A lateral dialogue of ideas
3rd Conference ‘Oceanic Transformations’ Victoria University Conference Centre, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne, 8th – 11th April 2010
Call for abstracts by 8th February 2010
The Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies (AAAPS) holds a biennial conference. The first one, "Australia in the Pacific – the Pacific in Australia" was held in January 2006 at the [...]
Tongan writer and cultural theorist Epeli Hau’ofa passed away on Sunday 11 January 2009.
Hau’ofa was born in Papua New Guinea in 1939 of Tongan missionary parents. He was educated in a variety of countries, eventually receiving his PhD at the Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. His positions included Keeper of Palace Records in [...]
Workshop themes have been released for Intercolonial Networks; Oceanic Circulations: Re-Thinking The Indian Ocean, University Of Technology Sydney 11 – 13 March 2009
Subaltern and creole connections across imperial boundaries
Islands in the ocean as sites of heightened connectivity
The dissemination of knowledges, especially via printing presses using vernacular languages
Comparisons and insights from Atlantic studies
The [...]
INTERCOLONIAL NETWORKS; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS:RE-THINKING THE INDIAN OCEAN
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY11th – 13th March 2009
This workshop will mark the inauguration of a new Indian Ocean research network supported by the University of Technology Sydney. It will aim to work collaboratively with the major Indian Ocean centres of research based in India and South Africa, but it [...]
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