2004 Conferences


The HRC's Research Theme for 2004 was "Asia-Pacific"

2004 CONFERENCES

18-23 January 2004
History, Civics and Law Summer School
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU

Summer School Report

 

5 - 6 February 2004
Transformations: Asia Pacific Museums in the Twenty First Century
HRC in conjunction National Museum of Australia and the Graduate Studies in Sustainable Heritage Development, RSPAS, ANU. This conference is part of an ARC linkages grant between the ANU and the NMA and will have a number of sessions dealing with representations of Minority, Indigenous and other cultures in museums in the region
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
Conveners:
Dr Caroline Turner, HRC, Email: caroline.turner@anu.edu.au
Dr Amareswar Galla, HRC and RSPAS, Email: a.galla@anu.edu.au
Ms Margo Neale, National Museum of Australia, Email: margo.neale@nma.gov.au

Program
Conference Report

 

25 February 2004
Australian Art, Craft and New Media Now: Aesthetics, National and Politics (Invitation only)
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
HRC in conjunction with the National Gallery of Victoria and Museum of the Moving Image.
Convener:
Dr Charles Green, University of Melbourne, Email: c.green@unimelb.edu.au

Conference Report

 

12-13 March 2004
The Edwardians
HRC in conjunction with the National Gallery of Australia
Venue: National Gallery of Australia
Conveners:
Dr Anna Gray, NGA, Email: anna.gray@nga.gov.au
Ms Susan Herbert, NGA, Email: susan.herbert@nga.gov.au

Symposium Report

 

15-16 April 2004
Cultures, Nations, Identities and Migrations
This conference aims to link Asian and Pacific studies.
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
Convener:
Dr Kathryn Robinson, RSPAS, Email: kathryn.robinson@anu.edu.au

Program
Conference Report

 

21-25 May 2004
Urban Imaginaries "A small closed symposium with invited speakers"
Venue: Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Convener:
Professor Meaghan Morris, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Email: mmorris@ln.edu.hk

Program

5-6 July 2004
Britishness and Otherness: Locating Marginal White Identities in the Empire
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
Conveners:
Tina Parolin, HRC, Email: tina.parolin@anu.edu.au
Robyn Westcott, HRC, Email: robyn.westcott@anu.edu.au
Lancia Roselya, CCR, Email: lancia.roselya@anu.edu.au

Program and Abstracts
Workshop Report

 

19-22 July 2004
XII David Nichol Smith Conference in Eighteenth Century Studies
New Voyagings on Old Seas: Performances in Honour of Professor Greg Dening
HRC in conjunction with the National Library of Australia and the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research
A tribute to the work of historian Professor Greg Dening on the Pacific and a celebration of the completion of stage one of the South Seas project – a joint National Library of Australia and Centre for Cross-Cultural Research initiative.
Venue: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Conveners:
Professor Paul Turnbull, James Cook University, Email: paul.turnbull@jcu.edu.au
Dr Paul Pickering, HRC, ANU, Email: paul.pickering@anu.edu.au

Speakers and Abstracts
Program
Conference Report

 

29 July 2004
Museums and the Public Sphere
Venue: Humanities Research Centre, Old Canberra House, ANU
Convener:
Angela Philp, HRC, Email: angela.philp@anu.edu.au

Abstracts
Program
Conference Report

 

1-3 September 2004
Gandhi, Non-violence and Modernity
HRC conference supported by the Australia India Council and National Institute of Social Sciences and Law
Venue: Old Canberra House, ANU
Conveners:
Dr John Docker, HRC, Email: john.docker@anu.edu.au
Dr Debjani Ganguly, CCR, Email:debjani.ganguly@anu.edu.au

Program
Abstracts
Conference Report

 

26-27 September 2004
Lies, Conspiracy and Propaganda
HRC conference in conjunction with the National Institute of Social Sciences and Law, and National Institute of Humanities and Creative Arts, Faculty of Asian Studies and National Institute for Asia and the Pacific

A Europe–Asia Comparison
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
Convener:
Dr Robert Cribb, Pacific and Asian History, RSPAS, ANU
Email: robert.cribb@anu.edu.au

Program
Conference Report

 

8-10 October 2004
Trans-National History Symposium E-Press Publication
Joint Humanities Research Centre, La Trobe University and the National Institute of the Humanities and Creative Arts, conference
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
Conveners:
Professor Ann Curthoys, History, Arts, ANU, Email: ann.curthoys@anu.edu.au
Professor Marilyn Lake, History, La Trobe University, Email: m.lake@latrobe.edu.au

Program
Trans-National History Symposium Poster
Abstracts and Biographies
Conference Report

 

22-24 October 2004
Knowledge, Culture, Power: The Politics of Cultural Studies in the Asian Region
HRC conference in conjunction with National Institute for Asia and the Pacific
Venue: HRC, Old Canberra House, ANU
Convener:
Professor Tessa Morris Suzuki, RSPAS, Email: teresa.morris-suzuki@anu.edu.au

"The convener wishes to thank the Ford Foundation for their support of the conference and the inaugural meeting of the Asian Studies in Asia Clearinghouse."


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