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<P align=left><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>Apologies for spelling errors of
presenters' names in previous announcement.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P align=center><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT size=3>State, Society and Governance
in Melanesia<BR><BR>and the<BR><BR>Timor-Leste Studies
Association</FONT></STRONG><BR><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</STRONG></FONT><BR><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 <FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=2>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:
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