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MONASH ASIA INSTITUTE BULLETIN 10/2007
3 October 2007
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In this bulletin
1. How Bollywood made India global: Public lecture by Professor Lord Meghnad
Desai
2. Seminar: Writing Singapore
3. Seminar: Chinese Representation Issues at the United Nations before 1971
4. Seminar: "Bangladeshi" domestic workers in Delhi
5. Special Bollywood Women's workshop with Lady Kishwar Desai
6. CSEAS Seminar: The 2007 Malaysian budget
7. Seminar: Chinese Students in Japan
8. Seminar: Taiwan - New perspectives and viewpoints
9. CSEAS Seminar: Biography of Herb Feith
10. Seminar: Judicial activism on environment protection, India & Australia
11. Conference: Civil & military relationships in the Asia-Pacific
12. Seminar: Discourses of corruption
13. Seminar: Gold in Kerala
14. 5th Herb Feith Memorial Lecture
15. Seminar: Mahathir Mohamad: Islam and the 'New Malaysí
16. Exhibition: 'Krishna - love and devotion'
17. Seminar: Israelís dilemma in Palestine

18. Lecture: Globalisation, Crises and Growth
19. Symposium: Care & conservation of Middle Eastern manuscripts
20. Conference: Ecology and Community Development
21. Website of the month: Women in security conflict management and peace
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Monash Asia Institute and Monash University News and Events
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Item 1. Public lecture by Professor Lord Meghnad Desai
Hosted by National Gallery of Victoria and Monash Asia Institute (Monash
University)
Saturday 6 October 2007, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne 3004
"The business of culture: How Bollywood made India global"
Professor Lord Meghnad Desai, Member of the House of Lords
Lady Kishwar Desai, Author
India is the new global economy of the 21st century. Indian films under the label
Bollywood have been global for much longer and have been in the vanguard recently in Indiaís emergence as a ranking economic power during the last ten years. The growth of Bollywood has lessons for understanding why India has taken so long to attain its global status and how it can stay there.

Lady Kishwar Desai will reflect on Lord Desaiís lecture and comment on the role of women in the historical evolution of Bollywood.
Professor Lord Meghnad Desai of St Clement Danes taught at the London School of Economics from 1965 till 2003 where he was successively Lecturer, Reader and Professor. He has written more than twenty books and 200 articles in journals and magazines. His recent books are ìNehruís Hero: Dilip Kumar in the life of Indiaî; ìThe route to all evil: The political economy of Ezra Poundî and
ìRethinking Islamism: The ideology of new terrorî. He has been a member of the
House of Lords since 1991 and received an Honorary Doctorate from Monash
University in 2004.
The lecture will be followed by Q&A and afternoon tea.
To download flyer take your web browser to http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/news-andevents/seminars/index.php#bollywood
Cost $25 / $20 NGV Member & Concession (includes afternoon tea)
Event code P07201
Enquiries: NGV Tel: +61 3 8620 2222 or enquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au
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Item 2. Centre of Southeast Asian Studies (Monash Asia Institute)
4 October 2007, 11.00 am
SG02 (Manton Rooms), Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus

Dr Yao Souchou
Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney
"Writing Singapore: Perils and lessons"
ALL WELCOME
Enquiries: Dr Trudy Jacobsen, Trudy.Jacobsen@arts.monash.edu.au
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Item 3. Taiwan Studies Seminar
Monday, 8 October 2007, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Room E361, Building 11 (Menzies), Monash University Clayton campus
Hosted by the Chinese Program of the School of Languages, Cultures and
Linguistics, Monash University
The Taiwan Studies Seminar series continues with this seminar by Professor
Chen Wen-hsien.
"Archives and 'Chinese Representation Issues' at the United Nations before
1971: Its implications for Taiwan"

Speaker: Professor Chen Wen-hsien, Graduate Research Institute of Taiwan
History, National Chengchi University, Taipei
ALL WELCOME
Enquiries: Professor Bruce Jacobs, Bruce.Jacobs@arts.monash.edu.au
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Item 4. MAI Reports from Asia seminar
Tuesday 9 October 2007, 1:00 pm
Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus
"Securitization of migration: the "Bangladeshi" domestic workers in Delhi"
Speaker: Professor Tasneem Siddiqui
In this seminar, Professor Siddiqui will focus on the contentious issue of alleged
Bangladeshi illegal migrant workers in India from a security angle.
Professor Siddiqui is a well-known academic and researcher in Bangladesh. She is Professor of the Department of Political Science in Dhaka University, Chair of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) in Dhaka
University as well as Chair of the South Asia Migration Resource Network
(SAMREN) that works across the South Asian region. She has written and researched extensively on labour migration issues in the region. She has researched female migration, migrant workers' remittances and micro-finance, and labour recruitment process and diaspora. She has recently edited the
Migration and Development: Pro-Poor Policy Choices book based on migration experiences in China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Vietnam.

RSVP with subject heading "Bangladeshi domestic workers in Delhi" to Dr Tony
Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au
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Item 5. A special workshop on Bollywood women with Lady Kishwar Desai
Wednesday 10 October 2007, 1.00pm
Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus
Lady Kishwar Desai started her career as a print journalist and then moved into
Television at the moment when Indian Television was going through its boom.
She has worked in all the major TV channels in Delhi: NDTV, Aaj Tak, Zee as
Anchor, producer of TV films and CEO of a Punjabi language channel. She moved into publishing, working with Roli Books as Managing Editor before moving to
London. She is now a writer and has just published her first book ìPia: A True
Love Story from Bollywoodî. It is a joint biography of the iconic star couple,
Nargis and Sunil Dutt, written against the background of the history of 20th century India. She has also written a screenplay for a film based on the life of the
Muslim princess and secret agent, Noor Inayat Khan, who spied for the British during the Second World War. The film will be directed by the renowned Indian
Film Director Shyam Benegal.
RSVP with subject heading "Bollywood women workshop" to Dr Tony
Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au
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Item 6. Joint Centre for Malaysian Studies / Centre of Southeast Asian Studies
Seminar

Thursday 11 October 2007, 11.00am
SG02 (Manton Rooms), Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus
Professor James Chin
Swinburne University of Technology (Malaysia Campus)
"The 2007 Malaysian budget: 'Buying' a general election?"
Many Malaysians are calling the recently announced budget an 'election budget'.
The government slashed corporate tax and announced multi-billion ringgit projects in the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) and the Iskandar
Economic Region (IER) which will guarantee money flowing into the economy ahead of a general election, which is due in the next 12 months. Taxes on tobacco and alcohol (sin tax), widely expected to rise, were left untouched. Yet there are signs that huge public spending may not work. The speaker will give his views on the coming elections and assess the likely performance of the ruling Barisan
Nasional (National Front) and the main opposition parties.
Professor James Chin is Head of the School of Business, Swinburne University of
Technology (Malaysia Campus). He has published extensively on Malaysia, and his most recent publication is an edited volume, Reminiscences: Recollections of
Sarawak Ministrative Officers (Pelanduk Publications, 2007)
ALL WELCOME
Enquiries: Dr Wendy A. Smith, Director, Centre for Malaysian Studies, Monash
Asia Institute, Email: wendy.smith@buseco.monash.edu.au
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Item 7. Seminar
Thursday, 11 October 2007 at 2:00pm
L3 (Building 12 - Faculty of Law), Clayton campus
Professor David Zweig
Chair Professor and Director, Center on China's Transnational Relations
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will speak on
"Sending Chinese Students to Japan: A win-win outcome"
Professor Zweig, an international authority on China, has published widely. The seminar will explore areas of China's most difficult foreign relationship.
Professor Zweig has also been researching China's energy competition with Western nations and would also entertain questions on this topic.
For further information please contact
Professor J. Bruce Jacobs, Bruce.Jacobs@arts.monash.edu.au

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Item 8. Taiwan Studies Seminar
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Room W215, Building 11 (Menzies), Monash University Clayton campus
Hosted by the Chinese Program of the School of Languages, Cultures and
Linguistics, Monash University
This seminar in the Taiwan Seminar Series will be with Professor J. Bruce Jacobs of Monash University. Professor Jacobs is Professor of Asian Languages and
Studies and an internationally recognized expert on Taiwan.
ìTaiwan: New Perspectives and Viewpointsî
All Welcome
Enquiries: Professor Bruce Jacobs, Bruce.Jacobs@arts.monash.edu.au
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Item 9. Seminar
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies (Monash Asia Institute)

18 October 2007, 11.00 am
SG02 (Manton Rooms), Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus
Dr Jemma Purdey
School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
"Many voices, one life: Dealing with memory and 'telling' in the biography of
Herb Feith"
ALL WELCOME
Enquiries: Dr Trudy Jacobsen, Trudy.Jacobsen@arts.monash.edu.au
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Item 10. MAI Reports from Asia seminar
Wednesday 24 October 2007, 1.00pm
Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus
Dr. Sailaja Gullapalli, Endeavour Research Fellow, Monash Asia Institute
"Judicial activism and implications on environmental protection: A comparative assessment of environmental concerns of India and Australia"

This comparative study intends to focus on the measures taken towards environmental protection and management in India and Australia.
Environmental law is often prone to violations by the state, thus making compliance a much more difficult task. In this context, the judiciary has an important role to play as a conscience keeper and should impose positive obligations on the state in order to confine it to environmental norms. The policy and implementation approaches of India and Australia towards environmental protection and the active role of the judiciary in safeguarding the interests of society will be the main theme of the proposed study. Many parallels can be drawn from the experiences of these two nations since they provide an account of not only common problems but also remedial measures to combat them. The role of the judiciary in interpreting the existing laws that safeguard the natural environment forms an important component of the project. There are four areas of common concerns that are of interest to the proposed study. These issues are of considerable interest in both India and Australia and are being taken up by environmental activists, who are effectively articulating their concerns. They include (1) endangered species (2) energy conservation (3) genetically modified foods and (4) water. An insight into the policy formulation and lessons to be learnt thereof also constitutes a significant part of this proposed study.
RSVP with subject heading "India and Australia environment seminar" to Dr
Tony Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au
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Item 11. Call for Papers
Friday 9 November 2007, 9.30am - 5.30 pm
Venue: Melbourne CBD (TBA)
Important deadlines
Submission of abstracts: 10 October 2007
Registration: 25 October 2007

"International Conference on Civil & Military Relationships: Implications for the
Health, Mobility and Wellbeing of Civilian Populations in the Asia-Pacific"
Conference sponsored by the Australian Research Council and Monash Asia
Institute
This conference brings together eminent academics, researchers and practitioners from the region focusing on the complex issue of civil and military relationships in the contemporary era. The conference is particularly targeted towards postgraduate students and early-career researchers investigating the implications of the intricate interplay between the military and civil society. The conference investigates trends in the evolving relationship between the military and civil society by welcoming experts and postgraduates from the region, including Australia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
What are the overall implications of military involvement in the civilian affairs of the state? How has the role of the military impacted on political and social development? What are the direct and indirect effects on the emotional and physical wellbeing of the population? What are the outcomes in relation to social mobility and economic emancipation? What are the consequences on the development of civil society? These critical issues affect the welfare of the people and stability of the state, which helps reduce tension and conflict across the region.
For further details go to the conference website: http://www.monash.edu.au/mai/news-and-events/cmrelationships.php
Some assistance towards travel costs is available.
Abstracts (word length 500 words or less) should be submitted electronically to
Dr. Tony Donaldson (tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au). All emails should have the subject heading "Abstract for Civil-Military Conference". Please include the following within the body of the email: Title, Author(s), Affiliation and Text.

All enquiries to Dr. Tony Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au, with the subject heading "Conference on Civil and Military Relationships"
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Item 12. MAI Reports from Asia seminar (Double seminar ñ see also Item 13)
Wednesday 14 November 2007, 1.00pm
Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11)
Monash University Clayton campus
"Everyday practices of local government offices and the discourses of corruption"
Speaker: Mr. Nadeem Malik, University of Melbourne
For the past few years public sector corruption in less developed countries has been identified by the World Bank, IMF, NGOs, donor countries, as well as academics as a major stumbling block towards these countriesí progress. The social planners and the policy analysts have frequently maintained that the problems of corruption can be solved through the application of instrumental solutions that are applicable universally.
On the other hand, some anthropologists of the state such as Akhil Gupta and others have suggested that corruption is a discursive field imagined differently by people belonging to different societies. Solutions to corruption, therefore, are not universally applicable. This paper attempts to argue that corruption is not merely a discursive field and an imagined phenomenon but has its roots outside peopleís minds as well. Through an ethnographic exploration of the functioning of certain lower level officials in rural Pakistan, it is argued that the objectivity of the discourse of corruption outside peopleís minds can be explained in a radically different manner; that is by analysing the specific way in which the local level bureaucracy is structured in a strategic interface between the people and the central state institutions.

RSVP to Dr Tony Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au, using the subject line "Corruption seminar" in your email.
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Item 13. MAI Reports from Asia seminar
Wednesday 14 November 2007, 3.00pm
Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11)
Monash University Clayton campus
"Gold as multiple and event: Appadurai, commodity question and gold in Kerala"
Speaker: Mr. George Varghese, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
In this seminar, Mr. Varghese explores certain critical drawbacks in Arjun
Appaduraiís theory of commodity as enunciated in "The social life of things" and tries to reach a new formulation of commodity through the examination of gold.
Mr. Varghese argues that Appadurai falls into an idealist Hegelian trap, perhaps unaware, in his zest to reach an axiomatic and idealist notion of commodity by aggregating partial ethnographic insights randomly drawn from the far and wide corners of the world. The counter-thesis to Appadurai is specifically worked out through an ethnographic examination of goldís crucial involution in Kerala society at present. Kerala, a small South Indian state, arguably has turned out to be the highest gold-consuming single ethnic locale in the world with more than
14000 gold shops and an annual turnover of over 200 tons. This is roughly equivalent to half of the USís annual import or 60% of Australiaís annual production. This celebration of gold in Kerala cannot be analysed in terms of traditional economic or anthropological analysis. For the author the research should start from the very materiality of gold itself which is a complex "event" or
"multiple" that should be approached through a philosophical framework that combines ideas of both Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze.

Mr. Varghese is completing a PhD programme in Social Anthropology at the
School of Social and Environmental Enquiry (SSEE), University of Melbourne. His area of research is gold and its philosophy in line with what Simmel discussed about money in his great work ìThe Philosophy of Moneyî. George Varghese had also completed an ethnographic study of gold as part of the MPhil programme in the University of Bergen, Norway. In future he plans to work on the gold scene of
Kerala in an expanded form with a more enriched theoretical perspective.
RSVP with subject heading "Gold in Kerala seminar" to Dr Tony Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au
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Item 14. 5th Herb Feith Memorial Lecture
Thursday 22 November 2007, 6.00pm refreshments for 7.00pm start
Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre
Corner Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne
The Centre of Southeast Asian Studies of Monash Asia Institute and the Faculty of
Arts, Monash University, in association with ABC Radio Australia and the Asia
Institute, University of Melbourne, present
The fifth annual Herb Feith Lecture
"Indonesia then and now"
Speakers: Emeritus Professors John Legge and Jamie Mackie

Together with Herb Feith, Emeritus Professor John Legge AO (Foundation
Professor of History and Dean of Arts 1978-1986) and Emeritus Professor Jamie
Mackie (Foundation Professor of Politics in the Department of Political and
Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National
University) established the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies at Monash
University in the 1960s. In this lecture, they reflect on Indonesia, then and now, as they have observed its history, society and politics over more than fifty years.
John Leggeís publications include Indonesia (3rd ed., 1980), Sukarno: a political biography (3rd ed., 2003) and Democracy in Indonesia, 1950s and 1990s (joint ed., 1994). Jamie Mackieís publications include Konfrontasi: the Indonesia-
Malaysia dispute, 1963-1966 (1974), Indonesia: the making of a nation (joint ed.,1980) and a recently completed study on The future of Australia-Indonesia relations (The Lowy Institute, forthcoming), a paper analysing the reasons behind the turbulence in these bilateral relations over the last decade and whether it is likely to continue.
Prior to the lecture, refreshments will be served from 6.00pm.
ALL WELCOME
Details: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/cseas/herb-feith/
Herb Feith Foundation Website, Http://www.herb-feith-foundation.org/
RSVP (ESSENTIAL for this event) to Monash Asia Institute's Dr Tony Donaldson, using the subject line "Herb Feith Lecture 2007" in your email to tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au
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Item 15. PhD confirmation seminar

Thursday 29 November, 10:00am
Room S822, Level 8 South, Menzies Building (11) Monash University Clayton campus
"Mahathir Mohamad: Islam and the ëNew Malaysí"
Mr. Sven Alexander Schottmann, PhD Candidate, Monash Asia Institute
Malaysia has reached an important crossroads in 2007. Apart from celebrating fifty years of independence, the most vital question before multi-ethnic, multilingual and most significantly, multi-religious, Malaysia concerns its status as a
Muslim-majority country. Is it indeed already an Islamic State, as declared by the government in late 2001, or does the constitution actually call for a secular
Malaysia, albeit with Islam elevated to the status of official religion? Mr.
Schottmann's thesis analyses the engagement of Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar
Ibrahim and Abdullah Badawi with Islam and politics over a period spanning more than sixty years. He will present an overview of his confirmation document and his initial findings for the Mahathir chapter entitled: ìMahathir Mohamad:
Islam and the ëNew Malaysí.î
Mr. Schottmann is a doctoral candidate at the Monash Asia Institute examining contemporary Islamic politics in Malaysia.
ALL WELCOME
RSVP to Dr Tony Donaldson, tony.donaldson@adm.monash.edu.au, using the subject line "Islam and the new Malays seminar" in your email.
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Other News and Events
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Item 16. Exhibition - Krishna: Love and Devotion
Exhibition starts early October 2007
National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne Vic 3004
The exhibition will also feature the following seminars
1. Introduction
Exhibition Curator of Asian Art, Ms Carol Cains will provide an illustrated overview of the exhibition.
2. Braj Krishna's Playground
Lord Krishna was born in Mathura and raised in Vrindavan along the banks of the Yamuna river. The mythological stories of Krishna and Radha come alive as the rich cultural landscape of the area, the festivals and pilgrimages well known in literature and miniature paintings are explored.
Speaker Robyn Beeche, photographer & exhibition contributor
3. Pilgrimage Souvenirs
Religious souvenirs were often carried during pilgrimages in Rajasthan in the 19th century - many have been made into valued jewellery. View and discuss key pieces first hand.
Speaker Joan Bowers, collector of Hindu pilgrimage jewellery & exhibition contributor
Sunday 7 Oct, 1.30-4.30pm

Cost $30 / $25 NGV Member / $20
Concession / $15 Student (includes afternoon tea) Venue Education Theatre,
NGV International (Meet: North Entrance, outside Clemenger BBDO Auditorium)
Event code P07188
Bookings 8662 1555
Enquiries: education.schoolprograms@ngv.vic.gov.au
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Item 17. ìMarried to another manî - Israelís dilemma in Palestine
Thursday 11 October 2007, 6.30pm start
Copeland Theatre, Economics and Commerce Building, University of
Melbourne (Enter from Gate 13 on Royal Parade, Parkville. Through the
Zoology Building)
As part of a series of lectures on the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts,
Dr Ghada Karmi delivers her views on the origins and solutions of
Israel's dilemma in Palestine. Dr Karmiís latest book ìMarried to
Another Man ñ Israelís Dilemma in Palestineî throws down a challenge to those who claim the ìproblemî of Israel and Palestine cannot be resolved.
Dr Karmi is a research fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Arab and
Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. She was born in Jerusalem but

fled to Britain in 1948, where she became a physician, an academic and writer. Dr Karmi appears frequently on the British and Arab media.
Her other publications include her memoir ìIn Search of Fatima: a
Palestinian storyî and ìJerusalem today: what future for the peace process?î
Dr Ghada Karmi is in Australia to deliver the Edward Said Memorial
Lecture at The University of Adelaide. The event at the University of
Melbourne is presented jointly by Women for Palestine and Asialink.
ENTRY: Free
RSVP: To reserve a seat, please send an email to Asialink Events mailto:events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au at events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au <mailto:events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au> with "Gharda Karmi" in the subject line.
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Item 18. Max Corden Lecture: Globalisation, Crises and Growth
Thursday 11 October 2007, 6.30pm start
Carrillo Gantner Basement Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre,
University of Melbourne

Professor Sebastian Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of
International Business Economics at the Anderson Graduate School of
Management at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will deliver the 2007 Max Corden Lecture on Globalisation, Crises and Growth
Professor Edwards is an international authority on global macroeconomic issues and has written widely on international capital flows, exchange rates and currency issues. He has written or edited more than 25 books; his recent books include "Capital Controls and Capital Flows in Emerging
Economies: Policies, Practices, and Consequences" (2007) and "Preventing
Currency Crises" (co-edited with Jeffrey Frankel, 2002). He has also published more than 200 articles in leading economics journals and has been a consultant to a number of multilateral institutions, such as
Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the IMF.
Max Corden is a Professional Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne, and Emeritus Professor of International
Economics at the School of International Studies and John Hopkins
University. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and the
London School of Economics. Max Corden is recognised as a world leader in the field of international economics ñ most notably for his work on trade protection. In 2001 Max Corden was made a Companion of the Order of Australia.

This event is co-sponsored by the Asian Economics Centre and Asialink, both at The University of Melbourne.
ENTRY: Free
RSVP: To reserve a seat, please send an email to Asialink Events
<mailto:events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au>† at events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au <mailto:events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au>
†with "Max Corden 2007" in the subject line.
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Item 19. Symposium on the Care and Conservation of Middle Eastern
Manuscripts
From 26 to 30 November 2007, the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne will host a symposium on the Care and Conservation of Middle Eastern manuscripts. International and Australian experts will speak on the conservation and handling of these important texts. The University of
Melbourne's own significant collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts will be highlighted, and master classes and workshops are also part of the programme.
The first day's programme is designed to be of general interest, and is suitable for secondary school students.
Further details including a registration form are available at http://www.culturalconservation.unimelb.edu.au/events/manuscript.html
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Item 20. Call for Papers
26 - 28 March 2008
Melbourne, Australia
Conference on ecology and community development: People and places in a changing world
Hosted by the Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University, together with the Borderlands Cooperative and the IACD (Victorian Branch)
"How community development engages the need for change to meet ecological sustainability"
At a time when there is a growing concern about changing environmental conditions and the effect on communities, a conference of this nature is timely.
Community Development can provide alternate pathways through new theoretical paradigms and creative responses about how we view our place on this fragile planet. By critiquing the government and mainstream inaction/denial we can lead the way towards solutions for preventing global warming. There will be two streams to the conference, academic papers and community workshops
& forums - these streams will run concurrently.
The academic section of the conference will explore the contemporary contexts of community development, including conceptual and theoretical advances and social, cultural, political and economic settings. Papers should canvass the need for radically shifting paradigms in the context of the tipping point of contemporary society. This includes theoretical, strategic and community approaches to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues.
Conference website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts/cchr/eco-cd-conf08/

Submissions of abstracts, workshop enquires should be sent to Anne O'Keefe,
Conference Secretariat, Deakin University (aok@deakin.edu.au).
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21. Website of the month http://www.wiscomp.org/
WISCOMP - Women in Security Conflict Management and Peace is an initiative of
The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The foundation was established with the Noble Peace Prize awarded to His Holiness in 1989.
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