Identity & Ways of Knowing – CHL Flagship Project 2021
Organisers: Chris Diamond & Stephanie Majcher
The scholars that call CHL home are unique in the variety and depth of the research on Asia & the Pacific. This flagship is dedicated to answering several questions: How can we harness our unique intellectual ecosystem and drive Australian conversations on our region forward? How does this environment shape us as individual educators and researchers? How can we think about language (in research and teaching) as a method of deeper engagement with culture?
These questions engage many of our disparate fields and regions of study together on the theme of Identity & Ways of Knowing. We are hoping for this extended conversation to engage members of the CHL community that might got regularly get the chance to work with their colleagues outside of their individual disciplines or regional areas of study. We are keen for CHL to lead the national Australian conversation on this topic and position itself as the intellectual home for this conversation.
Dr Shameem Black (ANU)

Dr Shameem Black is the deputy director for education in the School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. Her research and teaching focus on the social significance of transcultural encounters in literary, gender and cultural studies, with particular focus on India and its diaspora. She is also the deputy director for the South Asia Research Institute at the ANU.
Schedule
Day 1 – Thursday 4th November (AEST) |
Symposium Opening & Welcome to Country 10:00 – 10:15 AEST |
Plenary Conversation: Identity & Ways of Knowing 10:15 – 12:00 AEST Moderator: Kylie Brass Speakers: Assa Doron, Natasha Fijn, Carol Hayes, Katerina Teaiwa |
Open Lunchtime 12:00 – 13:00 AEST |
Conversation 1: Digital Humanities, Digital Communities 13:00 – 15:00 AEST Keynote: Adrian Vickers (USYD) Roundtable: Mark Allon, Chris Ballard, Gil Ben-Herut, Steven Gagau, Jon Keune, Ian McCrabb, Ross Tapsell, other participants |
Day 2 – Friday 5th November (AEST) |
Conversation 2: The Unheard Voices of Language & Culture Research and Education 10:00 – 12:00 AEST Keynotes: Alice Gaby and Dima Rusho (Monash) Roundtable: I Wayan Arka, Danielle Barth, Janit Feangfu, Jenny M’Bern Homerang, Eun Seon Kim, Le Hoang Ngoc Yen, Roald Maliangkay, Ying Xin Show |
Open Lunchtime 12:00 – 13:00 AEST |
Conversation 3: Knowledge Systems in Time 13:00 – 15:00 AEST Keynote: Esther Klein (ANU) Roundtable: Bethwyn Evans, Peter Friedlander, Sonia Pertsinidis, Joe Marino, Jason Neelis, Michael Schimmelpfennig, Mike Skinner, McComas Taylor, Qin Yang |
- Identity & Ways of Knowing – CHL Flagship Project 2021
- Plenary Conversation
- Digital Humanities, Digital Communities
- The Unheard Voices of Language & Culture Research and Education
- Knowledge Systems in Time