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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>State, Society and Governance in
Melanesia<BR><BR>and the<BR><BR>Timor-Leste Studies
Association<BR></STRONG><BR><BR><BR>Presents<BR><BR>Susanna
Barnes<BR><BR>Adérito Soares<BR><BR>Hugh White</FONT><FONT face=Arial><BR>Bu
Wilson (Chair)<BR><BR><STRONG>Political Crisis in Timor Leste<BR><BR>Causes
& Consequences<BR></STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Date: Thursday 21 February
2008, 11.00pm – 1.00 pm<BR>Venue: Coombs Lecture Theatre, Coombs Building,
ANU<BR></STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Susanna Barnes</STRONG> is a Field Researcher
working on the ARC Project 'Waiting for Law: Land, Custom and Legal Regulation
in East Timor. She has a background in History, Spanish and Anthropology of
Development.<BR><BR>Previously Susana has worked as an Adviser to the Reception,
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CAVR) in East Timor and for Jesuit Refugee
Service in East Timor and Rome<BR><BR><BR><BR><STRONG>Adérito Soares</STRONG> is
a PhD scholar in the Centre for International Governance and Justice, RegNET. He
holds a bachelor of law degree from Satya Wacana University in Indonesia and a
Master of Law from New York University.<BR><BR>Prior to the 1999 referendum,
Adérito worked for human rights NGOs in Indonesia. He returned to Timor-
Leste in 1999, actively campaigning for independence and worked for several NGOs
in Timor-Leste. In 2001 he was elected to East Timor’s Constituent
Assembly and was instrumental in drafting East Timor’s first constitution. From
2003 to 2007 he worked for various national and international NGOs in Timor; as
a consultant to the UN; and a law lecturer at Timor’s university. He has
published extensively on Timor-Leste and Indonesia and is regularly interviewed
as a commentator on Timor-Leste by international
media.<BR><BR><BR><BR><STRONG>Hugh White</STRONG> is the Professor of Strategic
Studies and the Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at The
Australian National University.<BR><BR>Before taking up that position he was the
first Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), an
independent non-partisan centre established by the Australian Government to
provide fresh ideas about Australia's strategic and defence policy
choices.<BR><BR>ALL WELCOME<BR><BR><BR><BR>Seminar Coordinator: Jon Fraenkel,
SSGM, Tel: +61 2 6125 3300: Fax: +61 2 6125 5525<BR><BR>Inquiries: Jean
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5525 Email: ssgm@anu.edu.au<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
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