Dear All, Please find below the Political Science Department's Postgraduate Bulletin for 26 May 2004, listing news of interest to postgrads in the Department, and upcoming seminars. Regards, Ben. 1. Postgraduate Seminar Day 3 June: Geist '04 2. Call for Papers: Australian Perspectives 3. Researcher wanted for social security project 4. Winter Institute for Women: James Cook University 5. Call for Papers: Faculty of Arts Research Student Colloquium 6. Tutor needed for Deakin subject 7. Academic Career Development course for postgraduates 8. Public Record Office Events 9. Public Lecture 3 June: Has Australia Retreated from its Obligations at International Law? 10. Mobile Blood Unit to visit Parkville campus Issues of this bulletin are archived on the web at: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/bulletin.html *********************************************** 1. Postgraduate Seminar Day 3 June: Geist '04 Geist '04 is a day-long conference of new thinkers in Politics / Policy / Sociology hosted by the School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology, and associated centres and programs, the University of Melbourne. All postgraduates and staff are strongly encouraged to attend all or part of the sessions. Thursday 3 June 2004, 9am - 6pm Level 2, 234 Queensberry Street This is an opportunity for research candidates in the final year of their study to give a public presentation of their research and receive feedback on their work. Staff and postgrads can get a better understanding of the new research postgraduates are undertaking in the Department. Program 9.00am - 10.30am: Session 1 John Roskam: Conservatism Revised - The political philosophy of the Menzies' Liberal Party (Seminar room 212) Dora Horvath: Cosmopolitanism and Europe (Public Policy Theatre) 10.30am - 10.45am: Morning Tea 10.45am-12.15pm: Session 2 Kay Cook: The social exclusion of women on welfare: An analysis of the Centrelink Information Handbook and low-income womens experiences (Seminar room 212) Prudence Gordon: States, Multinationals and Intellectual Property in the WTO (Public Policy Theatre) 12.15pm-1.30pm: Lunch Break (not provided) 1.30pm-3.00pm: Session 3 Che Tibby: Minimising Majorities (Seminar room 212) Manusavee Monsakul: Regional Integration and Asian Crisis Management - Japans Leadership and a Case Study of Thailand (Public Policy Theatre) 3.00pm-3.15pm: Afternoon Tea 3.15pm-4.45pm: Session 4 Matthew Belleghem: topic to be announced (Seminar room 211) Ian Duncanson: The Subject of Australia (Seminar room 212) Jonathan Symons: Popular legitimacy in international relations: the strange case of the International Labor Organization (Public Policy Theatre) 4.45pm-6.00pm: Evening wine and cheese (Foyer area, level 2) Full details, including abstracts of the papers being presented, are on the web at: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/geist04/index.html *********************************************** 2. Call for Papers: Australian Perspectives An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference to be held at La Trobe University, Melbourne, on 27 September 2004. Australian Studies at La Trobe invites presenters to participate in an innovative and dynamic conference. Papers are welcome from all fields of postgraduate study within the Social Sciences and Humanities. 'Australian Perspectives1 encourages the critical examination of Australian issues from a local, regional and global viewpoint. Presenters may be looking at Australia with Australian eyes, or from a non-Australian standpoint, or you may be looking out at the world from Australia. The conference will foster a positive and supportive environment for the presentation and discussion of papers. Each participant will be part of a panel and allocated 30 minutes presentation time. Each paper should take no more than 20 minutes, with 10 minutes of questions and discussion to follow. Should you wish to present a paper at this conference, we invite you to submit an abstract. The number of papers to be given will be strictly limited, so please submit your abstract as soon as possible. Abstracts should be approximately 100 words. The closing date for submission is Monday 2 August 2004. Please submit your abstract (see format below) to: n.brillon@latrobe.edu.au Alternatively, mail your abstract to: Phil Hare, History Program, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086. Abstract Submission for Australian Perspectives Name: Paper Title: Abstract: Brief description of you and your area of study Contact details (Telephone, E-mail, Mail address) *********************************************** 3. Researcher wanted for social security project The Dutch Embassy in Canberra would like to get in touch with a graduate student who would be interested in doing some research on social security payments (and especially the problems) in Australia, and who could then take the Dutch situation as a kind of case study. They might be able to provide a small amount of funding if necessary. It is a task that urgently needs doing, but which is much too complicated for the (elderly) volunteers who have been looking at this so far on behalf of the Dutch community, and the Embassy doesn't have the manpower or funds for in-depth research into this (a.o. scrutinising up to 300 appeal rulings by the Admin Appeals Tribunal and the Social Security Appeals Tribunal. If you are interested in taking on this task, please contact Suzy Mueller at the Contemporary European Research Centre at cerc@cerc.unimelb.edu.au or 8344 9502. *********************************************** 4. Winter Institute for Women: James Cook University "A Feminist Agenda for the 21st Century" 11-18 July 2004 - James Cook University, Townsville Subjects at this Winter Institute are available for postgraduate credit through James Cook University. There are six subjects offered. One is by Associate Professor Sheila Jeffreys of the School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology at University of Melbourne entitled: The International Politics of Sexual Exploitation. There are student rates for registration. An intensive week-long study program which presents an opportunity for participants to develop a stronger feminist analysis of issues crucial to women in the 21st Century. Courses offered will aim to explore the intersection of radical feminism and other radical positions and will cover topics such as globalisation, trafficking, feminist ethics, creative resistance, conflict and violence. There will be six courses on offer and each will be facilitated by a Course Coordinator with recognised expertise in their subject. Participants will select one of the courses and, through a program of reading, moderated discussion and guided interaction will delve deeply into their chosen area of study. Course numbers will be limited to allow optimal opportunity for group discussion. For more info: http://www.feministagenda.org.au/winterInstitute/winterInstituteindex.htm *********************************************** 5. Call for Papers: Faculty of Arts Research Student Colloquium You are invited to participate in this year's annual Faculty of Arts Research Student Colloquium, "RISK?", presented in conjunction with the Ashworth Program in Social Theory. Friday 20 August Seminar 10.30- 5.00pm Drinks 4.00 ­5.00pm Multifunction Room School of Graduate Studies You are invited to draw upon some aspect of your own research interests and prepare an engaging short talk organized around the theme of Risk. This theme should offer participants the chance to highlight some intriguing aspects of their research and, perhaps, to find some overlap with the interests of other students. To facilitate this, participants will be organized into small groups, consisting of postgraduate students drawn from several departments within the Faculty of Arts. For the second year we are very pleased to announce that Ms. Hilary McPhee, the inaugural Vice- Chancellors Fellow at the University of Melbourne, will join Dr John Cash from the Ashworth Program in Social Theory in facilitating the colloquium. Hilary McPhee, former publisher and co- founder of McPhee Gribble Publishers and former Chair of the Australia Council, contributes to policy formulation and debate in broadcasting and media, culture and the arts. She writes regularly for the Age and other forums. Her book Other Peoples Words was published last year. As well as participating on the day, Hilary McPhee will work with the speakers before the colloquium on the art of presenting specialized academic research to a diverse audience. Papers should be no more than fifteen minutes in length and should have some link to the theme Risk. Collaborative presentations are encouraged, as are individual papers. 150-200 word abstracts should be submitted to Felicity Jensz on jensz@unimelb.edu.au no later than 31 May, 2004. *********************************************** 6. Tutor needed for Deakin subject Dr Lynne Alice is looking for PhD students to tutor in next semester, particularly someone to mark the off campus unit "Refugees in world Politics", essentially a survey course and best for someone with a genuine and broad ranging interest in the subject. If you would be suited, please contact Lynne before June 9th. Dr Lynne Alice, Senior Lecturer Deputy Director, International Relations Post-Graduate Program Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, VIC 3127, Australia. Tel. 9251 7766 Email: lynne@deakin.edu.au *********************************************** 7. Academic Career Development course for postgraduates The School of Graduate Studies is offering the following course for all postgraduates interested in pursuing an academic career. Academic Career Development Course - June 22 - 24 This program is aimed at postgraduates interested in pursuing and establishing an academic and research career. The program provides postgraduates with an understanding of the key processes involved in planning, developing and managing a successful career in academia. The program will cover: Career development strategies including seeking an academic position and preparing an academic CV; Developing a research profile; Getting published; Writing a successful grant proposal; Conflict resolution; Negotiation; Networking; Team working strategies Dates: Tuesday 22-Thursday 24 June Time: 9am - 5pm Venue: Multifunction Rm, Graduate Centre Cost: $85.00 inc GST (includes course notes, morning and afternoon teas; and lunch on the last day) Applications Close: Friday 11 June 2004 Supervisor's endorsement is required (or that of the Head of Department if your supervisor is away). Application forms can be downloaded from the following website: www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au/services/skills/alps *********************************************** 8. Public Record Office Events The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) invites you to take part in the following events taking place in Archives and Records Management Week (24 - 28 May 2004). Thursday 27 May (3.00pm - 6.00pm) Koorie Cultural Centre (295 King St,Melbourne) : Archives, History and Indigenous Memory - the intersection of oral andwritten history. - Documentary evidence and oral histories in the Tasmanian ATSIC Election Process - Robyn Eastley - Senior Archivist (Reference Services), Archives Office of Tasmania - Koorie Heritage Trust - Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University - Panel discussion facilitated by Professor Sue McKemmish, Monash University This is a free event. To RSVP please contact Cathy Worn, Tel: 03 9348 5600, Fax: 03 9348 5656, catherine.worn@dpc.vic.gov.au Thursday 27 May (6:15pm - 7:15pm) Public Record Office Victoria and Monash University take pleasure in inviting you to the launch of The Koorie Heritage Trust as an official PROV Place of Research and "Trust & Technology: Building Archival Systems for Indigenous Oral Memory" by the Hon Gavin Jennings MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs. RSVP for this event to: Amanda Crawford, Tel: 03 9348 5600 or amanda.crawford@dpc.vic.gov.au *********************************************** 9. Public Lecture 3 June: Has Australia Retreated from its Obligations at International Law? Hosted by the Institute for Comparative and International Law,Law School, The University of Melbourne Has Australia Retreated from its Obligations at International Law? to be delivered by Mr Kevin Rudd, MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Security Thursday 3 June 2004 Lecture Theatre (Level 1) Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street CARLTON VIC 3053 6.30 - 8.30 pm (6.30 pm pre-lecture drinks, 7.00 pm lecture) RSVP: Monday 31 May 2004 Ann Graham Administrator, Institute for Comparative and International Law Telephone: (03) 8344 6589 Facsimile: (03) 8344 1013 Email: a.graham@unimelb.edu.au Email: law-icil@unimelb.edu.au Website: www.law.unimelb.edu.au *********************************************** 10. Mobile Blood Unit to visit Parkville campus The Australian Red Cross Blood Service is appealing for new donors to help improve numbers at the University of Melbourne mobile collection service during its next visit between 1 - 3 June. The Blood Service is expecting fewer donors this month due to the onset of winter and needs newcomers to help make sure it has enough blood for those in need. The Mobile Blood Unit will be located in the Grand Buffet Room on the first floor of the Union Building and opens between 9.15am - 3.30pm, Tuesday 1 June to Thursday 3 June. Eligible donors must be aged 16 to 70 years (those under 18 need written parental/guardian consent), weigh more than 45kg and be generally healthy. Donors are encouraged to eat, and drink plenty of fluids, before giving blood. For more information about donating blood, call 13 14 95. Ben.Harper Research and Graduate Studies Administrator School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology The University of Melbourne VIC 3010 AUSTRALIA 61 3 8344 6571 http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/