available:
http://www.sueztosuva.org.au
Your participation is most welcome and please don't hesitate to spread the word about all events far and wide!
