Dear All,
Please find below the Political Science Department's Postgraduate Bulletin for 15 November 2004, listing news of interest to postgrads in the Department, and upcoming seminars.
Regards, Ben.
1. Reminder: PhD seminar presentations 23 November
2. PhD Scholarship: Childhood in 1950s Australia
3. Final Call for Participation: Virtual Connections Research Project
4. Global Political Theory Reading Group
5. MHJ 'Sex in History' Symposium
6. CERC Conference 2-3 December: Culture and the Manipulation of Identity in Europe and Australia
7. 2-5 December: Straight out of Brisbane Ideas Program
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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Reminder: 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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PhD Scholarship: Childhood in 1950s Australia
Students are invited to apply for a PhD Scholarship (Melbourne Research Scholarship) that links the Australian Centre, located within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and the Australian Society and Technology Program, Museum Victoria.
The PhD will focus on the topic of childhood in the 1950s, examining how children's experiences were shaped, through parenting, schooling, community organisations and media. The research could explore prevailing notions of childhood behavior particularly play and the extent to which they influenced education policy and practice. What was the range of acceptablechildhood behaviours? How was childrens behaviour controlled? How did children subvert behavioural control? To what extent did this subversion contribute to the construction of childrens identities? What was the relationship between adult and child community structures? To what extent was childhood in the 1950s influenced by the changing nature of society in the post-war period? For example, increased immigration levels; suburban expansion; and the drive for normalizationwhich found voice in both the family environment and conservative mainstream politics. Other critical issues for children in the 1950s include the impact of television and the formalization of open space into sports groups in the lead-up to the 1956 Olympic Games.
Candidates will have an Honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate field of study. Applicants with an interest in museum studies, Australian studies, history, education, cultural studies, womens studies, and other relevant areas within the humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply.
The scholarship is valued at $18,484 per annum (subject to change).
The Australian Centre and Vision Australia will make the selection of the candidate. The applicant needs to submit a:
1. School of Graduate Studies Application for Acceptance as a Probationary Candidate for Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The form can be downloaded at: http://www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au/pgstudy/forms/
2. Application form for Melbourne Research Scholarship (MRS) can be downloaded at:
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/pgrad/applications/living_stipends.html
Date Due: 20 December 2004.
Melbourne Research Scholarships are awarded for three years for full-time PhD students The scholarship may be extended for up to six months if candidature is also extended.
For further information please contact Ms Rachel Ritson at the Australian Centre on (03) 8344 6864 or email rachelr@unimelb.edu.au
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Final Call for Participation: Virtual Connections Research Project
Have you ever used or are you currently using an online dating service?
Or, do you know someone who is and might be interested in taking part in a research project?
If you are over 18 and have some experience of online dating, we are keen to talk to you
Dr Millsom S Henry-Waring & Dr Jo Barraket, from the School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology/Sociology at the University of Melbourne are exploring people's experiences of online dating in Australia from a sociological perspective and are looking for interested participants to interview online, via email or face-to-face.
We are keen to talk confidentially to people about their experiences of all aspects of online dating - 'the good, the bad and the ugly'!
If you are interested in participating and want further details, please see our information website at: http://www.sociology.unimelb.edu.au/vconnections/
If you know of someone else who may also be interested in participating, please feel free to forward this email on. The deadline for expressions of interest is Sunday 28th November 2004.
This project has been approved by the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee
Dr Millsom S Henry-Waring & Dr Jo Barraket
Chief Investigators - Virtual Connections Research Project
Department of Sociology/Political Science
University of Melbourne
Email: v-connections@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.sociology.unimelb.edu.au/vconnections/
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4.
Global Political Theory Reading Group
The next Global Political Theory Reading Group (GPTRG) meeting will be at 4.30pm on Thursday 18 November in the postgrad room, 4th Floor John Medley Bldg. All welcome.
It is the ideal excuse to avoid marking (mental equivalent of swimming laps) while participating in a 'salon' considering theories of global politics (mental equivalent of playing a game of soccer with Adrian Little, but with no risk to your achilles tendon), so please make every effort to attend.
Our reading this time will be Thomas Risse - "Global Governance and Communicative Action", Government and Opposition No.2 , 2004 p288-313.
Copies in the grey filing cabinet near the Deptl office from Monday.
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5.
MHJ 'Sex in History' Symposium
Keynote speaker: Joan Nestle, curator of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York and author of 'A Restricted Country' and 'A Fragile Union'.
Friday 19th November 2004
9am-5.30pm
Gryphon Gallery and Multi-Function Room, Graduate Centre
University of Melbourne (Enter Via Gate 10, Grattan Street)
Free, including morning and afternoon tea
Journal launch and drinks to follow symposium at 6pm in the Fifth Floor
Function Room, John Medley Building
For the full 'Sex in History' program please visit
http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au/mhj/index.html
The MHJ Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of the School of Graduate Studies (SGS), the University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association (UMPA), the History Department & the History and Gender Studies Postgraduate Students' Group (HGSPG).
For any additional details please contact the MHJ Collective by email:
mhj@unimelb.edu.au
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CERC Conference Thursday & Friday 2-3 December: Culture and the Manipulation of Identity in Europe and Australia
Clash of Civilisations? Culture and the Manipulation of Identity in Europe and Australia
Thursday & Friday 2-3 December 2004
Contemporary Europe Research Centre, The University of Melbourne
This event is part of the programme of the University's Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence activities supported the European Commission.
This is a key international conference on an issue which has been the focus of considerable academic debate for some years. More recently, especially since the events of September 11, 2001, the issue of cultural difference has acquired significant policy implications globally, and increasing resonance in Australia. This conference brings together the most important analysts of these issues in Australia and internationally. We are confident that it will be a conference of considerable national and international importance.
The main International Conference on 2-3 December will be preceded by a very exciting new initiative. This is a Post-graduate Workshop which showcases new and emerging researchers in international relations, history, cultural studies and global politics relating to Europe in particular.
Program details and registration forms can be found on our website:
http://www.cerc.unimelb.edu.au.
If you require additional registration forms or further information about the conference please do not hesitate to contact:
Tony Phillips T: +61 3 8344 9503 E: aaphil@unimelb.edu.au
Elizabeth Hartrick T: +61 3 8344 9504 E: harte@unimelb.edu.au
If you are unable to come to conference but would like to be informed of future conferences, seminars and international visitors at CERC please contact Elizabeth or Tony.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
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2nd-5th December: Straight out of Brisbane Ideas Program
Invitation to attend the Straight out of Brisbane Ideas Program 2nd-5th December 2004:
www.straightoutofbrisbane.com
Straight Out of Brisbane (SOOB) is a festival of independent and emerging arts and culture. The SOOB Ideas Program will explore issues emerging from Australia's intellectual undergrowth, drawing on the energies of independent thinkers who are ready to put good ideas into action.
Cheap tickets to Brisbane are still available online, and everything in the program is free. All welcome - please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who might be interested.
Guest speakers this year include:
. Marni Cordell : Co-editor of Spinach7 magazine
. David Margan: Senior Reporter, Channel 9's A Current Affair
. Eve Vincent : Co-organised the 'Critical Culture' forum series as part of Next Wave Festival 2004. Co-editor of Spinach7 Magazine, and co-editor of the anthology, Scrapbook to Somewhere.
. Sohail Inayatullah : One of the world's leading futurists. Has been writing in the area of future studies for 20 years.
. Charles Firth & Julian Morrow : The Chaser & CNNNN
. Merlin Luck : refugee protestor from Big Brother
. Seleneah More : co-produced and hosted radioACTIVE, a national program on politics & black Australia
. Neal Haslem & Keith Deverell : www.dearjohn.org
The program is now available at http://straightoutofbrisbane.com/ideas/index.html
If you would like to receive updates on the Ideas Program (venues, schedule changes, etc), please go to the SOOB website at www.straightoutofbrisbane.com and sign up to our email list, or forward your details to ideas@straightoutofbrisbane.com.
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/