From 25 – 27 June 2019, the ANU Department of Pacific Affairs will be co-convening the PIPSA (Pacific Islands Political Studies Association) conference with the University of New Caledonia, under the theme of ‘Democracy, Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Pacific Islands’.

In 2019 this theme has particular resonance following the New Caledonian referendum, the relisting of French Polynesia on the UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, the forthcoming referendum in Bougainville, violence in West Papua, as well as the existential threats to the Pacific region posed by climate change and rising sea levels. Conference sessions will be in English and in French, covering topics including evolving forms of sovereignty in the Pacific; climate change; security; decolonisation; international relations; land rights and natural resources; and gender and politics.

The keynote address will be delivered by Colin Tukuitonga, Director-General of the Pacific Community: ‘Self Determination and Development in the Pacific Islands: Who is Driving the Agenda?’

For information on accommodation available in Noumea for overseas attendees or any other enquiries, please email dpa@anu.edu.au. This is a ticketed and catered event.

This event is funded in part by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the Pacific Research Program.

Tuesday 25 June

8am-8.30am

Registration and Welcome tea and coffee

Amphi 400 (Entry)

8.30am-10am

Opening Session

Amphi 400

8.30am-8.45am Welcome by UNC President

8.45am-9am Welcome by PIPSA President

9am-10am Keynote Address:

Self Determination and Development in the Pacific Islands – who is driving the agenda?

Colin Tukuitonga, Pacific Community Director-General

10.00am – 10.30am

Morning Tea

Amphi 400 (Entry)

10.30am – 12pm

Parallel Sessions 1

Gender and Politics (Room L30)

Land, Development and Democracy (Room L31)

West Papua (Room L32)

12pm – 1pm

Lunch

Forum

1pm – 2.30pm

Parallel Sessions 2

Politics of Western Melanesia (Room L30)

Dealing with multiculturalism and universalism in the political and social context of Kanaky-New Caledonia (Room L31)

3pm-4.30pm

Parallel Sessions 3

Challenges to Sovereignty (Room L30)

Décolonisation et citoyenneté de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Room L31)

4.30pm – 5pm

Afternoon tea

Amphi 400 (Entry)

5pm-6.30pm

Plenary Session

Amphi 400

Nouvelle-Calédonie – Rétrospective des échéances de l’Accord de Nouméa

Wednesday 26 June

8am-8.30am

Welcome tea and coffee

Room L33

8.30am-10am

Parallel Sessions 4

International Relations and Transnationalism in the Contemporary Pacific (Room L30)

Politics of the French Pacific (Room L31)

Evolving Forms of Sovereignty (Room L32)

10am – 10.30am

Morning Tea

Room L33

10.30am – 12pm

Parallel Sessions 5

Small Island States in International Organisations (Room L30)

The Political Economy of Resources (Room L31)

12pm – 1pm

Lunch

Forum

1pm – 2.30pm

Parallel Sessions 6

Decolonisation and Self-Determination in the Pacific (Room L30)

Everyday Politics (Room L31)

Les souverainetes conflictuelles en Nouvelle-Caledonie (Room L32)

230pm – 4.00pm

Parallel Sessions 7

Teaching Pacific Politics (Room L30)

Pathways to Resilience: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Room L31)

4pm-4.30pm

Afternoon tea

Forum

5pm-6.30pm

Plenary Session

Amphi 400

Nouvelle-Calédonie : Prospective sur la sortie de l’Accord de Nouméa

Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) 2019 Conference

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