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<div style="text-align: center"><font size="+1"><a>Understanding Timor-Leste: 2019 TLSA Research Conference</a></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center"><a><big><span style="font-weight: normal">Liceu Campus, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL),</span></big></a><a><big><span style="font-weight: normal"><br>
Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, Dili, Timor-Leste, 27–28 June 2019<br>
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<pre><div style="margin: 0px 0cm 13.3333px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif";"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt">*** EXTENDED DEADLINE: ABSTRACTS DUE 12 APRIL 2019 ***</span></p></div></pre>
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Popular consultation ballot Paper Photo Credit: Anna Voss, Indonesia Watch!<br>
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This two-day conference for researchers is organised by the Timor-Leste Studies Association (TLSA). The TLSA is an interdisciplinary, international research network focussed on all aspects of research into East Timorese society, including politics and history,
economics, communications, health, language, agriculture and science. </span><br style="font-weight: normal">
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<span style="font-weight: normal">This year’s conference will also have four special streams: the first on the theme of 1999: 20 Years On to be convened by Clinton Fernandes and Mica Barreto Soares; the second on the theme of Gender Research in Timor-Leste
to be convened by Hannah Loney and Uka Pinto; the third on the theme of Agriculture to be convened by Claudino Nabais and Robert Williams; and the fourth on the theme of 'Decolonising Knowledge' convened by Jose Trindade. Papers are invited for all these special
panels.</span><br style="font-weight: normal">
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<span style="font-weight: normal">2019 marks two decades since Timor-Leste’s historic ballot on self-determination and the end of a long period of foreign occupation. TLSA 2019 will be the occasion for a comprehensive reassessment of the momentous events of
1999. This special stream invites contributions with a focus on 1999. </span><br style="font-weight: normal">
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<span style="font-weight: normal">Papers on a range of topics are welcome: politics, history, culture, economics, international solidarity, resistance organisations, military strategy, international relations, the 30 August referendum, international peacekeeping,
war crimes, human rights, civil-military relations, and much more. </span><br style="font-weight: normal">
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<span style="font-weight: normal">The Understanding Timor-Leste 2019 conference will be co-hosted by the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Swinburne University of Technology, and the University of Lisbon.
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</span><span style="font-weight: normal">The TLSA gratefully acknoledges the generous support of Centro Nacional Chega! for our 2019 conference and the special panel on 1999: 20 Years On:<br>
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<span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="font-weight: bold"><a>CALL FOR PAPERS</a></span><a><br>
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The organisers now call for papers addressing any aspect of social science / humanities / scientific research related to Timor-Leste. The conference organisers welcome papers from academics, researchers, activists, community groups, and policy makers. A refereed
conference proceedings publication may be published after the conference. Conference programme will include, but is not limited to:<br>
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<strong>Special panels<br>
</strong>1999: 20 Years On<br>
Gender Research in Timor-Leste<br>
Agriculture<br>
Decolonising Knowledge<br>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-weight: normal"><a><strong>Other themes<br>
</strong>• Anthropology and Archaeology<br>
• Community Development <br>
• Culture and Society<br>
• Development Policy<br>
• East Timorese Perspectives on Regional and Global Issues<br>
• Economics, Business and Trade<br>
• Education<br>
• Health <br>
• History and Heritage<br>
• Human Rights<br>
• Language and Linguistics<br>
• Peace-Building<br>
• Politics and International Relations<br>
• Resource Management<br>
• Timor-Leste’s Regional and International Relationships</a></span></span><a><br>
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<span></span></a><a></a><span lang="EN-AU"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><span><span style="font-weight: bold">CONFERENCE LANGUAGES
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</span>Papers may be presented in Tetum, Portuguese, English or Indonesian.<span style="font-weight: bold"><br>
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ABSTRACT & PANEL PROPOSALS<br>
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</span>Please send all abstract proposals for 20-minute papers, with a 150-word abstract, by Friday 29 March 2019, to:
<a href="mailto:tlsa2019@tlstudies.org">tlsa2019@tlstudies.org</a> <br>
Proposals must include:<br>
• Name:<br>
• Affiliation:<br>
• Paper Title:<br>
• 150-word Abstract:<br>
• Language(s):<br>
• Theme:<br>
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You may also propose a 1.5-hour panel (3 papers). Please include an abstract proposal for each paper, as well as a panel title and abstract.
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Tetum language papers should also be sent cc: Dulce Martins and Leo Soares (Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e)
<a href="mailto:dasilvamartinsdulce@gmail.com">dasilvamartinsdulce@gmail.com</a> <br>
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Portuguese language papers should also be sent cc: Nuno Canas Mendes (University of Lisbon)
<a href="mailto:ncm@iscsp.ulisboa.pt">ncm@iscsp.ulisboa.pt</a> <br>
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Indonesian language papers should also be sent cc: Alarico da Costa Ximenes (Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e)
<a href="mailto:alaricodacosta@rocketmail.com">alaricodacosta@rocketmail.com</a> <span style="font-weight: bold">
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REGISTRATION DETAILS<br>
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</span>Further information regarding registration will be available online soon. <br>
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SUPPORT FOR EAST TIMORESE NATIONALS TO ATTEND<br>
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</span>See registration details (available online shortly) for special discounts for East Timorese participants.<br>
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RELATED EVENTS<br>
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</span>The Understanding Timor-Leste conference will precede the UNTL/ Victoria University conference to be held in Dili on 1–2 July 2019. For further information about this conference, please contact Helen Hill:
<a href="mailto:helen.hill@email.com">helen.hill@email.com</a><br>
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These are linked conferences and discounted co-registration will be available for those who attend both.<br>
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On the weekend between these two conferences (Saturday 29 – Sunday 30 June), a number of special events will take place in Dili. More details will be available soon.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">FURTHER DETAILS<br>
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Further details about registration, accommodation and travel will be available soon on the TLSA website:
<a href="http://tlstudies.org/">http://tlstudies.org/</a><span style="font-weight: bold"><br>
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<div>Swinburne University of Technology</div>
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<div>Phone: +61 3 9214 5357<br>
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