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Conferences
School of Social and Cultural Studies: Imprisonment in the 21st Century
Date: Wednesday 17 March 2010
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Venue: Hunter Council Chamber, Kelburn Campus
In March the Crime and Justice Research Centre in collaboration with the Institute of Criminology will host a symposium on Imprisonment in the 21st Century. Internationally respected speakers will discuss some of the challenges and possibilities related to contemporary imprisonment practices, at home and abroad.
Special Guest Speakers: Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Māori Party Co-Leader, Minister of Māori Affairs, Associate Minister of Corrections, Associate Minister of Education; Professor Chris Cunneen, Chair in Criminology, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of New South Wales; Professor John Pratt, Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington
Contact:
Monica Lichti
Phone: 04 463 5317
Email: address
Antipodean East European Study Group: The "East-West" Discourse: Symbolic Geography and its Consequences
Date: Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st March 2010
Venue: Wood Seminar Room, Kelburn Campus
In March the Antipodean East European Study Group will host a two day conference titled; The "East-West" Discourse Symbolic Geography and its Consequences
A binary dichotomy between "the West" and "the East" evokes a series of other binary contrasts: modernity vs. tradition, rationality vs. sensuality, Christianity vs. Islam, Democracy vs. Communism, etc. While some authors have extolled "the East" for its pleasing exoticism, most binary dichotomies are morally loaded in favour of the "The West", which supposedly represents civilization, freedom and progress vis-à-vis Eastern barbarism, slavery and stagnation. The Antipodean East European Study Group will attempt to re-ground the East-West dichotomy in particular contexts and question its implicit assumptions..
Keynote Speaker: Charles Ingrao, Purdue, West Lafayette, Indiana (History); Beata Stoczyńka, the Polish Ambassador to New Zealand, will deliver opening remarks. Scholars are attending from Romania, Ukraine and Australia.
For more information:
Visit the Antipodean East European Study Group
Contact:
Alexander Maxwell
Phone: 04 463 6753
Email: address
Seminars
Faculty Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
The Faculty Interdisciplinary Seminar Series provides a small amount of funding, administrative support and a broad platform within the Faculty to enable academics to present their work or to hear the work of visiting scholars, as well as hosting book launches or half-day conferences. Prospective speakers, papers or ideas are welcome from any member of the Faculty. For further information please contact.
Contact:
Matthew Trundle, Associate Dean
Phone: 04 463 56785
Email: address
Stout Research Centre:
March to May 2010
The Stout Research Centre's seminar series on 'new generation politics' begins on 24 March 2010.
Seminars are open to the public.
Dates: Wednesdays
Time: 4.10 - 5.30pm
Venue: Stout Centre, 12 Wai-te-ata Road, Kelburn
For more information:
Visit the Stout Research Centre website
Contact:
Louise Grenside
Phone: 04 463 5305
Email: address
School of Languages and Cultures
March to November 2010
The School of Languages and Cultures will continue to hold weekly Research Seminars commencing on 11 March 2010.
Seminars are open to the public.
Dates: Thursdays
Time: 12.10 - 1.00pm
Venue: Von Zedlitz Building, Room 802, Kelburn
For more information:
Visit the School of Languages and Cultures website
Contact:
Nina Cuccurullo
Phone: 04 463 5293
Email: address