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<TITLE>Registration now open: Democratic Governance in Timor-Leste conference, Charles Darwin University, 7-8 February 2008</TITLE>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Dear All,</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">As many of you may already know Charles Darwin University will host an international conference, entitled Democratic Governance in Timor Leste: </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Reconciling the Local and the National, on 7 and 8 February, 2008. Information about the conference and website address can be found below. We have had trouble with the online registration form, but this is now available and working on our website. We will confirm your registration by email as soon as we can. Registration is free, but is required for catering and logistical purposes. The conference is open to all, so please feel free to pass on this information to anyone who may be interested.</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">We do still have a limited number of spots vacant for presentations, so if you would like to present a paper, please send me an abstract as soon as possible for consideration by the organising committee. </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">I look forward to seeing you in Darwin in February.</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Regards</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Steve </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Dr Steven Farram</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Research Associate</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">School of Creative Arts and Humanities</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Faculty of Law, Business and Arts</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Charles Darwin University</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Darwin, Northern Territory</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Australia</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Telephone: (08) 8946 6865</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Facsimile: (08) 8946 6540</SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au">Email: steven.farram@cdu.edu.au</SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cdu.edu.au/timorlesteconference/"><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.cdu.edu.au/timorlesteconference/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Charles Darwin University, in conjunction with The Australian National University and the Timor Institute of Development Studies, will host an international conference entitled Democratic Governance in Timor Leste: </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Reconciling the Local and the National on 7 and 8 February, 2008.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This conference follows the successful one-day symposium of November 2006 and the subsequent book, The Crisis in Timor-Leste: Understanding the Past, Imagining the Future.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The 2008 conference will focus on how the process of ‘nation building’ might be envisaged given the international, national and local expectations that press upon the Timor Leste Government and parliament. The aim is to ask speakers to examine critically the emerging relations between the various levels of social, institutional and organisational practice that confront the politicians and ‘civil society’ during this critical phase of the country’s development. What space currently exists for the genuine expression and achievement of the citizens’ aspirations? How might the situation be improved?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The conference will be divided into four, half-day panels each led by a keynote speaker who will address specific aspects of the dynamic relations between central state and local governance systems in a new nation.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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