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Dear colleagues,

We kindly invite you to attend and/or present at the biennial national conference of the Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators, ASILE 2018, in Melbourne, Friday 28 - Sunday 30 September 2018. The ASILE conference is the premier event for Indonesian language and culture researchers and educators across Australia. We also encourage you to promote this event to your colleagues, students and other relevant networks. For registration, abstract submission and further information, please visit our website at: https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/e/asile-2018#registration The deadline for abstracts is 15 May 2018.

The theme for ASILE 2018 is Cultivating Literacy, focusing on the integration of social and cultural knowledge that is necessary to truly understand the different contexts in which language is used. The conference invites presentation and workshop proposals on reading and writing in all its forms and variation. It also welcomes contributions focusing on literacy beyond the written word, relating to contemporary media such as film, television, visual arts, social media, comics, graffiti and signage.

Confirmed keynote speakers are Dr Pudentia (Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia, and Chair, Association for Oral Traditions) and Dr Mark Ellis AM (Ophthalmologist, East Timor Eye Program (ETEP) and Director, Sumba Eye Program (SEP), Sumba). Dr Pudentia will talk about strategies to incorporate oral traditions in Indonesian language and culture teaching, while Dr Ellis will highlight the social, educational and professional benefits of applying cultural literacy in international health care programs. We are expecting a third keynote speaker from Yogyakarta focusing on the integration of games and performance genres in language and culture education.

The peer-reviewed International Journal of Indonesian Studies (IJIS) is accepting a selection of conference papers for publication in a special issue (only after acceptance by the ASILE committee). For more info about the journal, please refer to http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/indonesian-studies-journal/

Our Platinum sponsors include the The University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, and Monash University, and our Silver sponsors the Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers’ Association (VILTA). We are also receiving support from the Indonesian Language and Culture Centre of Victoria and Tasmania (BBBIVT), the Australia-Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) and La Trobe University’s Bahasa Indonesia Students’ Association (BISA).

Your collaboration in promoting Indonesian Language and Culture Studies in Australia through ASILE 2018 is much appreciated. 

We hope to welcome you, your colleagues and students in Melbourne, September 2018.

Best regards,

Edwin Jurriens

Lecturer in Indonesian Studies

The University of Melbourne

Co-Chair, ASILE 2018

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For registration and further information, please visit our website at:

https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/e/asile-2018#registration