Bulletin, March 2010

Welcome to the first edition of the Globalism Research Centre Bulletin for 2010.

Beginning in July, the Globalism Research Centre will run its Global Studies Seminar Series, a program of free public seminars exploring key thinking in the field of global studies. Our aim is to provide an intellectually challenging but accessible and collegial environment for discussion and debate around central themes in globalization. More details on the series will follow in the April edition and on our website.

Throughout the year, the Bulletin will provide all the details of Globalism Research Centre news and events, as well as other events of interest in Melbourne, elsewhere in Australia and overseas.

If you would like to add your event to the Bulletin or join the mailing list please email globalism@rmit.edu.au

Globalism Research Centre news and events   GRC staff achievements January-March 2010 Globalism Research Centre staff have begun an already active year with a number of significant publications, including three books, a major research report, and the delivery of conference papers and lectures around the world.

Events & opportunities Journey of Asylum—Waiting An Audience with Syd Mead: Exclusive to RMIT Owning the Past: Whose Past? Whose Present? International Conference on Science in Society IDSS Training Schedule 2010

Journey of Asylum—Waiting

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre proudly presents the dramatic production, Journey of Asylum—Waiting.

The performance weaves the lived experiences of asylum seekers, now residing in Melbourne, into a dynamic and poetic performance. Asylum seekers share their struggles, uncertainties and realizations as people ‘waiting’ in the immigration process. Experiences of fear, sleeplessness and isolation mix with dignity, resilience and humour and the hope for a ‘normal life’. Freedom of speech and self expression are our democratic rights; for most asylum seekers this is simply a dream they hope will come true.

Performance dates:

Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March at 8pm

Saturday 20 March at 3pm (matinee) & 8pm

Victorian Trades Hall Council Bella Union Theatre, corner Lygon & Victoria Streets, Carlton South

Tickets ($40 full & $30 concession) must be prebooked online.

For more information please call Heidi Abdel-Raouf on 0416 321 496.

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An Audience with Syd Mead: Exclusive to RMIT

Join legendary Visual Futurist, Syd Mead, responsible for the look of such films as Blade Runner and Tron in a once-only presentation by RMIT Alumni Relations.

An Audience with Syd Mead, held in conjunction with the School of Architecture and Design and the School of Media and Communication, features Mead on his distinguished career in industrial design, motion pictures, and gaming, and will include a screening of Visual Futurist a documentary film by Joaquin Montalvan.

Mead's film projects include Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens, and Mission Impossible 3.

Mead and notable RMIT alumni Paul Harris, Film Critic on Radio Triple R's Filmbuff's Forecast program, and Industrial Designer David Flynn will share their knowledge, and this is your chance to join the discussion.

Witness a vision of the future at this amazing presentation.

Tuesday 23 March at 6 pm

Online registration essential by Thursday 18 March

Full event details

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Owning the Past: Whose Past? Whose Present?

This conference invites papers on the subject of ownership in history and law, and may include contributions on any of several broad themes: the contestation of memory; the ethics of representation and remembrance; the commoditization and consumption of traumatic pasts; transcultural and transgenerational trauma; new technologies of historical documentation; testimony and bearing witness; Indigenous knowledge; identity politics; citizenship; the ethics of reproducing historical narratives; colonialism and hegemony; 'dark' tourism and artefacts of law; and new legal imaginings and the contest with the legal past.

The keynote speaker is Professor Eve Darian-Smith, University of California. The conference is hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society.

Submissions of abstracts should be received by 1 May 2010 and include paper title, 300-word abstract, contact details (name, postal address, telephone number and email address and a short biographical statement. Email abstracts (and/or enquiries) to lawhistoryconference@latrobe.edu.au

13 to 15 December 2010

Melbourne, Australia

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International Conference on Science in Society

This conference addresses the social impacts, values, pedagogies, politics and economics of science. It is an inclusive forum that welcomes a breadth of perspectives on science from practitioners, teachers and researchers representing a wide range of academic disciplines.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 11 March 2010. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website.

11 to 13 November 2010

Carlos III University

Madrid, Spain

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IDSS Training Schedule 2010

Established in 1983 and based in Melbourne, Australia, IDSS offers project management, training and consulting services in international development.

IDSS Professional Development Program (PDP) in 2010 will consist of a series of training courses reflecting current development thinking and practice.

For more information and to register for these events please visit the IDSS website.

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