3. CU Southeast Asian Forum Event (Tomorrow)
4. Malaysian Volunteers Needed for Research Programme
5. Morgan Stanley 2012 Asia Sales & Trading – Deadline
Final week for this term! 🙂
A message from Terrence’s tutor regarding the memorial on Saturday:
Hi all,
I’m sure you are all aware of the sad death of Terrence Phang. I was Terrence’s tutor, and I am writing to you to invite you, and any other members of CUMAS who would like to come, to a memorial that we are holding on Saturday 26th November at Churchill.
We will do this, first, by planting a tree in his memory in the copse at the top of the College grounds. This will happen at 3.30 pm, in an informal ceremony. The tree we will be planting will be a cherry, representing southeast Asia.
We will then proceed to the Jock Colville Hall, where, from 4 pm, we will gather – again, informally – to remember Terrence and to talk.
Refreshments will be served.
We would be very grateful if you could forward details of this event to your members so that everyone who knew Terrence can get a chance to attend.
With best wishes.
Jon
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Dr Jon Ludlam
Undergraduate Tutor
Churchill College
2. Malaysian Food Festival 2011
It’s finally the weekend for MFF!
A big thank you to all of you who have signed up and paid! Just a final reminder to those who have yet to pay, please do so ASAP through the payment method below. Entrance is not permitted without a ticket and your place is not secured until payment has been made.
Venue: The Centre at St Paul’s, Hills Road (map)
Time: 7.30pm – 10.30pm
Price: £8 (CUMaS members), £11 (CUMSA members), £13 (non-members)
PS: Your seat is only confirmed once our treasurer has received payment, so ticket allocation is done by a first-pay-first-served basis!
Also, tickets will be CUSU-mailed to registrants once Fang Yen has received payment.
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/
See you all this Saturday for the big feast!
3. CU Southeast Asian Forum event
The Cambridge University Southeast Asian Forum is pleased to present: “Southeast Asia – Is the Long Term Benign or Scary?” by Professor Anthony Reid
Renowned Asian historian Professor Anthony Reid will revisit his positive depiction of pre-colonial Southeast Asia and ponders the longer-term future for human and natural disasters. Recent natural calamaties (Japan in March 2011 and the Aceh/Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004) remind us that although the 20th century was politically horrendous but environmentally benign, the 21st century so far looks like the reverse. This talk will look at longer term Southeast Asian history in the light of our rapidly improving knowledge of how the planet works. How did natural calamities affect Southeast Asian civilisation in the past and what does the future hold for the region?
Date: Friday, 25 November 2011
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Venue: Bowett Room, Queens’ College
About the Speaker Professor Anthony Reid is the author of the acclaimed two-volume ‘Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680’. He completed his PhD in Cambridge and is one of the most well-known Southeast Asia historians, based at the Australian National University. His 9 authored and 20 edited books have been translated into various Asian languages.
4. Malaysian Volunteers Needed for Research Programme
Calling volunteers for a research project in 2012!
If you are a Malaysian undergraduate in Cambridge University, you have a unique story to tell. This is because out of the total Malaysian population, only 0.000004% is reading for a degree in one of the most prestigious universities in the world! And I am interested to hear your story.
Specifically, I am researching Malaysian undergraduates’ motivation for reading. Using interviews I aim to gather data about how you maintain motivations and negotiate de-motivations for reading. I will also invite you to keep an audio diary. The period of your involvement will be approximately 10 weeks. A tentative schedule may be (suited to your availability):
1st Interview (< 1 hour) – mid-March 2012 Audio diary (2 entries per week x 10 weeks) – mid-March until end of May 2012 2nd Interview (< 1 hour) – end of May 2012.
In return, you will hopefully learn more about your motivation patterns and reading behaviour. Ultimately, you will contribute to a unique project that sets out to capture the literacy stories of Malaysian undergraduates in Cambridge University.
If you’re interested to know further, do get in touch with me Su Li, at slc75@cam.ac.uk Su Li Chong (St. Edmund’s College), PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
Su Li
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Su Li Chong
PhD candidate
Faculty of Education
University of Cambridge
184, Hills Road
CB2 8PQ UK