Sustainability: Social and Environmental Issues
Sustainability: Social and Environmental Issues
Sustainability: Social and Environmental Issues
4th Foundation for Australian Studies In China (FASIC) Conference
2016. 11. 16-18 Sun Yat-sen University
Hosted by
The Centre for Australian Studies and the Centre for Oceanian Studies at Sun Yat-sen University
Convened by
Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Billiton Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University
Co-organised by
Peking University Australian Studies Centre
Sponsored by
The Foundation for Australian Studies in China (FASIC)
PROGRAM
16th November Pre-conference Events
4:30-6:00pm
Book Launch (organised and sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University)
Title: Blue Book Of Oceania, Analysis on the Investment Environment and Risks in Oceania
Editor: Yu Changsen
Subeditor: Wang Xuedong, Chang Chenguang
Location: Sun Yat-sen University Kaifeng Hotel, Conference Room 3
Culture and Technology Exchange Centre, Northgate of Sun Yat-sen University, Binjiang East Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区滨江东路yl6809永利官网北门科技文化交流中心中大凯丰酒店
6:00-8:00pm
Welcome Reception (organised and sponsored by FASIC, by invitation only)
Sun Yat-sen University Kaifeng Hotel, Conference Room 3
Location: Sun Yat-sen University Kaifeng Hotel, Conference Room 3
Culture and Technology Exchange Centre, Northgate of Sun Yat-sen University, Binjiang East Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区滨江东路yl6809永利官网北门科技文化交流中心中大凯丰酒店
17th November Day 1
8:30-9:00am
Registration
School of Foreign Languages, Entrance
135 Xin’gang West Road, South Gate of Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区新港西路135号yl6809永利官网南门内
9:00-9:40am
Official Welcome
Australian Consul-General in Guangzhou Mr. Dominic Trindade
Vice President of Sun Yat-sen University
Professor Chang Chenguang, Acting Dean of the School of International Studies and Director of the Centre for Australian Studies at Sun Yat-sen University
Professor Gregory McCarthy, BHP Billiton Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University
School of Foreign Languages, Conference Hall 101
9:40-10:00am
Conference Photo
School of Foreign Languages
10:00-10:30am
Morning Tea
School of Foreign Languages
10:30-12:15pm
Education Panel
Professor Greg McCarthy (Chair)
Professor Kent Anderson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Community and Engagement) of the University of Western Australia
Professor Wu Haiyan, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Comparison of Foreign Language Education Policy Between Australia and China Since 1980s
Professor Fazal Rizvi, University of Melbourne, The Rise of Asian Education and the Scope of Global Collaborations
School of Foreign Languages, Conference Hall 101
12:15-1:30pm
Lunch
Zijingyuan Restaurant
Building 259, South-East Area of Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xin’gang West Road, South Gate of Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区新港西路135号yl6809永利官网东南区259号紫荆园餐厅
1:30-3:00pm
Panel 1- Environment
Professor Andrea Gaynor, University of Western Australia, Heartlands to Artlands? Sustaining the Wheatbelt through Heritage and the Arts
Professor Mayumi Kamada, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Shark and Trepang Fishing in Australia’s Northern Waters: Illegalised Activities of Indonesian Fishermen
Dr. Mitchell Rolls, University of Tasmania, “More fun than the locals”: Cultural Differences and Natural Resources
Professor Jane Lennon, University of Melbourne, Caring for Country – Changing Landscape Management in Australia
Doctoral Student James Oswald, University of Adelaide, Constructing an “Ecological Civilisation”: Can Australia Learn from China?
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout Room 210
Panel 2-Education and the Environment
Professor Chris Nyland, Monash University, Governing the International Student Experience: Lessons from the Australian International Education Model
Professor Katherine Vickers, Minister-Counsellor for Education and Research, Australian Embassy, Beijing, Exploring the Potential of Education and Research Partnerships for Australian Studies in China
Professor Zhao Wen, Northeastern University, Sustainability: Curriculum Perspective
Professor Zhang Wei, Shantou University, Destiny of Individual Environmentalist: The Case of Bill Mollison’s Permaculture and Liao Xiaoyi’s Global Village
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 315
3:00-3:30pm
Afternoon Tea
School of Foreign Languages
3:30-5:00pm
Panel 3-Translation, Linguistics and Languages
Professor Li Yao, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Australian Literature, its Translation and Publication in China
Professor Chang Chenguang, Sun Yat-sen University, Endangered Languages in China
Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann, University of Adelaide, Linguistic Sustainability: Linguicide, Language Revival and Social Wellbeing
Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney, University of South Australia, What Happens When the Newest Digital Technology is Embraced by the World’s Oldest Living Culture: Sustaining Indigenous Pacific Futures through Digital Excellence
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 210
Panel 4-Cultural Transmissions
Professor Nicholas Jose, University of Adelaide, Eric Rolls’ Chinese and the Sustainability of Australia
Director Jocelyn Chey AM, Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture, Western Sydney University, “The Beach is for Everyone, Isn’t it?”Humour and National Identity Crises
Professor Wang Jinghui, Tsinghua University, The Power of Humanity
-the Same Message from E W Coles and J M Coetzee with One Century Apart
Dr. Huang Zhong (Frank), Wuhan University, Perils, Pitfalls and Pleasures of Teaching Australian Literature and Culture in China
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 315
6:30-9:00pm
Cultural Event and Buffet Dinner (hosted by the Australian Consulate-General Guangzhou, by invitation only)
HE Ms Jan Adams AO PSM Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
Buses will depart from the conference centre at 5:30pm
Sofitel Guangzhou, 988 Guangzhou Middle Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China
广州市天河区广州大道中988号索菲特大酒店
18th November Day 2
9:00-10:30am
Australia-China Relations: Where To From Here?
Professor Mark Beeson, University of Western Australia, Tying itself in knots: Australia’s Increasingly Complicated China Policy
Professor Han Feng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Sino-Australia Relations in Transition
Assoc. Professor Pan Chengxin, Deakin University, Australia in Chinese Strategic Calculations: A Contemporary Survey (2012-2016)
Dr. Alison Broinowski, Australia National University, A Foot in Two Boats: Is Australia’s Ambivalence Sustainable?
School of Foreign Languages, Conference Hall 101
135 Xin’gang West Road, South Gate of Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区新港西路135号yl6809永利官网南门内
10:30-11:00am
Morning Tea
School of Foreign Languages
11:00-12:30pm
Panel 5- Culture and Sustainability
Professor Kate Darian-Smith, University of Melbourne, Cultural Sustainability and Australian Country Towns
Assoc. Professor Keiji Minato, Doshisha Woman’s College of Liberal Arts, Limits of Bioregionalism in Contemporary Australian Poetry
Dr. Xu Daozhi, The University of Hong Kong, Literary Legitimation: The Reviewing History of Australia’s First Indigenous Children’s Book
Doctoral Student Xie Xiaoxiao, University of Adelaide, ‘Sustaining’ the Peoples’ “Politics and Arts”: the ‘Last’ Floating ‘Maoist’ in the ‘Banana Republic’
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 210
Panel 6- China, Australia and International Relations
Professor Hou Minyue, East China Normal University, Ambiguity, Symbolism and Explicitness in Australian Approaches to China
Professor Masaru Kagatsume, Kyoto University, Environmental Resource Issues and Australia-Japan Relations
Assist. Professor Hu Dan, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Australia’s Foreign Investment Policy and FDI Review: a case study for 2015-2016
Dr. Yu Lei, Sun Yat-sen University, China and Australia: Strategic Partners?
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 315
12:30-1:30pm
Lunch
Zijingyuan Restaurant
Building 259, South-East Area of Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xin’gang West Road, South Gate of Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区新港西路135号yl6809永利官网东南区259号紫荆园餐厅
1:30-3:00pm
Panel 7 –Literature as Soft Diplomacy and Creative Writing: East and West
Professor Li Jingyan, Harbin Institute of Technology, Literature Dissemination: Powerful ‘Soft Diplomacy’ in Intercultural Communication: an Australian Perspective
Assist. Prof. Li Jianjun, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Jack Lindsay in Chinese Translation in the 1950’s
Professor Chen Hong, East China Normal University, The Sustainability of a Discipline: Australian Studies in China
Professor Dai Fan, Sun Yat-sen University, Understanding Cultures through Creative Writing Collaboration
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 210
Panel 8-Australia in the Region
Director Eric Sidoti, Whitlam Institute Western Sydney University, China’s Place in Gough Whitlam’s View of the World: Contemporary Resonance
Assoc. Prof Fei Sheng, Sun Yat-sen University, Chinese Australians in Changing Colonial Australian Landscape
Dr. Ryan Manuel, Australian National University, Driven by Events, Not Leaders: Australian Prime Ministers and China 1977--2016
Dr. Jennifer Phillips, Wuhan University, Triple J’s Hottest 100: Australia’s Largest Music Democracy?
School of Foreign Languages, Breakout room 315
3:00-3:30pm
Afternoon Tea
School of Foreign Languages
3:30-4:15pm
Media Forum Part 1: Media Landcsape
Assist. Professor Chen Bing, Peking University, The Sound and the Fury: Challenges in the changing media landscape
Professor Michael Keane, Curtin University, Digital China: Enhancing the sustainability of China’s cultural power
School of Foreign Languages, Conference Hall 101
4:15-5:00pm
Media Forum Part 2: In Conversation
Dr. Geoff Raby (Chair), Chairman and CEO of Geoff Raby & Associates; Ex-Australian Ambassador to China
Mr. Rowan Callick, Author and China Correspondent for The Australian
Mr. Phillip Wen, China Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
School of Foreign Languages, Conference Hall 101
5:00-5:40pm
Closing Remarks & Translation Prize Ceremony
Mr. Kevin Hobgood-Brown AM, Chairman of the Foundation for Australian Studies in China
Professor Wendy L. Bowcher, Deputy Director of the Centre for Australian Studies, Sun Yat-Sen University
Mr. Li Jianjun, Secretary-General of the National Australian Studies Association in China.
Professor Liu Shusen, Director of Peking University Australian Studies Centre
School of Foreign Languages, Conference Hall 101
6:30-8:30pm
Conference Banquet (by invitation only)
Private Restaurant
572 Binjiang East Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China
广州市海珠区滨江东路572号味国江南厨房