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The 19th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference 2011
Massey University, Palmerston North, 2 - 4 July 2011
Turitea campus
Conference Programme
Saturday 2 July 2011
8:30 – 9:00 Receipt of conference badge and registration pack
9:00 – 9:30 Opening Ceremony
- Hon. Simon Power, M. P.;
- Mihi, Professor Taiarahia Black, Professor in Te Reo Māori and Te Reo Māori Programme Coordinator;
- Welcome, Massey University Vice Chancellor Honourable Steve Maharey;
- Welcome, Professor Susan Mumm, Pro V.C. College of Humanities & Social Sciences;
- Vote of Thanks, NZ Asian Studies Society President Professor Henry Johnson
- Welcome, Conference Convenor Dr. Rosemary Haddon
Nicholas Tarling Lecture, 9.30am
Speaker:
Professor Joseph Yu-shek Cheng
Chair Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Contemporary China Research Project, City University of Hong Kong.
Topic:
China’s democratisation
Sunday 3 July
Plenary Session, 9am: The Environment and Urban Planning
Speaker: Professor Mee Kam Ng
Director of the Master of Science in Urban Planning programme in the Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong
Topic:
Sustainable Development in Asian World Cities: Compelling Reality or Utopian Fantasy?
Monday 4 July
9am Plenary Session, 9am: Centenary of the end of imperial China
Speaker:
Professor Antonia Finnane
A historian of China and professor in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne
Topic:
Was it a birth or a death? Or, how after the 1911 revolution nothing was ever quite the same again
A ful programme is available here. (Please note that the programme is subjected to change without notice).
