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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;"><b>U</b><a name="AbSub"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NDERSTANDING TIMOR-LESTE 2013</span></b></a>
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<i><a name="AbSub"><span style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Buka Hatene Timor-Leste 2013 / Compreender Timor-Leste 2013 / Mengerti Timor-Leste 2013<br>
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<span style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">A TLSA Research Conference,
</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Liceu Campus, National University of Timor-Lorosa’e (UNTL), Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, Dili, Timor-Leste, 15 – 16 July 2013</span></span></p>
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<div>Just a few quick <b>updates & reminders</b> on the 2013 <span style="font-weight:bold">
<span style="font-weight:normal">conference in Dili:</span></span></div>
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<b>Conference Program</b><br>
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<li>The organising committee is pleased to announce that we have once again received more than
<b>100 abstracts</b>. In particular, <font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size:10pt">there has been strong increase in the number of papers</span></font> in both the Tetun and the Portuguese language streams this year. It promises
to be another good conference in Dili. If you have not yet received confirmation of acceptance of your paper proposal, please email: conference_2013@tlstudies.org
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</li><li>We expect to distribute the first draft of the program by the end of May.<br>
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<p><b>Conference Sponsors & Partners</b></p>
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<li>Alongside the regular support of the National University of Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL), Swinburne University of Technology and the Technical University of Lisbon, the TLSA gratefully acknowledges the active support of
<b><i>The Presidency of the Republic of Timor-Leste</i></b> for the 2013 conference.
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<p><b>Registration</b><strong><br>
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<li><strong>See details here: </strong><a href="http://tlstudies.org/ConferenceEng2013.html#Registration" target="_blank">http://tlstudies.org/ConferenceEng2013.html#Registration</a>
<strong></strong></li><li><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal"><strong>Internationals:</strong> All international delegates should submit their completed registration forms by
<strong>Friday June 14</strong>. Internationals may <strong>either </strong>pre-pay using the registration form, or pay at the registration desk in Dili on July 15. (Write "pay in Dili" at the payment section of the registration form if that is your intention.)
</span></span></li><li><strong>East Timorese nationals:</strong> please register at the registration desk on July 15. You can confirm your attendance before the conference by emailing:
<span style="font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'" lang="EN-US">Alarico da Costa Ximenes,
</span><span style="font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'" lang="EN-US">UNTL. </span>
<span style="font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'" lang="EN-US">Email: </span><span style="font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif'" lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:alaricodacosta@rocketmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="">alaricodacosta@rocketmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></li></ul>
<p><b>Conference Publication</b></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">As with the 2009 and 2011 TLSA conferences, we will publish a peer-reviewed, 4-language conference proceedings publication, which will be distributed free to East Timorese universities and
libraries. Your TLSA conference registration fees and the support of our partners make this possible.
</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></span></li><li><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">See the 2011 conference proceedings here:
</span></span><a href="http://tlstudies.org/tlsa_confpro2011.html" target="_blank">http://tlstudies.org/tlsa_confpro2011.html</a>
</li><li>Please note that full written papers are not due until after the conference, usually in September.
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<div><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal"><strong>General information on panel sessions</strong></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">Each panel session will be 90 minutes in total:</span></span>
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<li>Each presenter will have 20 minutes, in a three-speaker panel (60 mins) <span style="font-weight:bold">
<span style="font-weight:normal"></span></span></li><li><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">There will question and discussion time after that (30 mins)</span></span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></span></span></li></ul>
<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></span></li><li>Powerpoint facilities will be available at the conference.</span></span></li></ul>
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We look forward to seeing you all in Dili in July!</div>
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<div>Michael Leach</div>
<div>for the TLSA organising committee<br>
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<i>Please note that future conference updates will not be sent on the general TLSA email list, but to a specific list of conference delegates.</i>
<i>Apologies for initial cross-postings</i>.<br>
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<div>Associate Professor Michael Leach</div>
<div>Politics & Public Policy</div>
<div>Faculty of Life and Social Sciences</div>
<div>Swinburne University of Technology</div>
<div>PO Box 218 Hawthorn VIC </div>
<div>AUSTRALIA 3122</div>
<div>Phone: +61 3 9214 5357</div>
<div>Fax: +61 3 9819 0821</div>
<div><a href="mailto:mleach@swin.edu.au" target="_blank">mleach@swin.edu.au</a></div>
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