School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology POSTGRADUATE BULLETIN 10 SEPTEMBER 2003 1. Postgraduate Seminar Days 2. Commonwealth scholarship and fellowship plan 3. ARC Linkage PhD Scholarship 4. Learn IT skills online 5. Call for papers for 'Traffic' 6. Interest in global political economy theory reading group 7. University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association Representative on The University Council 8. Postgraduate Futures Symposium 9. Political Science Seminar: Social World and the Embodied Experience of Injecting Drug Use 10. Institute of Postcolonial Studies Seminar *********************************************** 1. Postgraduate Seminar Days New postgraduate students (MA and PhD) will give presentation seminars to the department following the completion of the introductory research seminar series in semester 1. The dates for this event are the Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th of September. All postgraduate students are encouraged to attend as many of these sessions as possible. The day will be held in the postgraduate room, level 4 of the John Medley Building. Please note that lunch is not provided, but light morning / afternoon teas are. PROGRAM Wednesday 24 September 11.00 - 12.00 Presenter: Nicole Boldt (MA) Bilateral conflict within agreement on general principles? Australian-United States trade agreements. 12.00 - 13.00 Lunch 13.00 - 14.00 Presenter: Vicki Swinbank (PhD) Thesis: A feminist analysis of cooking/food preparation and food production. 14.00 - 15.00 Presenter: Dora Horvath (PhD) Conceptualising the emerging notion of citizenship in the European Union 15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon Tea 15:30 - 16:30 Presenter: Ian Duncanson (PhD) Law, the English Subject, and the Empire Thursday 25 September 9.30 - 10.30 Presenter: Lauren Rosewarne (PhD) Establishing the case for outdoor advertising regulation reform 10.30 - 11.00 Morning Tea 11.00 - 12.00 Presenter: Vicki Turner (PhD) The growth of religion and civil society in China. 12.00 - 13.00 Lunch 13.00 - 14.00 Presenter: Jane Sayers (PhD) Environmental attitudes in contemporary China: understanding nature and change. 14.00 - 15.00 Presenter: Che Tibby (PhD) The national cell: minorities and nationalism in settler societies 15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon Tea 15:30 - 16:30 Presenter: Sandra Rudland (PhD) Literary and legal narratives of sovereign subjectivity. 16.30 - 17.30 Presenter: Debra Hartley (PhD) Perspectives on managing for results and development in international aid *********************************************** 2. Commonwealth scholarship and fellowship plan The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) provide opportunities for Commonwealth students to pursue advanced academic study in other Commonwealth countries. Scholarships are intended for men and women of high intellectual promise who may be expected to make a significant contribution to their own countries on their return from study abroad. IDP administers the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan for Australians to study in the United Kingdom. Please view the Melbourne Scholarships Office web site for further information on eligibility, terms and conditions, guidelines, prospectus and application forms. http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/pgrad/travelling/csfp-uk.html Closing date is Friday 26th September 2003. *********************************************** 3. ARC Linkage PhD Scholarship THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE POLITICS DEPARTMENT Applications are invited from both women and men for the following position: Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) Ph. D. Scholarship IN POLITICS This position is a Ph.D. Scholarship, funded by an ARC Linkage Grant between the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Electoral Office to explore non-voting and the potential of electronic voting to improve voting access among residents of isolated and remote regions of South Australia. It is hoped that the successful candidate will take up their position by early 2004. Further information about the position and the criteria of appointment should be obtained from Dr. Lisa Hill, telephone (08) 8303 4608; email: lisa.hill@adelaide.edu.au. APPLICATIONS, IN DUPLICATE, quoting reference number and giving full personal particulars (including whether candidates hold Australian permanent residency status), details of academic qualifications and names and addresses of three referees should reach Dr Lisa Hill, Politics Department University of Adelaide, SA, 5005 not later than November 20 2004. In their applications, candidates should address the appointment criteria and include two examples of research work. The University reserves the right to make enquiries of any person regarding any candidate's suitability for appointment, not to make an appointment or to appoint by invitation. THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. *********************************************** 4. Learn IT skills online Learningfast, an on-line package for teaching basic IT skills is now available to staff and students of the University. It specializes in MSOffice applications, in a PC environment; a Mac friendly version is being developed. The Learningfast URL is https://learningfast.lib.unimelb.edu.au it can also be accessed from the Library home page. Log in is easy using your email username and password. The Vice Chancellor has supported this University wide initiative by providing funding for a one-year site licence, and the Teaching, Learning and Research Support Department of the Information Division is promoting Learningfast as a means of enabling staff and students to acquire basic IT skills at their own pace, and as required. Learningfast is not intended to replace existing programs in IT training but as an additional resource for students and staff to add to or acquire basic IT skills. Susan Bray Acting Director, Teaching, Learning and Research Support Information Division *********************************************** 5. Call for papers for 'Traffic' The latest call for papers for Traffic - postgraduates' own refereed interdisciplinary journal - is now open. See: http://www.umpa.unimelb.edu.au/traffic/ *********************************************** 6. Interest in global political economy theory reading group I've just started an MA here in Pol. Sci. on the critical weaknesses of contemporary conceptions of global economic governace, and am interested in joining other global political economy / theoretically-minded postgrads in a fortnightly / monthly reading group on related issues. I imagine such a group could run along the lines of someone each fortnight choosing a chapter / paper (possibly relevant to their research, contemporary practices or new theoretical interventions) for general discussion. If you are interested in participating in such a group, please send a reply email and we'll arrange a time next week for a chat. Kind regards Jarrod Lenne jlenne@unimelb.edu.au Wed 9-10am, Fri 1-2pm Room 406 JM West, #46536 *********************************************** 7. University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association Representative on The University Council "My name is Ayalew Mergia and I am doing my PhD in the School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology. As some of you know, I am running in this years election for the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association Representative on The University Council. This week you should be receiving your ballot papers in the mail and this is a short email to ask you to consider voting for me. "As a representative of Postgraduate Students on the University Council I will: To the best of my capacity and ability engage in lobbying against Brendan Nelsons reformsto Higher Education; While the Brendan Nelsons reformsis a concern on the national level, my focus would be more on the locale issues, i.e., on the infra structure of our own University such as: Resource allocations, spaces, Adequate and new equipments and facilities to serve our needs and goals, Access to literature and other essential materials for both research and course work students, Through my advocacy and lobbying skill, help the new Vice Chancellor to establish the needs of postgraduate students while s/he is prioritising and planning tasks. "I have a longstanding interest in student representation. I would use every opportunity to consider issues affecting Postgraduate Students at this University. I will do my best to be your genuine and honest voice during discussions of any major policy issues, major resource allocations and during any discussions relating to the good governance and management of this prestigious University. I would act in good faith in the best interests of the Postgraduate Students, with care and diligence putting the interests of my association above those of my own. "What I am asking you earnestly is to consider my candidacy when you vote. If you have any questions please feel free to email me on a.mergia@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au "Thanks for your time, Ayalew Mergia" *********************************************** 8. Postgraduate Futures Symposium An event for all Victorian post-graduate students planning their future careers Friday 10 October, 2003 5.15pm - 9.00pm University of Melbourne Economics and Commerce Building Sessions will include: Managing your Academic Career Entrepreneurship setting up your own business Global trends in Professional Employment Tapping into the recruitment market Intellectual property Networking for career & professional development Expert Panels Post-graduate panels Register from 1 September at www.gradlink.edu.au/content/view/full/342. Cost: $15 Organised by the National Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services *********************************************** 9. Political Science Seminar Social World and the Embodied Experience of Injecting Drug Use by Dr John Fitzgerald (School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology) Thursday 18 September, 1.00 - 2.00 pm Room 519, John Medley Building (Level 5, West Tower) The University of Melbourne All welcome *********************************************** 10. Institute of Postcolonial Studies Seminar Cultural Obelixes. by Dr Bronwyn Winter Department of French Studies and Co-director, Australian Centre for Gay and Lesbian Studies, University of Sydney. Monday 29 September 7.30pm in the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, 76 Curzon Street, North Melbourne "Cultural relativism, which developed in response to a universalismperceived as western-centric, posits that in order to analyze another culture one needs a culturally specific lens to do so; and it is generally considered that those outside anotherculture have limited authority to speak about it. While such a position may at first glance appear to be motivated by a well-intentioned desire to respect cultural diversity and indeed often is cultural relativist approaches to cross-cultural studies have tended to lead to a fixist(or essentialist) way of approaching othercultures (and to some extent ours). It is as if we were all dropped, like Obelix in his magic potion, into a culturesolution when we were little, all come out the same, all identify in the same way with (what is portrayed) as the culture in question and are all inescapably culturally (over)determined in out thinking and actions. I will argue that cultures and cultural identification by individuals and groups are significantly more complex than this. Moreover, culture is not a thingbut a process: it is open to constant question, reinvention, remixing. More nuanced analysis is thus necessary. I will also address the question of often-maligned universalvalues and argue that contrary to cultural-relativist belief, they do not undermine respect for cultural diversity and local contexts."