Governance and State Building in Small States: Pacific and European Perspectives

Seminar co-hosted by the University of , the Australian National University (ANU), the Australian Embassy, the New Zealand Embassy and the Austrian South Pacific Society (OSPG)

3 July 2012 at 2:00 pm

Venue: , Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Hörsaal A, Stiege 1, 4th floor, Universitätsstr. 7, 1010 Vienna

Program

Host: Prof Dr Hermann Mückler, President of the Anthropological Society, Department for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna 2:00 pm Welcome Gerry McGuire, Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy Amanda Thornton, Second Secretary, New Zealand Embassy Representative of the University of Vienna (TBA)

2:15 pm Interview Anna Appel, sister of Stephen Wurm, and Katharina Hobiger, young scholar on Stephen Wurm

2:30 pm Stephen Wurm lecture 2012 Language and Society: Challenges in Governance and State Building in Small Pacific States, Prof Darrell Tryon, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University

3:15 pm Coffee break

3:30 pm Building Social Resilience and Cohesion Through History Teaching and Learning: the Solomon Islands Biographical Dictionary and Historical Encyclopaedia Digital Project, Prof Paul Turnbull, School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics, University of Queensland

3:50 pm Traditional Leadership and Colonial Heritage as a Challenge for Governance in Kiribati, Dr Harald Werber, Lecturer, Institute of History, University of Salzburg

4:10 pm Bosnia and Herzegovina: State Building in a Post War Environment, Predrag Jureković, Senior Researcher and Western Balkans Expert, Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management, Austrian National Defence Academy

4:30 pm Questions and Answers

5:00 pm Closing remarks, Prof Dr Hermann Mückler, President of the Anthropological Society, Department for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna 5:10 pm Drinks