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<P align=center><FONT size=2><STRONG>Apologies for spelling errors of
presenters' names in previous announcement.<BR></STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial>...............................................................................................................................................................................</FONT><BR></STRONG><FONT
size=3><STRONG>State, Society and Governance in Melanesia<BR><BR>and
the<BR><BR>Timor-Leste Studies
Association<BR></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR><BR>Presents<BR><BR>Susana
Barnes<BR><BR>Adérito Soares<BR><BR>Hugh White<BR>Bu Wilson
(Chair)<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT size=3>Political Crisis in Timor
Leste<BR><BR>Causes & Consequences</FONT></STRONG><BR><BR><BR><FONT
size=3><STRONG>Date: Thursday 21 February 2008, 11.00pm – 1.00
pm<BR>Venue: Coombs Lecture Theatre, Coombs Building,
ANU<BR></STRONG></FONT><BR><BR><STRONG>Susana 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><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
Hardy, Administration Officer, SSGM, Tel: +61 2 6125 1527: Fax: +61 2 6125
5525 Email: ssgm@anu.edu.au<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Bu
Wilson<BR>Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet)<BR>College of Asia and
the Pacific, RSPAS<BR>Australian National University<BR>Canberra
ACT 0200<BR>AUSTRALIA<BR><BR>T: 02 6125 3194<BR>F: 02 6125
1507<BR>M: 0407 087 086<BR>E: Bu.Wilson@anu.edu.au<BR><BR><BR><BR><A
href="http://regnet.anu.edu.au">http://regnet.anu.edu.au</A><BR><BR>ANU Cricos
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