News 2009

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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CAPSTRANS Researchers Shine at International Conference in Korea

Held every two years, the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious gatherings of social scientific and humanities researchers exploring the complexities of Asia, and comparative Asian topics. In the city of Daejeon, South Korea the sixth conference of ICAS titled “Think Asia” was held from 6-9 August 2009. Officially opened by the Prime Minister of Korea, Dr. Han Seung-soo, the conference attracted over 1000 delegates from more than 50 countries. Read more »

Centre for Australian New Zealand Studies

UoW has established a Centre for Australian New Zealand Studies

(CANZS) that will operate under the auspices of CAPSTRANS. This is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia. It is headed by a steering committee of Prof Shirley Leitch, A/Prof Anne Collett and A/ Prof Paul Sharrad.

This is a multi-disciplinary group (covering literature, politics, environmental studies, education, history, economics, health, indigenous studies, etc.) and will run occasional seminars, host visits from New Zealand, and develop collaborative trans-Tasman research links.

An inaugural workshop will be held on Friday September 25th. The plenary address will be given by Prof Lydia Wevers, Director of the Stout Research Centre, Wellington, and various members of UoW will speak on their research.

For further details, contact A/Prof Paul Sharrad paul_sharrad@uow.edu.au

ARC Cultural Research Network - Internet Regulation and Filtering in Australia Workshop

In June Mark McLelland received funding from the ARC Cultural Research Network for the workshop Internet Regulation and Filtering in Australia to be held at the University of Wollongong on Monday 30 November – Tuesday 1 December 2009.

CAPSTRANS Special 10th Anniversary Research Seeding Grants

Old and new members of CAPSTRANS are invited to apply for seed funding for new research projects. The aim of the grants is to develop projects and research groups with potential to enhance the profile of the new directions CAPSTRANS is taking and to generate research outcomes such as external grant applications, significant publications and collaborations (inter-faculty, national, international).

Proposals should be submitted in the format outlined in the application form below by 30th June to Leonie Clement leoniec@uow.edu.au. The maximum amount of the grant will not normally exceed $5000. Preference will be given to team applications which clearly demonstrate how this project/activity will lead to further research outcomes relevant for CAPSTRANS.

For further information on the new direction of CAPSTRANS please contact the Associate Professor Tim Scrase, Director.

Application form

CAPSTRANS Researcher Elected President of International Association - News Release (24 June 2009)

In a major career achievement, at its recent 9th International conference held in Bali, Indonesia, CAPSTRANS researcher, and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Dr Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase was last week elected President of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA). Dr Ganguly-Scrase was a founding member and former Treasurer of APSA, which formed in 1996. The association brings together sociologists from the region, holds regular conferences and other professional events, and promotes the teaching and studying of sociology. APSA is an official member organisation of the International Sociological Association (ISA). Over the past 15 years, Dr Ganguly-Scrase has tirelessly devoted her time and energy to building the profile of APSA by building its membership, organising conference panels, and participating in all its conferences. It was fitting that her professional efforts be recognised and she be elected the APSA president, the first woman to hold this esteemed position in the association’s relatively short history.

Triple CAPSTRANS grant successes!

CAPSTRANS researchers have been successful in not one, but three ARC-APFRN (Asia Pacific Futures Research Network) 2009, 2nd round grants.

Our congratulations go to:

Dr Rowena Ward and Dr Christine de Matos (Topic: “Gender and military occupations and interventions in the Asia Pacific, 1945-2009”)

Assoc Prof Paul Sharrad et al (Topic: “The Big Island: Promoting Contemporary Pacific Art and Craft in Australia: A Development Workshop”)

Dr Vicki Crinis (Topic: “Capital, Labour and Crisis: Implications for the South East Asian Clothing Industry”)

Japanese Transnational Fandoms special edited edition of Intersections now live

Mark McLelland (guest editor), Japanese Transnational Fandoms and Female Consumers, Issue 20 (April 2009), Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, online:
http://intersections.anu.edu.au/

CAPSTRANS celebrates a triple book launch

The depth and breadth of CAPSTRANS’ (Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies) interdisciplinary research featured strongly at its triple book launch event held on 26 March.

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CAPSTRANS Grant

CAPSTRANS has been awarded a grant jointly with the Universiti of Sains Malaysia by the International Association of Universities (IAU).

The grant is under the IAU LEADHER program and will fund reciprocal learning visits to each campus for a team of researchers leaders in the discipline area of social transformation.

The objective of the LEADHER program is to promote North South collaboration in higher education.

The University of Wollongong and the Universiti Sains Malaysia are both members of the IAU.

The Universiti of Sains Malaysia is a leading research university in Malaysia and has an APEX status. USM has a research platform in social transformation and the learning visits will be an opportunity for both universities to build research alliances to mutual advantage in this area of research. The visits will take place in 2009.