DPA Seminar Series
DPA Seminar Series to resume
In 2021, the Department of Pacific Affairs will resume its departmental seminar series, focusing on topical areas of research, current debates and issues in the Pacific region, and approaches to research methods. Each month will feature a different speaker or panel.
Seminars will be held fortnightly on Thursdays, May-July, between 11-12pm in the Hedley Bull Centre. They will be held on the first Thursday of each month, thereafter. Seminars are open to the public.
Details
Fortnightly on Thursdays, May-July. Monthly thereafter.
RSVPs essential
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dpa-seminar-series-tickets-150677363049
Seminar 1 - The prolonged and unprecedented Samoa Elections 2021
PLEASE NOTE: Due to high demand, this event will be held as an online-only Zoom webinar
Date - Thursday, May 20
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - ZOOM Webinar
Speakers
Sau’ia Dr Louise Mata’ia-Milo
Dr Asenati Liki-Chang Tung
Dr Kerryn Baker
Dr Roanie Ng Shiu
Eliorah Malifa
Salā George Carter
Seminar 2 - Geopolitics, cybersecurity and sustainability: The case of undersea internet cables in the Pacific region
Date - Thursday, June 03
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 2
Speaker
Dr Amanda H A Watson
Seminar 3 - The housing experiences of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand
Date - Thursday, June 17
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 2
Speaker
Gemma Malungahu
Seminar 4 - Post-referendum consultations between the PNG and Bougainville governments
Date - Thursday, July 01
Time - 11am-12pm
PLEASE NOTE: This event is now an ONLINE-ONLY Zoom webinar
Speaker
Anthony Regan
Seminar 5 - Local governance and dispute management in Solomon Islands
Date - Thursday, July 15
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 2
Speakers
Colin Wiltshire
Nicole Haley
Léa Giacomelli
Seminar 6 - Research-Policy Nexus: New Developments about Pacific Studies in China
Date - Thursday, August 05
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 1
Speaker
Denghua Zhang
Seminar 7 - Islands of Hope Project: Pan-Pacific Indigenous Responses to Globalisation and Climate Change from Taiwan to Chile
Date - Thursday, August 19
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 3
Speakers
Regina Macalandag
George Carter
Zag Puas
Anita Togolo
Paul D’Arcy
Seminar 8 - Re-introducing Traditional Crops for Climate Change Adaptation in the Low-lying Atolls of the Mortlocks
Date - Thursday, September 02
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 3
Speakers
Zag Puas
Seminar 9 - Envisioning Pacific futures
Date - Thursday, October 07
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 3
Speakers
Leituala Kuiniselani Tago
Jope Tarai
Athaulla Rasheed
Philippa Louey
Jayden Evett
Seminar 10 - Mobilising pathways through cross-border labour schemes
Date - Thursday, December 02
Time - 11am-12pm
Venue - Hedley Bull Seminar Room 1
Speakers
Rochelle Bailey
