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Issue: October 2004NewsPassage to IndiaLa Trobe University's Thesis Eleven Centre for Critical Theory has organised ten days of events in New Delhi, India, from 4 to 15 December. The events include public lectures, seminars, a specialist two-day colloquium, field trips, bilateral university meetings and a reception at the Australian High Commission. Deputy Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre, Dr Trevor Hogan, said about 20 staff and postgraduate students from La Trobe will take part. Some of the delegates are shown above with Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor Roger Wales, right. The event, titled 'Australia and India: Cities, Nation-States, Alternative Modernities, Civilisations?' aims to develop a comparative perspective on social and political theory of India and Australia. It will also promote Australian Studies in Delhi - and South Asian Studies in Melbourne. There are plans to secure agreements between La Trobe and universities in Delhi to enhance teaching exchange, visiting scholar schemes, and research collaboration. Host organisations include Hindu College, Delhi University; Oxford University Press of India; Sage Publications India; the Australian High Commission, and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Sponsors are the Australia-India Council, La Trobe University and various Indian institutions.
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