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16 Feb 2012 - 18 Feb 2012
Canberra, Australia read more »
Asian Events
34th Conference of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
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30 Nov 2011 - 2 Dec 2011
Adelaide, South Australia read more »
Strengthening the Arab-African Cooperation
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26 Sep 2011 - 27 Sep 2011
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Both the Middle East and Africa regions are poised for rapid development and expansion within their trade and business sectors and Fleming Gulf Conferences will continue to capitalise on this to ensure global investors can have a direct access into these markets. We, at Fleming Gulf Conferences, will invest significantly in our upcoming finance and investment events across the MENA region providing the industry with an effective platform where sourcing business, trade and investment opportunities is done with ease. read more »
4th International Conference of the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
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16 Dec 2010 - 19 Dec 2010
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
The theme of the conference is ‘Living on the Edge'. Questions arising point to the edge as a place of transition and transformation, a launching place for change and action to counter ecological degradation and regenerate communities and ecosystems. read more »
International Conference on Minority and Majority: Language, Culture and Identity
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23 Nov 2010 - 24 Nov 2010
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Human societies of the world are becoming more and more pluralistic in terms of language and culture. Pluralism may be indigenous to the land, or it could have arisen from migration from abroad. Each society has its own way of containing the languages and cultures of the different ethnic groups while at the same time building its overall identity on the basis of the language and culture of the majority.
This conference aims to examine the following topics: read more »
The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering
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12 Nov 2010 - 14 Nov 2010
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Humanities and Social Sciences play a unique and distinctive role in a society where the ethos of science and technology prevails. It is believed that engineering and science are, by their very nature, humanistic and socially derived enterprises. read more »
4th Asian Cultural Studies Association (ACSA) Conference on The Visual Imagination: Across Boundaries
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1 Nov 2010 - 3 Nov 2010
Bangkok, Thailand read more »
Meadia and Culture: Global Homogeneity and Local Identity
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Time:
29 Oct 2010 - 31 Oct 2010
Penang Island, Malaysia
This conference aims to examine the growing role of media's cultural influence and how it can be harnessed to promote local cultures instead of only serving as a tool for global homogenization.
Research streams include:
Asian influences on the west
Cultural diversity
Gender and the media
Youth and the media
Electronic media and the global village phenomenon
Media and the war on terrorism
Media and religion. read more »
World Youth and Student Travel Conference
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17 Oct 2010
Beijing, China
The World Youth & Student Travel Conference is the annual event of the WYSE Travel Confederation, which is endorsed by the UNWTO and UNESCO. It is the most important trade event of the year for the global youth, student and educational travel industry. In October 2010, WYSTC will be hosted in China for the first time ever, bringing together all of the niche markets and diverse organisations that serve today's young traveller. read more »
Transcultural mappings: emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies
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9 Apr 2010 - 11 Apr 2010
Venue: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
In our hyper-globalised age of shifting borders and hybridised identities, we nonetheless continue to map the world, sociopolitically and culturally as much as physically. What conceptual tools might emerge from an exercise of "transcultural mappings"? Can it represent a possible way through a certain postmodern and postcolonial impasse? What factors might determine how these mappings occur and how they evolve?
