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Annual Workshop on Southeast Asian Women 2004

Monash University has a number of academic staff and graduate students conducting research relating to women in Southeast Asia. The first Women in Southeast Asia Workshop was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in 1994, and since then such workshops have been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.

The aim of the Workshop is to bring together researchers and others interested in the study of matters relating to Southeast Asian women, in any field, such as politics, geography, literature, the arts, history or health.

The 11th Workshop: Friday 25 June 2004

Guy Manton rooms (SG01 and SG02), Ground floor
Menzies Building (11), Monash University Clayton campus.

All sessions will be held in SG01 except for the small discussion group session just before lunch: groups will meet in both rooms.

Hosted by Centre of Southeast Asian Studies with support of Monash Asia Institute

Programme

9.30 - 10.00 am Registration (Foyer outside Manton Rooms)
N.B. THE WORKSHOP IS FREE OF CHARGE but a donation of $5.00 is requested for refreshments.

10.00 - 11.00 a.m.

WOMEN AND RELIGION

Siti Syamsiyatun (Monash)
The origin of Nasyiatul Aisyiyah: Early development of religious-based womanhood in pre-independent Indonesia

Bianca Smith (Monash)
Interpreting women's kejawen religiosities and gender in village Java
11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Morning tea (foyer)
11.30 - 12.30 p.m. Small discussion groups
Groups will be formed of no more than 8 people, according to country or discipline: networking on research on Southeast Asian women.
12.30 - 2.00 p.m. Lunch (can be bought at the Campus Centre)

2.00 - 3.00 p.m.

PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION

Annemarie Reerink (ANU)
Institutionalisation of women workers' demands: possibilities and limitations in Thailand and Indonesia

Lenore Lyons (Wollongong)
Making babies for PAP: Reproductive policy debates in Singapore
3.00 - 3.30 p.m. Afternoon tea (in foyer)

3.30 - 4.30 p.m

REPRESENTATION

Erni Haryanti Kahfi (Flinders)
The political representation of Indonesian women

Chris Hudson (RMIT)
The Butterfly in Singapore: images of women past and present

Soe Tjen Marching (Melbourne)
Analysis of Ayu Utami's Saman: Does Shakuntala break all the patriarchal rules in Indonesia?
After drinks at the University Club, a dinner will be held in a nearby Asian restaurant. Please inform the registration desk in the morning if you wish to come.

For more information:

Dr Susan Blackburn, School of
Political and Social Inquiry, PO Box 11A
Monash University, Victoria, 3800.

Email address: sue.blackburn@arts.monash.edu.au
Telephone (03) 9905 2384

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