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Postgraduate Workshop

Please Note: THE WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL

Monday 30 June 2008, Monash Conference Centre, Melbourne, 10.00am – 4.00pm

If you are a postgraduate student or an early career researcher attending the 17th Biennial ASAA Conference in Melbourne, please join us at the Postgraduate Workshop that will take place the day before the conference, Monday 30 June 2008. This workshop will not involve the presentation of any postgraduate papers – these are strictly reserved for the ASAA Conference. Instead, it will provide an excellent opportunity for you to meet colleagues from across Australia and beyond engaged in exciting research focused on Asia.

Postgraduate researchers often feel isolated, even more so in a large country such as Australia. Overcome this isolation, build networks with other scholars, and share your ideas and experiences with colleagues from a wide variety of fields and disciplines at the Postgraduate Workshop. Senior scholars and publishers will also be at hand, providing advice on getting a job after the completion of the thesis, publishing the thesis, publishing research articles before thesis completion, preparing a professional resume and other important issues.

Together we will seek to identify the key challenges facing scholars engaged with Asia. We will propose solutions to some of the most pressing issues before us and through advocacy encourage greater political attention on and investment in critical postgraduate research on Asia. We hope to generate recommendations about ‘Creating a pool of Asia experts’ for Australia in the 21st century. Finally, the Postgraduate Workshop aims to build a more effective communication network among Australia-based postgraduate students/early career researchers working on Asia through web-based fora and email lists.

As an honours/postgraduate student/early career researcher, your attendance at the Postgraduate Workshop is included in your registration for ASAA 2008, but seats for the workshop are limited and reservations are essential. Please register before 1 March 2008 in order to take advantage of the special ‘Student Early Bird’ registration offer of AUD 195.00. Please see the registration section of this site for details.

Programme:

Monday, 30 June 2008, 10.00am – 4.00pm
10.00am	Addresses by senior scholars	Dr. Robert Cribb (“Applying for academic jobs”) Dr. Michele Ford (“Publishing strategies”)
12.00am	Lunch Break	All meals vegetarian
1.00pm	Identifying obstacles and solutions	Small group discussion of the challenges before HDR students in Australia
2.00pm	Tea Break
2.30pm	Expert briefings by early career researchers and publishers	- Waleed Aly ("Straddling the divide: academic and popular writing") - Dr Jemma Purdey and Dr Julian Millie ("Navigating postdocs and ARCs grants") - Jenny Hall ("A publisher's perspective on publishing") - Deepa Balakrishnan ("Succesful grant writing strategies")
4.00pm	Close

Location:

The Monash Conference Centre (please note: this is not the ASAA venue) Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 (Melway ref 1B U7).

Suburban Trains:

Take any city-bound train service and alight at Parliament Station. The Monash Conference Centre is a two-minute walk from Parliament Station.

Trams:

The 109 and 112 tram services stop directly in front of the Monash Conference Centre (Tram stop no. 8).

For further information on public transport, please see the Melbourne Metlink site.

Driving:

The Monash Conference Centre has a special arrangement with Wilson Parking located at 32 Flinders St (enter via Flinders Lane). By presenting your ticket at the conference centre counter you will receive the discounted rate of $11 per day.

Further inquiries:

Please contact Sven Schottmann at sasch4@student.monash.edu.au
or (03)-9905 8582 for further information regarding the ASAA 2008 Postgraduate Workshop.