ASIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
13-16 July, 1994
Perth, Australia

The biennial conference of the ASAA will be held at Murdoch
University in Perth, in July 1994. The ASAA is the professional
organisation for those engaged in teaching and research on Asia
in Australia. It has a membership of 800, many of who occupy
leading positions in Australia's Schools and Universities. 

Every two years the ASAA holds a regular conference which
presents the opportunity for the dissemination of new ideas and
for members to meet. In 1994 in Western Australia the theme of
the ASAA conference will be Environment, State, and Society in
Asia: the Legacy of the Twentieth Century. In addition to the
usual sessions, this conference will include sessions on Law,
Environmental Politics and Environmental Sciences.

CONFERENCE STUDIES AREAS AND THEIR APPROPRIATE PANEL CONVENERS.

CHINA     THEME: UNIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Beverley Hooper
Centre of Asian Studies
University of Western Australia
Nedlands WA 6009
Tel: (61-9) 380 2121
Fax: (61-9) 380 1167

JAPAN     THEME: TRIBAL PEOPLE AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA

Radha Krishnan
Humanities
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 2864
Fax: (61-9) 360 4944

SOUTH ASIA     THEME: NGO'S AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY

Peter Reeves
School of Social Sciences
Curtin University
Benteley WA 6102
Tel: (61-9) 351 7395
Fax: (61-9) 351 3166

SOUTH EAST ASIA THEME: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL      
                       CONFLICT

James Warren
Humanities
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 2587
Fax: (61-9) 360 6285

WEST ASIA      THEME: ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF ASIAN HISTORY

Frank Broeze
Department of History
University of Western Australia
Nedlands WA 6009
Tel: (61-9) 380 2139
Fax: (61-9) 380 1069

TEACHER EDUCATION   THEME: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH/LAW

Lindy Norris
Education
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 6204
Fax: (61-9) 310 5299 


LAW  THEME: PERCEPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ASIA

Catherine Iorns
Law School
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 6204
Fax: (61-9) 310 6671

LANGAGE AND LINGUISTICS  THEME: POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
IN ASIA

Orie Muta
Humanities
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 2522
Fax: 961-9) 310 4944

SCIENCE

Roger Lethbridge
Biological and Environmental Science
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 2925
Fax: (61-9) 310 4997

REGIONAL AND OTHER THEMES

Carol Warren/Krishna Sen
Humanities
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Tel: (61-9) 360 2345
     (61-9) 360 2188
Fax: (61-9) 310 6285



For further infomation contact either:
David Goodman   Convenor
Val Faulkner    Organiser

Tel: (61-9) 360 6233
Fax: (61-9) 310 4944