[Easttimorstudies] 2nd Postgrad and ECR Winter School at UoW "Gender and Border Security" 30 June-1 July

[Jennifer Drysdale]

>The Centre for Asia Pacific Social 
>Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS), with the 
>support of the Asia-Pacific Futures Research 
>Network (APFRN), is calling for applications 
>from PhD students and Early Career Researchers 
>at Australian universities to participate in the 
>second CAPSTRANS Winter Workshop for Doctoral 
>Students and Early Career Researchers. This year 
>the theme of the workshop is Gender and Border 
>Security (30 June ­ 1 July 2006).
>The aim of the Workshop is:
>• To assist doctoral students and early career 
>researchers to enhance their academic knowledge 
>and expertise • Develop scholarly networks, and 
>• Work towards a peer-reviewed publication
>
>This 2 day workshop will be co-convened by 
>Lenore Lyons (CAPSTRANS) and Vera Mackie 
>(University of Melbourne). It will bring 
>together participants from different disciplines 
>working on a range of topics related to the 
>intersection of gender and border security in 
>the Asia-Pacific. Examples of such topics may 
>include but are not limited to the gendered 
>dimensions of international relations; ‘good 
>governance’ policies; border control policies; 
>foreign aid policies; NGO activities; and 
>'security' in the Asia-Pacific region.
>
>CAPSTRANS and the APFRN will endeavour to 
>support the full cost of travel and 
>accommodation from the home university in 
>Australia to Wollongong for all participants.
>Applications will be considered on a competitive 
>basis. The closing date for applications and 
>referee's reports is 5pm, Monday 1st May 2006. 
>The attached file contains further details about the application process.
>For further information about the Winter 
>Workshop, please contact Associate Professor 
>Lenore Lyons, Director, CAPSTRANS 
>(Lenore_Lyons at uow.edu.au) or Professor Vera 
>Mackie (vmackie at unimelb.edu.au).  Further 
>information is also available at our web-site: 
>http://www.capstrans.edu.au/resources/conferences/2006/conferences-2006-winterworkshop.html

Interested researchers should note this follows on from the

The 16th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies 
Association of Australia (ASAA) which is also at 
University of Wollongong, Australia 26 - 29 June 2006