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Measuring China's Rise

The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, held a free public lecture, titled “Measuring China’s Rise” by Professor Ross Terrill, the Melbourne-born, Harvard-based and internationally renowned author of nine books on China.

 

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LISTEN TO HIS FULL LECTURE HERE

Being Muslim does not equate with being violent

Professor Abdullah Saeed
The Australian, May 10 2013

DUTCH politician Geert Wilders has once again labeled Islam as a violent religion and treated Muslims as a homogenous group that are inherently violent or at least potentially so ("It's no surprise the Boston bombers were fans of the sheik", Commentary, April 26).
His view fails to acknowledge the diversity among Muslims and to distinguish between the various streams of thought within Islam that have been present historically and today.


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2013 Taiwan Scholarship

In an effort to encourage Australian students to undertake degree studies in Taiwan so as to fully immerse themselves to the academic environment in Taiwan and promote cultural exchange, understanding and friendship between Taiwan and Australia, the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan establishes the Taiwan Scholarship Program.

Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies

The Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies was officially launched at the University of Melbourne on 3rd of April 2013 by the Chancellor, Ms Elizabeth Alexander AM.

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Chinese In-Country Intensive Study Program

Fudan University, Shanghai, China

27th December 2013 – 24th January 2014

Events

Call for Papers 2013 Melbourne-Renda International Conference

Call for Papers Social Transformation and Policy in 21st Century China
Monday 12th Aug 2013 9:00am 2013-08-12T09:00:00+10:002013-08-12T09:00:00+10:00

Immigration in Diversified Australia - Today and Tomorrow's Challenges Conference

To honour the legacy of previous migration research completed at the University of Melbourne by its academics, the 50th anniversary of the Immigration Reform Group’s publication Immigration Reform: Control or Colour Bar?, which has in important ways led to the abolition of the White Australia Policy, will be celebrated at the 2013 June conference.
Thursday 20th Jun 2013 8:30am - 21st Jun 2013 5:00pm 2013-06-20T08:30:00+10:002013-06-21T17:00:00+10:00

Immigration in Diversified Australia

Thursday 20th Jun 2013 8:30am - 21st Jun 2013 5:00pm 2013-06-20T08:30:00+10:002013-06-21T17:00:00+10:00

Understanding the Rise of the AKP in Turkey

In the 2011 Turkish national elections the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) won a third term in office and for the third straight election increased its share of the votes. However, many pundits, both in Turkey and abroad, regard AKP (and it predecessors) as something of a phenomenon that is out of place in the secular republic. Subsequently, they have sought to downplay the importance of Islam in AKPs electoral success.
Wednesday 29th May 2013 4:00pm-5:00pm 2013-05-29T16:00:00+10:002013-05-29T17:00:00+10:00

Changing Practice? Exploring the potential contribution of applied theatre training to capacity-building for NGO workers in China

Wednesday 29th May 2013 1:00pm-2:00pm 2013-05-29T13:00:00+10:002013-05-29T14:00:00+10:00

U.S. Policy Priorities and the 'Rebalance' to the Asia-Pacific

Monday 27th May 2013 6:15pm-8:00pm 2013-05-27T18:15:00+10:002013-05-27T20:00:00+10:00