CONFERENCES IN INDONESIA

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• 5th International Symposium of Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia

-- Contact: antrop@centrin.net.id

-- Herewith I inform you the information of the 5th International Symposium of Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia which will be held in Banjarmasin on 22-26 July 2008. Feel free to visit the website at http://www.fisip.ui.ac.id/antropologi or you can click this link: http://www.fisip.ui.ac.id/antropologi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=104

• The Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) is preparing its Ninth International Conference in Palembang, South Sumatera, on July 30-31, 2008, titled "The Current and Future Issues of Regional Development, Energy and Climate Change".

-- The conference is intended to be a media for scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers to discuss and exchange theoretical and empirical findings on the issues of regional development, energy and climate change with particular emphasis on the aspects of governance, public services provision, natural resource and environmental management, investment and business climate, tourism, trade and informal sector, regional growth, poverty and inequality. It is hoped that through this conference participants will exchange experiences and build strong networks for future research, policy discussion, and practical collaboration. Deadline for abstract/paper submission: April 30, 2008.

-- To submit your abstract, please send your abstract via e-mail to irsa_sriwijaya@yahoo.com and irsa2008@pps.unsri.ac.id.

-- Website: http://www.irsa.or.id/

• Indonesiaâ��s Decade of Democratisation: The rise of constitutional democracy

21 - 22 May 2008 Venue: Seminar Room Widya Graha Building LIPI 1st floor, Jl. Gatot Subroto No.10 Jakarta Selatan

http://www.monash.edu.au/cemo/indonesiasdemocratisation/index.html

The conference is conceived of as being a serious academic undertaking, and therefore will involve critical reflection and some critique. Nevertheless, it is also intended that the conference capture the interest of a broader audience beyond academia and that it focus attention on the many positive advances and achievements that constitute the remarkable story of Indonesia�s democratic transition.

This conference is partly inspired by and modelled upon the very successful conference Indonesian Democracy, 1950s and 1990s held by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at Monash University in December 1992 in honour of Herb Feith who had retired from the politics department at Monash University

Indonesian democracy conference, like the one in 1992, is also inspired by Herb Feith�s seminal work The Decline of Constitutional Democracy, published in 1962 and republished in 2007 by Equinox Publishing in Jakarta. Just as the 1992 Indonesian democracy conference resulted in a significant academic book (edited by David Bourchier and John Legge) it is intended that this 2008 Indonesian democracy conference will also result in a landmark publication