<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:20.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B>POSTGRADUATE & EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS MASTERCLASS</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:20.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:16.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><B>OCEAN OF STORIES:</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:16.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21.3333px;"><B>INTERCOLONIAL NETWORKS AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:20.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoFooter" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>5</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.5556px;"><B>th</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>- 7</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.5556px;"><B>th</B></SPAN></FONT><B> February 2008</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoFooter" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>University of Western Australia</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>PERTH</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-left: 9.9pt; "><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-left: 9.9pt; "><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>CURTIN UNIVERSITY</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-left: 9.9pt; "><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-left: 9.9pt; "><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Times-Roman">MURDOCH UNIVERSITY</FONT></I></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family: Times-Roman;color:#0000DD;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">In association with the <I>Ocean of Stories</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> conference there will be a Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers Masterclass held on the afternoon of Wednesday 6<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.5556px;">th</SPAN></FONT> February 2008. A subsidy of $250 per person towards travel and accommodation costs is available. Please email expressions of interest to Dr .Lola Sharon Davidson at <A href="mailto:Indian.Ocean@uts.edu.au">Indian.Ocean@uts.edu.au</A>.</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">This conference follows on from a conference entitled “Culture and Commerce in the Indian Ocean” which was held in Leiden, The Netherlands, 25<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.5556px;">th</SPAN></FONT> – 27<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.5556px;">th</SPAN></FONT> September 2006</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">That conference was about<I> </I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">cultural and commercial relationships and patterns in the Indian Ocean from pre- to post-colonial times. It had as its aim to bring the interdisciplinary paradigm of Cultural Studies to the Indian Ocean, building on the already substantial work done in Anthropology, History, Geography, International Studies and other social and political disciplines. </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">These studies have already been connected in significant ways to elaborate the description of Indian Ocean culture. Cultural Studies suggests further avenues for thought and analysis which this workshop will develop and discuss.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">In particular it will focus on:</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* the social circulation of objects, cultural values, stories and languages</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* contemporary popular cultures: music, film and other arts</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* inter-colonial labour networks</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* old and new cosmopolitan subjectivities</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* political ecology of the Indian Ocean</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* narrative, poetics and cultural value</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;">* environments, ecologies, naturecultures</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0pt"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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