An Austronesian seminar in Bali

[Robert Blust]

Just a general question to the organizers,

Several times I have personally received invitations of this sort from
groups in Indonesia, and invariably the notification time for foreign
scholars is less than 30 days to prepare a paper and handouts, make travel
arrangements, etc.  In some cases the notification time has been less than
three weeks!  Rightly or wrongly this sends a message that the organizers
are not sincere in inviting foreign participants --- the invitation is
made only as a pro forma gesture, knowing that the conditions imposed will
make it virtually impossible for outsiders to attend.  If I am wrong about
this then perhaps you can suggest another explanation as to why this
pattern is so persistent.

Sincerely,

Bob Blust

On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Phil Quick wrote:

> Dear Austronesianist friends,
>
> I am posting the following seminar/conference anouncement on behalf of our
> Balinese colleagues.  Please do not reply to me, but see below if you are
> interested for contact details, etc.
>
> Thanks for your attention.
> Phil Quick
> Linguistics Department, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
> Australian National University
>
> -=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> SEMINAR ON AUSTRONESIAN: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
> at BPG DENPASAR BALI, 7 & 8 PEBRUARY 2001
>
>
> Dear Austronesianists,
>
> The Postgraduate Program on Linguistics, Udayana University, Bali will be
> launching a national seminar on Austronesian: Language and Culture on 7 and
> 8 February 2001. The speakers will be mainly Indonesian linguists and
> anthropologists such as Prof. Dr Anton M. Moeliono, Prof. Dr. Soenjono
> Dardjowidjojo, Prof. Dr Harimurti Kridalaksana, Prof Dr Edy Masinambauw, Dr
> Wayan Arka, Dr Ketut Artawa, etc. The committee of this seminar happily
> invite other Austronesianists from other countries to participate in the
> seminar either as a speaker or a participant. If you are interested in
> presenting a paper, please send us your paper/abstract no later than 25
> January 2001. Or if you are interested in joining the seminar as a
> participant, please send us an email (to pastika59 at yahoo.ca) or you can
> just come in the seminar and pay the register fee of Rp 50.000 (=US$ 5,5).
>
> Here are the addresses for the seminar and for sending the paper:
>
> 1. Seminar venue:
> BALAI PELATIHAN GURU (BPG) DENPASAR
> Jalan Tantular, Renon, Denpasar
> Bali, Indonesia
> Telephone: (0361) 225 666; (0361) 246 682
>
> 2.Send your paper to this address:
> Program Studi Magister Linguistik
> Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Udayana
> Jalan Nias 13 Denpasar 80114
> Bali, Indonesia
> Telephone: (0361) 242 057
> Email: pastika59 at yahoo.ca
>
> We appreciate your attention on this matter.
>
> Best regard,
>
>
> Dr Wayan Pastika
> (head of the committe)
>
>