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Australia-China: in China (FASIC) Conference 1-4 Transnational November 2017 Jiangsu Normal University Connectivity Xuzhou 5th Foundation for Australian Studies Australia-China: In China (FASIC) Conference 1-4 Transnational November 2017 Jiangsu Normal University Connectivity Xuzhou Hosted by Convened by Australian Studies Centre, Professor Gregory McCarthy, Jiangsu Normal University, BHP Chair of Australian Xuzhou Studies at Peking University Co-organised by Sponsored by Peking University Australian The Foundation for Australian Studies Centre Studies in China (FASIC) Australia-China: Transnational Connectivity Jiangsu Normal Jiangsu Normal University (JSNU), founded in 1952, is located Conference University in the historically and culturally significant city of Xuzhou, northern Jiangsu province. It is administered by the Jiangsu overview provincial government and the Central Ministry of Education. JSNU currently has four campuses: Quanshan, Yunlong, Kuiyuan and Jiawang. The university has three experimental programs, 22 specialty schools, the Teachers' Education School, Further Education School, International College and Kewen Institute. The university offers 87 undergraduate majors, 26 master programs, one doctor's program and one post-doctoral research station, covering 11 disciplines. Currently, the university has over 16,700 full-time undergraduate students and more than Australia-China: The Foundation for Australian Studies in China Conference 2,300 postgraduate students. Transnational is designed to bring together scholars and students to share Connectivity knowledge and develop mutual understanding by showcasing The Australian Studies Centre (ASC) at Jiangsu Normal high quality research on Australia and promoting Australian University was established in 1993. The director of centre, Studies as an internationally lively and engaging field of inquiry. Professor Zhang Qiusheng, is also vice-president of the China Association of Australian Studies. The main research fields of Under that heading, we will address a broad range of topics in ASC at JSNU are Australian history, Australian immigration the fields of history, culture, geography, international relations, policy, overseas Chinese, Australian politics, diplomacy and economics, tourism and immigration among others. Sino-Australian relations. The ASC at Jiangsu Normal University contributed to Australian studies in China by hosting the 9th International Conference of Australian Studies in China in 2004, and held seven Australian Cultural Weekly Activities since 2010. The ASC has made a series of noteworthy academic achievements, including some monographs, such as A History of the Chinese Emigrants to Australia; The General History of Overseas Chinese in the World: Oceania Volume; History of Australia-Asia Relations, 1940—1995; A Brief History of Australia; Guide to the World State: Australia, and; Australia and Globalization, among many other titles. The members of the ASC received three national social sciences founding projects in the past three years, and published several papers in important Chinese academic journals. The ASC served as an International Affairs Research Base that was approved by the Jiangsu provincial Education Office in 2013, and served as a registered base approved by the Ministry of Education in 2017. 3 Peking University As an interdisciplinary centre of Australian Studies established Conference Australian in 1996, Peking University Australian Studies Centre celebrated convenor its 20 years of commitment and dedication to Australian Professor Gregory McCarthy, Studies Centre BHP Chair of Australian Studies Studies by hosting a series of important functions such as at Peking University the 15th International Conference of Australian Studies in China in July 2016. The objective of the Centre is to promote Australian Studies as part of the University’s vision and academic development plan of regional studies and strengthen The annual FASIC conference in China is convened and designed the Australia-China relationship through collaboration with by Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Chair of Australian Studies partners in China and Australia. To this end, since 2012, at Peking University. The conference rotates on an annual basis the Centre has hosted the BHP Chair of Australian Studies and addresses a different theme with new speakers each year. programme as a high-level collaboration between Peking University and the Australian Government. The Centre Professor McCarthy holds a Personal Chair of Australian Politics administers Australian Studies courses, organises conferences, at the University of Western Australia. His main research such as the annual FASIC conference and roundtables, and interests and extensive publications are on Australian politics hosts the FASIC internship program in collaboration with a and political culture. His research focuses on transitional range of Australia’s leading universities and the Australia China change within and between nations, exploring how material, Youth Association. cultural and political forces create instability and how nations, institutions and people adapt to uncertainty. His seminal book Things Fall Apart: A History of the State Bank of South Australia, analysed the dynamic relations between global financial change and its dramatic effect on public banking in Australia. Foundation The Foundation for Australian Studies in China (FASIC) is For Australian a not-for-profit organisation registered in Australia. FASIC Recently, Professor McCarthy has written on the Studies In China supports existing and future initiatives which deepen awareness internationalisation of Australian higher education effected by of Australia in China across a range of disciplines and fields Chinese students studying in Australia, and the steady growth of study. FASIC plays a significant role in the promotion of of Australian students studying in China. He has also explored Australian Studies in China and looks to further expand the political implications of the conversion of Australian higher and strengthen research and teaching collaboration between education from an elite to a mass education system. In addition, Australian and Chinese universities. FASIC provides grants he has investigated the international relationship between and scholarships to Australian and Chinese professionals. A Australia and China as read through the policies of contemporary key initiative of the Foundation is the BHP Chair of Australian Australian governments. Studies at Peking University. FASIC is supported by BHP, the Australia-China Council of the Department of Foreign Affairs and HHK Advisory. 5 Attending the Conference conference organiser contacts Conference Venue Hanyuan (Yunlong Conference Hotel General Conference Campus) Hotel Enquiries Conference Hall, Collaborative Hanyuan Hotel, 246 Jiefang South Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 58 John Paul Grima Innovation Center of Language Road, Xuzhou Pengzu Avenue, Xuzhou, Jiangsu [email protected] Competence, Jiangsu Normal Province University (Yunlong Campus) Ph: +86 (0516) 87889999 +86 1771 0383 551 Ph: +86-516-83289999 汉园宾馆 江苏师范大学云龙校区 徐州市解放南路 246 号 江苏省徐州市新城区 语言能力协同创新中心报告厅 彭祖大道 58 号 Hanyuan Hotel Multifunction Lecture 徐州绿地皇冠假日酒店 Hall 汉园宾馆多功能报告厅 7 Program 1st November 2nd November Morning Pre-Conference Day 1 Events 8:30-9:00am 9:00-9:40am 9:40-10:00am Registration Official Welcome Conference Photo 6:00-8:00pm Conference Hall, Collaborative Professor Zhang Wende, Dean of Entrance of the Conference Hall Innovation Center of Language the School of History of Jiangsu Collaborative innovation center of Welcome Cocktail Function Competence Normal University (MC) Language Competence (organised and sponsored by FASIC, by 语言能力协同创新中心报告厅 语言能力协同创新报告厅 invitation only) Mr Graeme Meehan, Australian Consul-General in Shanghai Location: Multifunction Room 6 Crowne Plaza Hotel, 58 Pengzu Avenue, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province Professor Zhou Ruguang, President of Jiangsu Normal 江苏省徐州市新城区彭祖大道 58 号 University 10:00-10:20am 徐州绿地皇冠假日酒店多功能厅 6 Professor Cen Hong, Deputy Secretary of Jiangsu Normal Morning Tea University Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University Professor Sun Youzhong, President of Chinese Association for Australian Studies Professor Zhang Qiusheng, Director of Australian Studies Centre at Jiangsu Normal University Collaborative innovation center of Language Competence Conference Hall 语言能力协同创新报告厅 11 2nd November Morning 2nd November Afternoon Day 1 10:20-12:20pm 12:20-1:30pm 1:30-3:00pm 1:30-3:00pm 3:00-3:30pm Welcome Plenary: Lunch Panel 1 Panel 2 Afternoon Tea Transnational Governance and Language and Connectivity One – Space, Transnational Transnational place, perspective Connectivity Connectivity Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Han Yuan Hotel Restaurant Professor Haig Patapan, Professor Peng Qinglong, Chair of Australian Studies at 246 Jiefang Road, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Griffith University, Leadership Shanghai Jiaotong, On Studies Peking University (Chair) Province in Political Transitions: of Australian Literature in Magnanimous Leadership at China (1949-2017) Dr Linda Jakobson, China Matters, 徐州市解放南路 246 号 the Australian Founding China Matters: Getting it Right for Professor Wang Jinghui, Australia Professor Colin Mackerras, Tsinghua University, Chinese Griffith University, Australia- Perspective on the Slap Professor Peter Hutchings, Western China Relations Under Sydney University, From Market Malcolm Turnbull Professor Wenche Ommundsen, Gardens to Shopping Malls: University of Wollongong, Transnational Connections Over Time Professor Paul Pickering, Words in the Dark: Language Australian
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