Dragon Tails conference registration now open
Aug 8, 2011 6:25:20 GMT -5
Post by kate on Aug 8, 2011 6:25:20 GMT -5
Registration for the 2011 Dragon Tails conference is now open!
Come and be part of discussions about current and future directions in
Chinese Australian history and heritage at Dragon Tails 2011: Sources,
Language, Approaches, the second Australasian conference on overseas
Chinese history & heritage, to be held at the Museum of Chinese
Australian History, Melbourne, Australia on 11–13 November 2011.
We welcome Professor Elizabeth Sinn from Hong Kong and Selia Jinhua
Tan from Kaiping, China, who will present a Chinese perspective on
Chinese Australian history. Elizabeth Sinn will discuss the role of
Hong Kong in the history of the Chinese diaspora in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. Selia Tan will speak about the building and
architecture of the overseas Chinese qiaoxiang districts of Guangdong
province.
The conference opens on Friday evening with a public roundtable
discussion on how Chinese Australian history is re-telling Australia's
history. Roundtable participants include historians Professor Marilyn
Lake, Professor Rae Francis and Associate Professor Regina Ganter.
The conference will present plenty of opportunity for discussion on
the themes of sources, language and approaches over the course of the
weekend. A draft program is available at
www.dragontails.com.au/program-and-speakers.
Registration costs
$160 = Early bird registration (closes Monday, 5 September 2011, 5pm)
$250 = Standard registration (closes Friday, 28 October 2011, 5pm)
Registration includes attendance at the welcome reception, conference
dinner and heritage tour. There is no concession or daily rate.
Online registration is now open: dragontails.com.au/registration-form/
Conference attendance support
We are pleased to offer ten Dragon Tails conference attendance grants
to assist those living outside the Melbourne metropolitan area
(overseas, interstate or in rural Victoria) attend the conference.
Successful applicants receive free conference registration (which
includes the conference dinner and the heritage tour). Further
information: dragontails.com.au/apply-for-assistance/
Dr Sophie Couchman and Dr Kate Bagnall
Co-convenors, Dragon Tails 2011
e: dragontailsconference@gmail.com
w: dragontails.com.au
Come and be part of discussions about current and future directions in
Chinese Australian history and heritage at Dragon Tails 2011: Sources,
Language, Approaches, the second Australasian conference on overseas
Chinese history & heritage, to be held at the Museum of Chinese
Australian History, Melbourne, Australia on 11–13 November 2011.
We welcome Professor Elizabeth Sinn from Hong Kong and Selia Jinhua
Tan from Kaiping, China, who will present a Chinese perspective on
Chinese Australian history. Elizabeth Sinn will discuss the role of
Hong Kong in the history of the Chinese diaspora in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. Selia Tan will speak about the building and
architecture of the overseas Chinese qiaoxiang districts of Guangdong
province.
The conference opens on Friday evening with a public roundtable
discussion on how Chinese Australian history is re-telling Australia's
history. Roundtable participants include historians Professor Marilyn
Lake, Professor Rae Francis and Associate Professor Regina Ganter.
The conference will present plenty of opportunity for discussion on
the themes of sources, language and approaches over the course of the
weekend. A draft program is available at
www.dragontails.com.au/program-and-speakers.
Registration costs
$160 = Early bird registration (closes Monday, 5 September 2011, 5pm)
$250 = Standard registration (closes Friday, 28 October 2011, 5pm)
Registration includes attendance at the welcome reception, conference
dinner and heritage tour. There is no concession or daily rate.
Online registration is now open: dragontails.com.au/registration-form/
Conference attendance support
We are pleased to offer ten Dragon Tails conference attendance grants
to assist those living outside the Melbourne metropolitan area
(overseas, interstate or in rural Victoria) attend the conference.
Successful applicants receive free conference registration (which
includes the conference dinner and the heritage tour). Further
information: dragontails.com.au/apply-for-assistance/
Dr Sophie Couchman and Dr Kate Bagnall
Co-convenors, Dragon Tails 2011
e: dragontailsconference@gmail.com
w: dragontails.com.au