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<P align=center><BR><BR><BR><FONT size=4>State, Society and Governance in
Melanesia</FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR>Presents<BR><BR><BR><FONT size=4>Maj
Nygaard-Christensen</P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><BR>Department of Anthropology at Aarhus
University in Denmark<BR><BR>The suffering diplomat: imagining worldly-wise
leadership in Timor Leste<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT
size=4>Date: Thursday 27 March 2008 , 11.00pm – 12.30pm<BR>Venue: Seminar
Room B, Coombs Building, ANU</FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR>Abstract: This seminar will
examine the presidential campaign of Jose Ramos-Horta which took place between
March and May 2007. This discussion will illustrate how international and
educational knowledge has come to be perceived locally as sources of potency in
leadership representations. The emphasis on ‘international know-how’
prevalent in local debates on power and authority occurred during a time when
international commentaries on Timor Leste increasingly described the country as
a failed state. The seminar will therefore further discuss what impact
international opinion has had on local understandings of power and
leadership. <BR><BR><BR><BR>______________________<BR><BR><BR><BR>Maj
Nygaard-Christensenis is a PhD student from the Department of Anthropology at
Aarhus University in Denmark, visiting RSPAS until the end of May 2008.
Her fieldwork was conducted in Timor Leste between February and December 2007,
during the time of the presidential and parliamentary elections. The PhD
focuses on the shaping of ideals about political leadership and
power. <BR><BR>[maj.nygaard-christensen@anu.edu.au]<BR><BR><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></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Seminar notices are now published on our Homepage:<BR><BR><A
href="http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia">http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia</A></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Jean
Hardy<BR>Administration (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)<BR>State, Society and
Governance in Melanesia Project<BR>ANU College of Asia and the Pacific<BR>The
Australian National University<BR>Canberra ACT
0200<BR>AUSTRALIA<BR>Phone: +61 2 6125 1527<BR>Fax: +61 2 6125 5525<BR><A
href="http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia">http://rspas.anu.edu.au/melanesia</A><BR><BR> </FONT>
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<P><FONT size=2>Bu Wilson<BR>Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet)
College of Asia and the Pacific, RSPAS 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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