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Annual General Meeting & AR Davis Memorial Lecture October 17th 2019
The 2019 AR Davis lecture is now up: https://soundcloud.com/usydslc/the-oriental-society-of-australia-2019-ar-davis-memorial-lecture-adrian-vickers
Professor Adrian Vickers shares some reflections on Asian Studies in Australia at the most auspicious occasion on The Oriental Society’s calendar held at the University of Sydney on 17 October 2019.This lecture examines the wider issues governing Asian Studies in Australia, moving from colonial Orientalism to Inter-Asia Referencing and the Cold War underpinnings of the field. Drawing on ‘Asia as Method’ and the writings of Chua Beng Huat, Professor Vickers asks what might constitute an Asian-oriented understanding of Asia.
Dear OSA members and friends,
The Oriental Society cordially invites members and guests of the Society to the Annual General Meeting 2019 (AGM) and the ensuing A. R. Davis Memorial Lecture to be presented by Professor Adrian Vickers. Would you please circulate the A. R. Davis memorial lecture flyer to your network?
The invitation to the AGM, the nomination form for office bearers 2019-2020, the A. R. Davis Memorial lecture flyer and a membership renewal form are attached to this email. Would you please renew your OSA membership for 2019-2020 if you have not already done so?
Nominations for all office bearers should be sent to the OSA Honorary Secretary:
seiko.yasumoto@sydney.edu.au by the 7th October 2019.
At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, Professor Adrian Vickers will present the A. R. Davis Memorial Lecture and address the meeting on the topic:
From Orientalism to Inter-Asia Referencing: Reflections on Asian Studies in Australia
There will be a dinner, after the presentation, all welcome. Would you please let me know, preferably by email, if you are able to attend?
Post Annual General Meeting dinner.
Venue: Spicy Sichuan Restaurant
Address: 1–9 Glebe Point Road Sydney, NSW Tel: 9660-8200
Enquiries and dinner attendance: Please contact Seiko Yasumoto by 14th October 2019
Telephone: 9351 4716, Fax: 9351 2319, email: seiko.yasumoto@sydney.edu.au
| 1. OSA AGM 2019 invitation flyer |
| 2.Nomination for Office OSA 2019-2020 |
| 3.2019 A R Davis Memorial Lecture Adrian Vickers |
| 4.OSA Membership and renewal form 2019-2020 |
Professor Jon Eugene von Kowallis,
President, The Oriental Society of Australia
Dr Seiko Yasumoto,
Honorary Secretary, The Oriental Society of Australia