2012 News 

December

Telling Truths: Crime Fiction and National Allegory Conference
When: 6 - 8 December 2012
Where: University of Wollongong, Australia
Time: TBA 

September

'Collabortive Struggle' Conference
When: 24 September 2012
Where: University of Wollongong, Australia

July

Outward looking Austral-Asian Fil and Digital Media Encounters: Beyond Hollywood in the Broadband Age Workshop
When: 9 - 10 July 2012

February

CFP: Social Transformation Research Workshop
When: Friday 13 April 2012

January

10 January  - Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Deborah Mayersen

The ISTR looks forward to welcoming Dr Deborah Mayersen, who will be joining the Institute as a Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow.  Deborah will be working on the project 'Why Not Genocide? Exploring Factors that Inhibit Genocide in at-risk Nations'.  This project will analyse the role of inhibitory factors in preventing ethnic violence from escalating into genocide.  Many nations can be identified as having some risk factors for genocide present, and these countries may experience ethnic tensions, racial propaganda and/or outbreaks of violence.  Relatively few of these nations will go on to experience a large-scale genocide, however.  This project will examine the role and importance of inhibitory factors in genocide prevention.  Through advancing knowledge of the role of inhibitory factors, this research will identify new opportunities to transform societies in ways that reduce their risk of extreme violence.