Dear All,
Please find below the Political Science Department's Postgraduate Bulletin for 8 November 2004, listing news of interest to postgrads in the Department, and upcoming seminars.
Regards, Ben.
1. PhD seminar presentations 23 November
2. CERC postgraduate workshop 1 December: Europe in Flux
3. antiTHESIS forum launch
Issues of this bulletin are archived on the web at:
http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/bulletin.html
Department news and upcoming seminar info is posted at:
http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/new/
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1.
PhD seminar presentations 23 November
All staff and postgraduates are strongly encouraged to attend some or all of these postgraduate presentations. This is an opportunity for research candidates in the early stages 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.
Tuesday 23 November 2004
1.00 - 4.00 pm
Room 519, Level 5, John Medley Building
PROGRAM
Each presentation will be of 20 minutes duration, followed by 20 minutes of discussion.
1.00 pm: Zara Lasater
Addressing the 'wicked' problems beyond the silos: joined-up integration and community localism
1.45 pm: David Lansley
Bilateral Trade Agreements in Australia's Post-War Trade Policy: Cycles and Possible Causes
2.30 pm: Sandy Ross
Making a meal of it: Aid for food in a globalising economy
3.15 pm: Adam Berryman (to be confirmed)
Islam and immigration in Europe
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CERC postgraduate workshop 1 December: Europe in Flux
The Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) & the Europe Social Club presents
A Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence Event
EUROPE IN FLUX: THE CHANGING FACE OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
An interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop
CERC, The University of Melbourne
Level 2, 234 Queensberry Street
Carlton, VIC 3052
Wednesday 1 December 2004
The Workshop is being held in connection with the CERC conference, The Clash of Civilisations Revisited, 2-3 December 2004, which students are also warmly invited to attend (see the CERC website for details). The aim of the workshop is to offer Australian postgraduate students in the area of Arts and Social Sciences an opportunity to present and discuss part of their ongoing research to an interested audience in a supportive environment. It also aims to connect students from different research backgrounds, departments, and universities with a shared interest in Europe and to foster a supportive academic and social network.
Students interested in attending must register with the organizers by Friday November 28. The Workshop will be followed by a free reception hosted by the Europe Social Club.
Registration forms and the workshop program can be found at the CERC website: http://www.cerc.unimelb.edu.au/2004_events/index.htm
Inquiries: Katrina Stats (kstats@unimelb.edu.au) or Fiona Machin (fmachin@unimelb.edu.au)
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3.
antiTHESIS forum launch
The 2004 Editorial Committee of antiTHESIS, Australia's longest-running postgraduate journal, is delighted to announce the launch of antiTHESIS forum, a new electronic arena for scholarly debate and engagement.
antiTHESIS forum is a semi-regular publication of academic dialogues, whether these be in the form of conference proceedings or more informal presentations. The first two volumes of antiTHESIS forum, Secrecy (Volume 1) and Risk (Volume 2) are now accessible from the following URL: http://www.english.unimelb.edu.au/antithesis/forumhome.html
Both volumes feature papers presented at the Faculty of Arts' Postgraduate Colloquia, convened by Ms Hilary McPhee and Dr John Cash, whose introduction to the collections appears on the front page of the site. We invite you to visit antiTHESIS forum and hope that you enjoy the papers!
the antiTHESIS Editorial Collective 2004
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/