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News and events
James Manicom, a PhD candidate in the School of Political and International Studies, has had a think piece published in highly influential The China Brief. Published by the Jamestown Foundation, a leading think-tank based in Washington D.C, The China Brief enjoys wide circulation among US policy-makers, intelligence and military personnel, academics, journalists, and business leaders. Manicom investigates the validity of popular claims that China and Japan are on the cusp of resolving the long-standing East China Sea territorial dispute.
New Masters Program in International Law and International Relations
Between 29 Feb-2 Mar, classes for the first intake of the new intensive Masters
program in International Law and International Relations were held at Flinders.
The program is a joint initiative of the School of Political and International
Studies and the School of Law. The photo shows students with Professor Andrew
Goldsmith from Law (far left) and Dr Andrew ONeil from SPIS (far right). Further
information on the program is available at:
http://www.flinders.edu.au/courses/postgrad/laws.htm
School events and activity—January 2008
Mr Benjamin Habib--a PhD candidate in the School of Political and International
Studies was recently awarded first prize in the 2007 Australian Defence Business
Review Magazine's Strategic Essay Competition for an essay entitled: “Another
Perfect Storm? Predictors of Radical Change in North Korea”. Ben is pictured
here receiving his prize from the Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal
Angus Houston, and Trevor Thomas, editor-in-chief of the ADBR. The essay competition
is held annually to find the best articles on forward-looking strategic issues
written by Australians under the age of 35. Ben's essay will be published as
an article in the fully refereed journal Security Challenges.
School events and activity—September 2007
Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management presented two short courses
on Public Administration Reform, a four-day course to nine Chinese public sector
officials from Shanghai Putou and a ten-day course to seventeen officials from
Shandong. This group included several Vice Mayors, Vice Magistrates and Departmental
Directors.
Professor Robert Ball, visiting fellow in FIPPM, presented a seminar on 31
August titled ‘Climate Change: The Stern Review’ as part of the
School’s seminar program.
Richard DeAngelis represented Flinders University, one of the six members of
the Innovative Universities European Union Consortium, at a meeting in Canberra
at the ANU's National Europe Centre, August 21-22. The IUEU consortium is one
of four Europe centres in the Australia-New Zealand area (the other Europe Centres
are Canterbury, Monash, and ANU). [The other members of the IUEU are Griffith,
La Trobe, Macquarie, Newcastle, and Murdoch.] The Meeting of Centres' academics
and administrators was augmented by Bruno Jullien, Ambassador of the European
Commission Delegation to Australia, as well as a dozen of the Ambassadors of
member states of the EU, stationed in Canberra. There was also a meeting of
the academics who lectured and tutored in a joint on-line topic on the European
Union, which was offered for the first time this year at all six members of
the IUEU, with lecturing based in La Trobe, in order to refine the topic for
next year. This year the EU topic was a success in both qualitative and quantitative
terms, attracting nearly 300 student enrolments at the six sites, virtually
unprecedented numbers. [The Flinders enrolment was almost fifty, tutored by
Richard DeAngelis, a previously unheard of number for a specialized upper year
topic on a foreign entity]. Flinders will also sponsor a major conference in
December (3-5) as part of its activities for the IUEU on “Moving Cultures,
Shifting Identities; Migration, connection, heritage and cultural memory”.
Justin De Rosa visited Bali and Jakarta from 30 July to 2 August participating
in information sessions to Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) awardees.
There was a significant level of interest in Flinders degrees from the Indonesian
scholarship awardees.
Andry Indrady, PhD candidate in Public Policy, attended the ‘Development
of Bilateral Relations between Indonesia and Australia’ conference, held
by the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA), at the Queensland
Parliament House, Brisbane on 27 June 2007. He was financial supported by the
School through the HDR student conference attendance program. The conference
was a valuable experience for Andry which illuminated some ideas to the development
of his thesis regarding the bilateral immigration cooperation between Indonesia
and Australia in migration management and border control management. It was
attended by the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia and the former Australian
Ambassador for Indonesia Mr David Ritchie, and also by a number of prominent
Australian and Indonesian scholars in this field.
Aaron Jackson, PhD candidate in International Relations, was recently awarded
Second Prize in the 2007 Annual Bruce S. Oland Essay Competition, administered
by the journal Canadian Naval Review. The essay, titled 'Defending
the "Empty North": Comparing Canadian and Australian Challenges and
Strategies', will be published in an upcoming edition of Canadian Naval Review.
James Manicom and Vlado Vivoda, both PhD candidates in International Relations,
were invited to give papers at a symposium on ‘Energy Security in North
East Asia’ at the University of Adelaide on 31 August.
Dr Andrew O'Neil spent two weeks at Hiroshima University from 31 July to 11
August as part of his appointment as visiting professor at that institution.
He participated in the International Network of Universities (INU)-sponsored
conference on Global Citizenship which was held at Hiroshima University campus
and involved sixty students drawn from twelve universities worldwide, including
two students from Flinders.
Dr Priyambudi Sulistiyanto was invited to present a paper at the Conference
on Reconciliation in Indonesia and East Timor organised by the Asia Research
Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 17-19 July 2007. In
addition, he was invited to give a talk at the Indonesian Teachers’ Association
Conference (INTAN) in Adelaide, 4 August. Dr Sulistiyanto was also invited to
give a talk at a Forum on Indonesia's Independence Day organized by the Indonesian
Students’ Association of South Australia (PPIA-SA) at Flinders University
, Adelaide, 10 August 2007.
Geoff Anderson was appointed By the Federal Leader of the Opposition Kevin
Rudd to an Advisory Group on the Reform of Federal State Relations. The group
is chaired by Michael Keating, the former head of the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet. Other members are professor George Williams from the University
of Sydney and Meredith Edwards, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University
of Canberra. A discussion paper on Specific
Purpose Payments (pdf 116kg) prepared by the Advisory Group was recently
released by the Shadow Minister for Federal State Relations Mr Bob McMullan.
A copy of the paper is available here
Forum on East Java Mud Flow—1 June
On
1 June the Flinders Asia Centre & Flinders Institute Asia Pacific will present
an open forum on the East Java Mud Flow at the Flinders University Function
centre from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm.
One year ago a drilling operation in East Java (18% owned by the Australian
company Santos) tapped into a pocket of hot mud more than three kilometres below
the earth’s surface. Hot mud flowed from the drill site at 5,000 cubic
metres a day, and increased to more than 175,000 cubic metres by October 2006.
One year on, the mud has buried several villages, housing estates, farm lands,
and nearly 100 factories, schools, mosques, shops, and offices. More than 50,000
people have lost their homes and many more have lost their livelihoods.
The Forum will examine the causes, consequences and implications of the mud
flow disaster and the response to that disaster. The forum and an expert workshop
to follow will consider what can be learned and what steps we can take to avoid
disasters or improve the long term capacity to assist victims. Speakers from
Indonesia will include experts on the mudflow and its consequences, NGO leaders
and journalists as well as Adelaide based experts on environmental issues and
Flinders Asia Centre researchers on Indonesian environmental and political issues.
For
more details, the list of speakers and the full program for the day.
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