International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies

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The International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies (ICIOS) was an international symposium held in Perth, Western Australia in 1979 and 1984.

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ICIOS I was held from 15 to 22 August 1979. [1] ICIOS II was held from 5 to 12 December 1984. [2]

Way '79

The first conference occurred during the Western Australian sesquicentenary celebrations known as WAY '79, as well as the Indian Ocean Arts Festival from 22 September 1979 to 6 October 1979 in Perth. [3] [4]

The conferences required collaboration and were supported by the Universities in operation in Perth at the time, [5] the University of Western Australia, Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University), Murdoch University and the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (now Edith Cowan University).

The main organizers of the conferences were the late Frank Broeze and Kenneth McPherson, who had published on the region, before and after the conferences. [6] [7] [8]

Subsequently a centre at Curtin, the Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies, operated between 1988 and 2000. [9]

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Notes

  1. ↑ International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies (1st : 1979 : Perth, W.A.); Murdoch University; University of Western Australia. Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies; Western Australian Institute of Technology; Perth Building Society (W.A.) (1979), The Indian Ocean in focus : International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies, Perth, Western Australia, 1979, University of Western Australia, retrieved 1 November 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies (2nd : 1984 : Perth), International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies Perth...1984 , retrieved 1 November 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ .Durack, Elizabeth, 1915–2000 1979, Indian Ocean Arts Festival 1979, Perth, Western Australia, 22 September-6 October Direct Publications, West Australian Newspapers, [Perth]
  4. ↑ "A year of celebration". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 25 October 1978. p. 92. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  5. ↑ International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies (1979 : Perth, W.A.); Western Australian Institute of Technology; University of Western Australia; Murdoch University (1979), The Indian Ocean in focus : International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies, Perth, Western Australia, 1979, University of Western Australia, retrieved 26 June 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ McPherson, Kenneth (1998), The Indian Ocean : a history of people and the sea ([New ed.] ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN   978-0-19-564243-8
  7. ↑ McPherson, Kenneth (1994), The Indian Ocean : world and region, Curtin University of Technology], retrieved 1 November 2016
  8. ↑ Reeves, Peter (Peter G.); Broeze, Frank; McPherson, Kenneth (1981), Ports and port cities as places of social interaction in the Indian Ocean region : a preliminary historical bibliography, Centre for South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of Western Australia, retrieved 1 November 2016
  9. ↑ Curtin University of Technology. Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies (1988), The Indian Ocean review, Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies, Curtin University of Technology, ISSN   1031-2331

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