CAPSTRANS Research News and Events
August 2004
In this issue:
Dr Brian Finn Honorary Doctor of Education University of Wollongong
Dr Brian Finn, Chair, CAPSTRANS Advisory Board, was awarded
an Honorary degree of Doctor of Education at the Faculty of Commerce graduation ceremony on
July 14.
Grant Successes
Leverhulme Visiting Professorship
Professor Geoffrey Samuel
was appointed as Leverhulme Visiting Professor at School
of Oriental and African Studies, University
of London, August 2003 to May 2004.
Fellowship from Max Planck Institute
Professor Christoph
Antons has been awarded a Fellowship from Max
Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich to carry out
research on Southeast Asian Intellectual Property Law in November and December 2004.
Internationalisation Committee's Strengthening Strategic International Links Scheme: UoW
Dr Lenore Lyons received
a 2004 UIC grant to travel to Gadjah Mada University
in Indonesia in November. This project will examine how understandings of national identity and
regional identity are constructed within debates about regional autonomy and separatism in the
Riau islands of Batam and Bintan in Indonesia. This research will be carried out as a collaborative
program with Dr Pratikno, Associate Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty of Universitas Gadjah
Mada. Research findings will contribute to the broader scholarly project of understanding nation-building
processes in Indonesia by problematising the relationship between citizenship, nationality and
sovereignty. It will also enhance and further develop linkages between CAPSTRANS and Gadjah Mada.
Dr Brian Yecies received
a 2004 UIC grant to research on “Overcoming Attitudes of Distance: Conjoining Overseas Students
with Real-time Web-camera Technology”. This new initiative builds upon the seed-funded UIC
project and track record established in 2003 by Brian Yecies and Daniel Saffioti, which explored
opportunities for a collaborative online teaching project between the Faculties of Arts and Informatics
at University of Wollongong and the School of Film and Multimedia at Korea
National University of Arts (KNUA) in Seoul.
Staff Activities:
Conferences/Seminars/Lectures/Workshops
Professor Christoph Antons
Professor Christoph Antons,
Director of CAPSTRANS, presented a paper “Copyright Contracts, Public Policy and Antitrust”
at the Third Conference on European and Asian Intellectual Property Rights: “New Paradigms
of Copyright Law in the Information Society” held at Academia Sinica in Taiwan on 7-8 June
2004.
Professor Geoffrey Samuel
Professor Geoffrey Samuel, Associate
Director, CAPSTRANS presented the following papers:
- “Spirit Causation and Illness in Tibetan Medicine.” Paper for the 10th Conference
of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Oxford, September 2003.
- “Teaching Non-Western Religions Today: Finance, Politics and Identity.” Public
Lecture for School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 11th November 2003.
Also given as seminar to School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University on
10th Dec. 2003; as lecture to University of Surrey Federal Forum for Theology, Religion, &
Spirituality, 4th February 2004; as seminar to Theology and religious Studies, University of
Surrey, Roehampton, 17th February 2004.
- “The Brahmanical, Buddhist, and Jain Varieties of Indic Religion: Contrasts and Commonalities.”
Paper for Conference on Religions in the Indic Civilization (International Association for the
History of Religions/Centre for Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, December 18-21, 2003.
- “Childbirth in South Asia: Reflections on the Body, Religion and Modernity.” Paper
for Centre for South Asian Studies and School of Divinity, Edinburgh University, 12th February
2004. Revised version given as Leverhulme Lecture 2, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, 15 March 2004.
- “Rethinking ‘Shamanism’.” Seminar for Mongolian and Inner Asia Studies
Unit (MIASU), University of Cambridge), 24th February 2004. Revised version given as Leverhulme
Lecture 1, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 8 March 2004.
"Masculinity, Celibacy and the Warrior Archetype in Buddhism and other Indic religions."
Paper for 28th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Regent's Park College, Oxford, 26-28
March 2004. Revised versions presented to symposium on Buddhism, Power, and Political Order
in South and Southeast Asia, Oxford, 14-16 April 2004, and as Leverhulme Lecture 3, School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 20 April, 2004.
- “Gender and Sustainability in Indic Religions.” Seminar Paper for Department of
Religious Studies, University of Stirling, April 2004. Revised version given as Leverhulme Lecture
4, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 27 April, 2004.
- Organiser of Workshop on Asian Religions Today: The Politics of Research and Teaching, School
of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 8 May 2004.
Dr Lenore Lyons
Dr Lenore Lyons, Deputy Director,
CAPSTRANS presented the following:
- A paper entitled “Making babies for PAPa: Reproductive policy debates in Singapore”
at the Workshop on Southeast Asian Women, Monash University on 25 June.
- To present a keynote address at the Inaugural Singapore Studies Symposium in Melbourne on
9 August.
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Conference
On 29 June-2 July CAPSTRANS staff attended the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian
Studies Association of Australia (ASAA). The CAPSTRANS website shows the panels
convened and the papers presented by staff and students.
Dr Jakkrit Kuanpoth
Dr Kuanpoth, Visiting Fellow, CAPSTRANS, presented a paper titled
“TRIPS-Plus Standards: Implications to the World Trading System?” at the WIPO/WTO
Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property Law, jointly organized by World Intellectual
Property Organization and World Trade Organization in Geneva in June/July 2004.
To be published:
- Jakkrit Kuanpoth “Patent and Access to Medicines: the Case of ddI Patents in Thailand”,
International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC);
- Jakkrit Kuanpoth “Intellectual property and access to essential medicines: Options for
developing countries”, Journal of Generic Medicines, Vol.2 No.1, 2004.
Dr Charles Hawksley
Dr Hawksley presented
a paper titled “The Enhanced Cooperation Program between Australia and PNG: ‘the intervention
you have when you're not having an intervention’?” at the 1st Oceanic Conference on
International Studies at the Australian National University in July 2004.
To be published:
- A report written in 2001 in conjunction with Robyn Iredale and Tim Turpin is to be published
by UNESCO's International Social Science Journal No. 179, March 2004. It is about migration
research and policy making in the Asia Pacific and is called “Tracking Impact: Case studies
on the social science-policy nexus”.
Fieldwork
Dr Julia Martínez
Dr Martínez has undertaken
fieldwork in Darwin and Adelaide which will provide historical archival documents necessary to
complete her book “Southeast Asia in Tropical Australia: Plural Port Darwin” to be
published in the ASAA mongraph series with Singapore University Press.
Workshops
Dr Tim Scrase
Social Impact Analysis and the Transformation of Asia-Pacific Ports (SIATAPP) Review Workshop
A review workshop was held on 16 July to discuss and clarify the comparative lessons
arising from the initial study of the five Asia-Pacific and Australian ports that are part of
this project. The five ports that are being investigated are Port Kembla (Australia); Port Klang
(Malaysia); Saigon Port (Vietnam); Chittagong Port (Bangladesh); and Kolkata (India). This was
also an opportunity for the research partners and other invited specialists to review and assess
how these empirical insights can engage with the existing theoretical literature on ports, ports
cities and the social impact of restructuring. CAPSTRANS researchers involved in the workshop
were: Professor Andrew Wells, Dr.
Tim Scrase and PhD student Shaikhul Islam. All of the research partners contributed to this
process through presentations addressing their particular area of specialist knowledge. This workshop
contributes to our overall efforts to develop a substantially refined research methodology concerning
the social impact of ports. A website
was also launched.
Seminars
Pushing Boundaries of Critical Thought—Seminar Series 2004
Invoking the tradition of the Salon
This seminar series encourages conversations about social theory across disciplines
and communities. Joint initiative of CAPSTRANS and the Faculty
of Education. The series holds a seminar on the last Thursday of each month. Details on presentations
can be found here.
Student Activities
Deborah Gough, CAPSTRANS PhD student presented a paper on “Samoan
Transnational Community: A Modern Phenomenon or Traditional Practice?” at the Faculty
of Arts postgraduate conference held on 25 June 2004.
The first edition of Aipheus,
the postgraduate online journal was launched on 25 June. Postgraduate Students can submit papers
and/or book reviews for feedback.
Deborah Gough has been accepted to present a paper at the ANU Migration
Research Network's Winter Workshop for Doctoral Students in July 2004.
Student Graduations
Five students graduated in CAPSTRANS Master of Social Change and Develoment course
at the 15 July 2004 ceremony as follows: Christian Banno, Luciana Futema,
Chiara Ridolfi, Elijah John and Sue Cunningham
(in absentia). A pre-graduation lunch was held in CAPSTRANS for graduands and their families and
friends. Photos can be viewed here.
Publications
Professor Christoph Antons
Book Chapter
Antons, Christoph (2004) “Folklore protection in Australia: Who is expert
in Aboriginal tradition?”, in Elke Kurz-Milcke and Gerd Gigerenzer (ed.), Experts
in Science and Society, Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, pp. 85-103.
Antons, Christoph and Cita Citrawinda Priapantja (2004) “Exhaustion and Parallel
Imports in Indonesia”, in Christopher Heath (ed.), Parallel Imports in Asia,
Max Planck Series on Asian Intellectual Property Law, Kluwer Law International, London, pp. 101-111.
Vicki Crinis (PhD Student)
Book Chapter
Crinis, Vicki (2004) “Pink-Collared Workers and the Family in Modernizing
Malaysia: A Case Study of the Garment Industry” in Leng Leng Thang and Wei-Hsin Yu (ed.),
Old Challenges, New Strategies? Women, Work and Family in Contemporary Asia, BRILL
Social Sciences in Asia, pp. 187-207.
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