[TimorLesteStudies] Call for Papers: UNDERSTANDING TIMOR-LESTE: A RESEARCH CONFERENCE

[Jennifer Drysdale]

UNDERSTANDING TIMOR-LESTE: A RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Liceu Campus,
National University of Timor-Lorosa’e (UNTL)
Avenida Cidade de Lisboa
Dili, Timor-Leste
2-3 July 2009

This two-day conference for researchers is organised by the Timor-Leste
Studies Association (TLSA). The TLSA an interdisciplinary, international
research network focussed on all aspects of research into East Timorese
society, including politics and history, business, communications,
health, language and agriculture. The 2009 conference Understanding
Timor-Leste: A Research Conference will be co-hosted by National
University of Timor-Lorosa’e (UNTL), Swinburne University of
Technology, Victoria University, and the Technical University of Lisbon.


CALL FOR PAPERS: 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. Conference
sub-themes will include, but are not limited to the following:

●	Politics and International relations 
●	History and Heritage
●	Culture and Society
●	Anthropology and Archaeology
●	Economics, business and trade 
●	International Development Assistance 
●	Development policy 
●	Agriculture
●	Health policy
●	Gender issues
●	Language and Linguistics
●	Education (including a series of papers on adult and popular
education) 

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: Papers may be presented in English, Tetum,
Portuguese or Bahasa Indonesia. 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Please send all proposals for 20 minutes papers,
with a 150-word abstract by Friday 27 February 2009 to: 

Dr. Michael Leach, Swinburne University of Technology:
mleach at swin.edu.au  
 
Please note that:
●	Tetum language papers should also be sent cc: Antero da Silva,
National University of Timor-Lorosa’e. anterob at gmail.com   
●	Portuguese language papers should also be sent cc: Prof Nuno
Canas Mendes, Technical University of Lisbon. ncm at iscsp.utl.pt  
●	Bahasa Indonesia language papers should also be sent cc: Setyo
Budi. budi at infoxchange.net.au   

RELATED EVENTS: The Understanding Timor-Leste research conference will
precede the Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development conference
organised by Victoria University, the Faculty of Social and Political
Sciences, UNTL, and the Australia-East Timor Association, to be held in
Dili on Monday and Tuesday 6-7 July 2009. This will be a policy-oriented
conference focussing on case studies of good practice, with invited
speakers and participation by the Timorese government, the National
University, Timorese civil society, Members of Parliament and other
interested groups. For further information about that conference, please
contact Dr Helen Hill helen.hill at vu.edu.au  
  
These are linked conferences and discounted co-registration will be
available for those who attend both.

On the weekend between these two conferences (Saturday and Sunday 4-5
July) a number of Expos will take place on sustainable livelihoods,
Timorese history, education, languages, literacy and literature, and
other themes, open to all. 

Finally, conference registrants may also be interested in the
separately organised Nation-Building across Urban and Rural Timor-Leste
conference in Dili from Wednesday to Friday 8-10 July 2009. See here for
details: http://www.timor-leste.org/events/nationbuilding.html  

These three conferences have distinct aims and audiences, but have been
sequenced and co-ordinated by the respective organisers to permit
maximum participation for those coming to Dili in July.

FURTHER DETAILS: Further details about registration, accommodation and
travel will be available soon on the Timor-Leste Studies Association
website: http://www.etstudies-aust.org 




Dr Michael Leach
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Swinburne University of Technology
1 John St Hawthorn VIC 
AUSTRALIA 3122
Phone: +61 3 9214 5357
Fax: +61 3 9819 0574
mleach at swin.edu.au 
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