THE FIFTH FOUNDATION FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES IN CHINA (FASIC) CONFERENCE
AUSTRALIA-CHINA: TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY
1-3 November 2017, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
DRAFT PROGRAM – SUBJECT TO CHANGE
1 November 2017 Pre-Conference Events
6:00-8:00pm
Welcome Cocktail Function (by invitation only)
2 November 2017
8:30-9:00am
Registration
Location: Conference Hall, Collaborative Innovation Center of Language Competence, Jiangsu Normal University (Yunlong Campus)
江苏师范大学云龙校区语言能力协同创新报告厅
9:00-9:40am
Official Welcome and Opening Remarks
Professor Zhang Wende, Dean of the School of History of Jiangsu Normal University (MC)
Mr Graeme Meehan, Australian Consul-General in Shanghai
Professor Zhou Ruguang, President of Jiangsu Normal University
Professor Cen Hong, Deputy Secretary of Jiangsu Normal University
Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University
Vice-President Sun Youzhong, Beijing Foreign Studies University
9:40-10:00am
Conference Photo
10:00-10:20am
Morning Tea
10:20-12:20pm
Welcome Plenary: Transnational ConnectivityOne – Space, place, perspective
Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University(Chair)
Professor Matthew Tonts, University of Western Australia
Professor Peter Hutchings, Western Sydney University
Associate Professor Chen Hong, East China Normal University
Dr Linda Jakobson, China Matters
12:15-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30-3:00pm
Panel 1- Governance and Transnational Connectivity
Professor Haig Patapan, Griffith University
Professor Chen Xiaolv, Nanjing University
Professor Colin Mackerras, Griffith University
Professor Paul Pickering, Australian National University
Panel 2- Transnational Representations One
Professor Peng Qinglong, Shanghai Jiaotong
Professor Wang Jinghui, Tsinghua University
Professor Wenche Ommundsen, University of Wollongong
Professor Megumi Kato, Meisei University
3:00-3:30pm
Afternoon Tea
3:30-5:00pm
Panel 3 Australia-China Relations: Transnational Perspectives
Professor Kee Pookong (Chair), University of Melbourne
Professor Mark Beeson, University of Western Australia
Professor Gao Mobo, University of Adelaide
Professor Gregory McCarthy and Professor Kanishka Jaysuriya, Murdoch University
Panel 4Language and Transnational Connectivity
Associate Professor Li Ya, Sichuan Normal University
Professor Chang Chenguang, Sun Yatsen University
Professor Li Jingyan, Harbin Institute of Technology
Professor Chen Guosheng, RMIT University
6:00-9:30pm
Cultural event hosted by Jiangsu Normal University
3 November 2017
9:00-10:30am
Panel 5 Australia and China in a Contested Region
Professor Zhang Jian, University of New South Wales
Dr Priya Chako, University of Adelaide
Professor Han Feng, Chinese Academy of Social Science
Professor Zha Daojiong, Peking University
Panel 6 Transnational Representations Two
Professor Wendy Bowcher, Sun Yat-sen University
Dr Nicole Talmacs, Xian Jiaotong and Liverpool University
Professor Clive Barstow, Edith Cowan University
Dr Maria Indelicato, Zhejiang University
10:30-11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00-12:30pm
Panel 7 Connectivity: Catalyst for Change
Professor Masaru Kagatsume, Kyoto University
Dr James Oswald, Central Compilation and Translation Bureau
Dr Nobuaki Fujioka, Shizuoka University
Dr Xie Xiaoxiao, Shanghai University
Panel 8 Exploring: Transnational Representations Three
Dr Xu Daozhi, University of Hong Kong
MrLi Jianjun, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Dr Huang Zhong, Wuhan University
Dr Yan Ting, Jiangsu Normal University
12:30-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30-3:00pm
Panel 9 Roundtable: Australian Studies: State of Play
Dr Amanda Barry, Australian National University(Chair)
Ms Katherine Vickers, Australian Embassy Beijing
Professor Kate Darian-Smith, The University of Melbourne
Professor David Carter, The University of Queensland
Professor Shinsuke Minamide, Otemon Gakuin University
Panel 10 Language and Transnational Connectivity Two
Professor Zhan Chunjuan, Anhui University
Professor Li Yao and Associate Professor Su Rina, Beijing Foreign Studies University and Inner Mongolia Normal University
Associate Professor Yang Yongchun, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Mr Julien Leyre, Monash University
3:00-3:30pm
Afternoon Tea
3:30-4:15pm
Panel 11Belt and Road One
Dr Jeffrey Wilson, Murdoch University
Dr Elena Collinson, Australia China Relations Institute
Ms Liu Xinrui, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Dr Li Haijian, Jiangsu Normal University
Panel 12 History and Diaspora
Dr Nathalie Nguyen, Monash University
Dr Michael Williams, Western Sydney University
Dr Chen Bing, Peking University
Professor Zhang Wei, Shantou University
4:15-5:15pm
Panel 13 Belt and Road Two
Mr Craig Aldous, Austcham
Mr Rowan Callick, The Australian
Associate Professor Hu Dan, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Dr Shen Yujia, Sun Yatsen University
5:15-5:45pm
Closing Remarks & Student Recognition Ceremony
6:30pm
Conference Banquet