Timor Leste Studies Association

The Timor-Leste Studies Association was established in June 2005 (following the "Cooperating with Timor-Leste" Conference at Victoria University) to connect researchers with information, other researchers and research on Timor-Leste.

If you have a thirst to know more about Timor-Leste this website can link you to people and websites which may be useful if you are planning your first or your 50th field trip to Timor.

*** UNDERSTANDING TIMOR LESTE 2013 ***
Timor-Leste Studies Association Conference
UNTL Liceu Campus, Dili 15-16 July 2013

This two-day conference for researchers is organised by the Timor-Leste Studies Association (TLSA). The TLSA is an interdisciplinary, international research network focussed on all aspects of research into East Timorese society, including politics and history, economics, communications, health, language and agriculture. The 2013 conference Understanding Timor-Leste 2013 will be co-hosted by the National University of Timor-Lorosa’e, Swinburne University of Technology, and the Technical University of Lisbon.

The TLSA gratefully acknowledges the support of the following for our 2013 conference:

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Novas investigações sobre TIMOR LESTE
New research on
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Edited by Michael Leach, Nuno Canas Mendes, Antero B. da Silva, Bob Boughton and Alarico da Costa Ximenes, Hawthorn: Swinburne Press, 2012, 395pp. AU$60 (hardcopy). All sales fund free copies to East Timorese universities and libraries.

The papers included in this volume were presented at the Timor-Leste Studies Association’s Communicating New Research on Timor-Leste conference, held at the Centro Formação João Paulo II, Comoro, Dili, Timor-Leste, 30 June - 1 July 2011. Papers in the collection are divided into four language sections (Tetum-Dili, Portuguese, English and Bahasa Indonesia), along with a special section on Adult and Popular education.

The online edition of the New Research on Timor-Leste also includes a new section of online refereed articles not included in the original volume.

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