TALKS, TEACHING & RESEARCH

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• Workshop, Gender and Women’s participation in Higher Education, Association for Asian Studies Symposium, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, December 2022

• Round table, Art in Contested Political and Cultural Terrains, Asia, Columbia University, New York, March 2019

• Workshop, Politics of Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, March 2019

• Round table, Arts Under Military Occupation, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2019

• Guest Speaker, Art can be traditional and contemporary, TEDxDili, June 2015

• Guest Artist, Smiling Project, 19th Macau City Fringe Festival, Macau, November 2010

• Guest Lecturer, Arte Moris, Dili, Timor-Leste, July – September 2008

• Cultural Advisor, Debt of Honour, Western Australian Museum, April – June 2012

• Cultural Advisor and Researcher, Tatoli ba Kultura (Messenger for Culture), Griffith University and Secretary of State for Culture in Timor-Leste, March 2009 – March 2010

• Guest Speaker, East Timor and the Sea, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, 8thSeptember 2006

• Cultural Adviser, Interpreter and Translator, UNMIT, United Nations’ Serious Crimes Unit, September 2004 – May 2005

• Cultural Advisor and Teacher, Deckchair Theatre, Perth Western Australia, February – March 2002

• Guest Speaker, As it was – East Timor 1971, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, Western Australia, November 2000

• Guest Speaker, Different Stories, 2nd National Conference, Esperance, Western Australia, October 2000

• Art and Music Teacher, West Coast College of Technical and Further Education, East Fremantle, Western Australia, October – December 1999

• Cultural Program Teacher, Kambalda High School, Western Australia, May – October 1999

• Curator, Uma Knua, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Midland, Australia, July 1997

• Workshop, Ministry For Culture & The Arts, Government Of Western Australia, April 1999

• Art Teacher, Merredin Senior High School, Australia, February – April 1999

• Guest Artist, National Convention of East Timorese Abroad, Worldwide Convention, Portugal, April 1999

• Arts Coordinator, KULCHA Multicultural Arts of Western Australia, January 1997 

• Guest Teacher, East Timor Exploring the Culture and Exploding the Myths, Spring School, University of Western Australia, August – September 1995

• Research Assistant, School of Fine Arts, Curtin University, Perth, April 1992