UOW’s Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS) held a very successful community engagement seminar on India yesterday (Sunday 15 August).

The aim of the forum was to bring together members of the public and the University. Emeritus Professor Stephen Hill inaugurated the event, which was co-sponsored by the local radio program, Geetmala, Vox 106.9 FM . Read more »

Capital, Labour and Crisis: implications for the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific

An international workshop “Capital, Labour and Crisis: implications for the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific” was held at UOW last week.

Scholars from a range of disciplines including several international visitors looked at globalisation and the current crisis in the context of the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific. Read more...

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Universiti Sains Malaysia delegation visit CAPSTRANS

CAPSTRANS and Faculty of Arts have recently been involved in a program of collaborative activities under the LEADHER grant program with a small team from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM; which UOW have a signed MOU). LEADHER is the Leadership Development for Higher Education Reform Program, an initiative of the International Association of Universities (UNESCO).The main purpose is for each institution to develop a broad understanding of each other's internationalisation strategies and to promote research linkages, particularly between UOW's research strength CAPSTRANS (Centre for Asia-Pacific Social Transformation Studies) and USM's Social Transformation Research Platform. Read more »

Gender and Occupations and Interventions in the Asia Pacific, 1945-2009 

A recent two-day workshop at UOW featured discussions on a range of social issues from the gendered impacts of small arms and light weapons, Australian women and development in East Timor to a grassroots perspective on the intervention program in the Northern Territory. Read more »

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