An International Conference on
Quong Tart and His Times, 1850 to 1903
will be held at
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
from 1 to 4 July 2004
CALL FOR PAPERS
PROPOSALS FOR PANELS, AND PAPERS on any topic related to the life,
times, and contemporaries of Quong Tart, 1850-1903, and in particular
on the following subjects:
* comparative gold fields history;
* social, cultural, and economic history of Sydney and NSW, 1850-1903;
* history of the Chinese communities in and around the Pacific
1850-1903;
* history of Chinese business networks around the Pacific, 1850-1903;
* race relations and regulatory regimes against Chinese in and
around the Pacific, and Chinese responses 1850-1903;
* history of Chinese gambling and opium smoking, and the campaigns
against both;
* Chinese and Anglo-Chinese family histories in and around the
Pacific, 1850-1903;
* comparative history of qiaoxiangs and of their migrant communities
around the Pacific, 1850-1903;
*the legacy left by Quong Tart generation of overseas Chinese;
ARE NOW CALLED FOR AND SHOULD BE SUBMITTED
BY 1 FEBRUARY 2003 TO THE CONFERENCE CONVENOR, Henry Chan by e-mail:
at henry.chan@asia.usyd.edu.au,
or by fax to +61 2 4782 9773.
Information about the conference and about Quong Tart may be obtained
from the conference web page, under construction, at http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/history/quongtart/.
An abstract of no more than 300 words and a short bio of no more
than 100 words, giving your title, name and address, current position,
and affiliations should accompany your paper proposal.
Proposals for panels should be accompanied by 300-word abstracts
and short bios of proposed panel members giving their titles,
names, current positions, and affiliations.
Henry Chan
10 December 2003
H.D. Min-hsi Chan
Honorary Associate
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
and Department of Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies
School of European, Asian, and Middle Eastern Languages and
Studies
University of Sydney
Please address postal mail to my private postal
address:
Postal address: PO Box 269 Katoomba
Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
NSW 2780 AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 2 4782 9771
Mobile: 0418 169 868
Fax: 61 2 4782 9773
e-mail: henry.chan@asia.usyd.edu.au
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