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School of Social SciencesPhilippines Australia Studies CentreATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY VISITS LA TROBE UNIVERSITYJuly 16-25 2009Hosts -
Contacts To mark and celebrate our partnership, in July, 2009, La Trobe welcomes a delegation of over 15 Ateneo academics. A number of public and academic events will be held. Highlights include: 1. Thursday 16 July - Monday 20 July: Mildura Writers' Festival: La Trobe is a major sponsor of MWF and Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology through the offices of its Directors (Beilharz and Hogan) holds a thematic workshop session each year. This year Thesis Eleven Centre is taking 3 creative writers and a Vice President of Ateneo to the MWF. 2. Monday 20 July, 2pm to 3pm: Poetry and Short fiction Readings at the La Trobe Art Museum, Glenn College, Bundoora campus by Cyan Jugo-Abad, Exie Abola and Rofel Brion - 3 creative writers and academics at Ateneo. ALL WELCOME. 3. Tuesday 21 July, all day event: 'Beyond the Frame': Contemporary Philippine Photography Exhibition Launch and Colloquium, Tuesday 21st July, at the View Street Gallery, Bendigo. This exhibition features many leading Pinoy photographers and is travelling to USA and Sydney. The Ateneo team will spend the day in Bendigo and the Visual Arts School will host a colloquium at View Street Gallery. ALL WELCOME. 4. Wednesday 22 July, 4pm to 7.30pm: 'Fractions of an Intangible Whole: Filipino Social Realism in the Ateneo Gallery Collection'. Art Exhibition, Launch and Public Lecture, La Trobe Art Museum, Glenn College: Ateneo Art Museum is recognized as having the finest private modem art collection in Southeast Asia. La Trobe University Art Museum is delighted and honoured to be the first art gallery outside of the Philippines to host an especially curated exhibition from Ateneo's own collections. The launch will be marked by a public lecture by Ms Lisa Chikiamco, curator of the exhibition at the Glenn College lecture hall at 4pm followed by a cocktail party at 5.00 pm with speeches by Mr Luis Hernandez, the Philippine Honorary Consul-General, Victoria, and Professor Belinda Probert, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), La Trobe University. ALL WELCOME. 5. Thursday 23 and Friday 24 July: Research Showcase Workshop, at Martin Building' Room 488 (9.30am to 5.30pm, Thursday; 9.30am to 4.00pm, Friday): Hosted by School of Social Sciences and Institute for Human Security, opportunity is afforded for Ateneo and La Trobe academics to talk about their current research projects. Each 90 minute session is organized thematically (e.g., Development Studies, Media Studies; Human Security; Mobility studies; Social Theory; etc.). They will be chaired by a local academic and three 20 minute papers (at least one of whom will be an Ateneo scholar) and with 30 minutes for plenary discussion. ALL WELCOME. 6. Friday 24 July: BOOK LAUNCH, Martin Building 362, 1.00pm to 2.00pm with lunch. Conflict, Religion, and Culture: domestic and International Implications for Southeast Asia and Australia. Edited by Luca Anceschi, Joe A. Camilleri and Benjamin T. Tolosa, Jr. (published by Philippines-Australia Studies Network, Ateneo de Manila University). ALL WELCOME. The following week Thesis Eleven Centre takes a delegation to the West Coast to be hosted by Institute of Advanced Studies, the University of Western Australia for a colloquium and a public lecture. Contacts:PASC: t.hogan@latrobe.edu.au Thesis Eleven Centre: p.beilharz@latrobe.edu.au Art Museum Bundoora Campus: v.alessi@latrobe.edu.au View Street Art Gallery, Bendigo: p.northam@latrobe.edu.au Content Approved by: Head of School
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