FYI. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator
------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:04:32 +1300 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd:PhD Opportunities To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >PHD OPPORTUNITIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC GAY/LESBIAN/TRANSGENDER HISTORIES & >>>CULTURES >>> >>>DIVISION OF PACIFIC AND ASIAN HISTORY, >>>AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, CANBERRA >>> >>>Opportunities exist within the Australian National University⤁s (ANU) >>>Division of Pacific and Asian History (PAH) for suitably qualified scholars >>>interested in undertaking PhD research on same-sex and transgender histories >>>and cultures in Southeast Asia, East Asia, the Pacific Islands, and >>>Australasia. No scholarships earmarked specifically for queer Asia-Pacific >>>research are currently on offer. However, a range of competitive >>>scholarships are open to both Australian and non-Australian residents to >>>undertake PhD research at the ANU. The Division of Pacific and Asian >>>History would welcome and support suitably qualified scholars who wish to >>>apply for these competitive scholarships to conduct research on queer >>>histories and cultures in the Asia-Pacific region. For scholarship >>>opportunities at the Australian National University see details on the >>>Research School of Pacific and Asian History website: >>>http://rspas.anu.edu.au/ The Division of Pacific & Asian History also >>>welcomes applications from self-funded (fee paying) scholars and those in >>>receipt of other postgraduate research grants. >>> >>>The Australian National University is located in central Canberra (pop. >>>350,000), Australia's national capital, three hours drive south of Sydney. >>>Canberra is home to a diverse range of national cultural institutions >>>including the National Library of Australia, the National Museum of >>>Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, the Australian War Memorial >>>Museum, Screensound Australia (the National Film and Sound Archive), The >>>National Archives of Australia, and the National Portrait Gallery. All >>>these institutions are located within a couple of kilometres of the ANU >>>campus. >>> >>>The Division of Pacific & Asian History is located within the ANU's Research >>>School of Pacific and Asian Studies, one of the world's major centres of >>>research on the histories, cultures, economies and societies of the >>>Asia-Pacific. The ANU Library and the National Library of Australia (2 >>>kilometres from the ANU campus) together house one of the largest >>>international collections of books and documents (in both European and >>>regional languages) on the Asia-Pacific region. >>> >>>The Division of Pacific and Asian History takes a very broad view of the >>>discipline of history and of historiographical methods. Members of the >>>Division conduct research over a broad temporal range, from distant pasts to >>>contemporary histories, while emphasising the resonances of past and >>>present. We combine particular empirical interests with theoretical >>>reflection on the nature of historical inquiry, representation, and writing >>>in history and related disciplines. >> > >> >The Division's research fields include: colonialism, capitalism, modernity, >> >postcolonialism, and globalisation; the construction and subversion of >> >global, national, local, diasporic, and other identities (including >>>sexuality, gender, class, 'race', religion); visual representation and newly >>>emerging electronic media; the articulation of history and memory in >>>national and popular cultures; relations between majority and minority >>>cultures and societies; the history of ideas and technologies; shifting >>>discourses on relationships between human society and the natural >>>environment. Further information about the Division of Pacific and Asian >>>History can be found at: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/index.html The >>>Division would welcome applications from students interested in employing >>>ethnographic, cultural studies as well as historiographical methods in their >>>research on Asia-Pacific sexualities and genders. >>> >>>Outside the Division of Pacific & Asian History, the ANU is also home to a >>>range of academic units and scholars interested in comparative research on >>>sexual cultures, e.g. the National Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Culture, >> >the Gender Relations Centre (RSPAS), the Department of Women's Studies >>>(Faculty of Arts), and the Centre for Cross Cultural Research. The ANU⤁s >>>other major Asian Studies unit, the Faculty of Asian Studies, provides >>>instruction in a range of Asian languages and includes scholars working on a >>>range of Asian studies topics. Institutional arrangements are in place at >>>the ANU for cross-supervision of PhD scholars between academic units to >>>provide researchers with supervisory panels that provide both area expertise >>>and theoretical and methodological guidance. >>> >>>For further information please contact Dr Peter Jackson: >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>Peter Jackson is Fellow in Thai History within the Division of Pacific & >>>Asian History. His research focuses on modern Thai cultural history, with >>>particular interests in the histories of discourses of gender, sexuality, >>>and religion. Dr Jackson has written extensively on Thailand⤁s same-sex >>>cultures and he has co-edited volumes on queer cultures in Asia and >>>Australia. He is currently writing a major history of Thailand⤁s >>same-sex >>>and transgender cultures. (Dr Jackson⤁s research interests and >>publications >>>are listed at: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/jackp_pah.html) >>>Peter Jackson is also cofounder of the Australia-based AsiaPacifiQueer >>>academic network, which has organised several conferences on queer studies >>>in the Asia-Pacific region (for information on AsiaPacifiQueer see: >> >http://apq.anu.edu.au/). > >-- > -- ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Director Environment, Society and Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 03-325-2811, x8643 ************************************
