Samoa Conference II Tentative Date scheduled: July 5th – 7th, 2011 The National University of Samoa (NUS) invites scholars, artists, vocational trainers, public servants, private consultants and researchers to participate in its second Samoa Conference to be held in Samoa, July 2011. Samoa Conference II provides an opportunity for participants to share in a comprehensive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pacific’
Dreaming of islands
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS LiNQ VOLUME 37 2010 – ISLANDS Dreaming of islands—whether with joy or fear, it doesn’t matter—is dreaming of pulling away, of being already separate, far from any continent, of being lost and alone—or it is dreaming of starting from scratch, recreating, beginning anew. Gilles Deleuze Our new issue of LiNQ considers the [...]
The Atlantic World in a Pacific Field
Sydney Sawyer Seminar: The Antipodean Laboratory: Humanity, Sovereignty and Environment in Southern Oceans and Lands, 1700-2009 Generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University of Sydney The University of Sydney is the proud host of the first Mellon Sawyer Seminar to be held in Australia. The seminar will conclude with a conference [...]
Islands and Archipelagos: Mapping Contemporary Art from Australia, Asia and the Pacific
A talk by Francis Maravillas Wednesday, 12 May, 12-2, TfC Bagel, UTS Building 3, Room 4.02. Abstract: In its six iterations since 1993, the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art has established itself as the premier ‘international exhibition’ that focuses on the diverse artistic cultures of the region. Significantly, these Triennials also offered a powerful and [...]
Paul Carter on Dry Thinking
On a crisp autumn night, Paul Carter presented a paper on ‘dry thinking’ as a contribution to the Southern Perspectives series. There was a complex North-South dynamic at play in Carter’s talk. Although published in German, Carter’s paper had never before been presented in English before. And although invoking the broad trajectory of Western philosophy, [...]
Education for Sustainable Development – from South Pacific
An important new initiative from the University of the South Pacific: image The Pacific Regional Centre of Excellence for ESD, the University of the South Pacific through its School of Education has produced a 3-volume book series devoted to Education for Sustainable Development. The books are an outcome of a School of Education initiative under [...]
Pacific Art in the 21st Century – Museums, New Global Communities And Future Trends
image The Xth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association is pleased to call for papers on ‘Pacific Art in the 21st Century – Museums, New Global Communities And Future Trends.’ The symposium seeks to highlight issues surrounding the creation, dispersal, possession, repatriation, stewardship and interpretation of Pacific art in the 21st century Focus of [...]
Oceanic Transformations conference
clip_image002 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 [...]
The Impact of the Antipodes on Anthropological Thought
The Sydney Sawyer Seminar explores the history of how the Antipodes – and especially the Indo-Pacific lands and oceans – has constituted a laboratory for the Atlantic world over a broad intellectual, geographical and temporal scale. Our seminar covers three centuries from 1700 to 2009, and focuses on Atlantic-derived conceptions and experiences within the Antipodes [...]
Epeli Hau’ofa (1939-2009)
image 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 [...]
