The Magellanic Clouds: Proceedings of the 148th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, h

1. Opening Address.- The Magellanic Clouds: distance, structure, chemical composition.- 2. Conference Summary.- Conference Summary.- 3. Large-Scale Structure and Kinematics.- Review: An overview of the structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds.- Distribution of young stars and gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud.- Radio continuum emission from the Magellanic Clouds.- An X-ray image of the Large Magellanic Cloud: detection of the hot interstellar medium.- Carbon Monoxide in the Magellanic Clouds.- New results on the structure and stellar content of the outer regions of the SMC.- Where is the rotation centre of the LMC?.- Dust in the Magellanic Clouds.- HI - distribution, kinematics and geometry of the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Large scale distribution of gas, dust and stars deduced from observations from the UV to the IR.- Large-scale structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds from carbon star studies.- Kinematics of the LMC CH-stars.- Large scale structure and kinematics of the LMC from a study of long-period variable stars.- Large-scale structure of the Magellanic Clouds using planetary nebulae.- Fast shells and X-ray emission in 30 Doradus: SNRs and superbubbles.- X-rays from superbubbles in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- The magnetic field strength in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Turbulence and stochastic star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- A new 4m millimeter-wave telescope for a southern sky CO survey.- Structure and kinematics in the northeastern outer parts of the SMC.- IR characteristics of Type II Cepheids in the LMC and in the Galaxy.- AST/RO and submillimetre-wave observations of the Magellanic Clouds from the South Pole.- The Molonglo 843 MHz survey of the Magellanic Clouds.- The evolution of AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds.- 4. Star Formation and Clustering.- Review: Star formation in the Magellanic Clouds.- The star formation histories of the Magellanic Clouds.- HII regions and star formation in the Magellanic Clouds.- The starburst region 30 Doradus.- Recent star formation history in the region of 30 Doradus.- CO observations of the 30-Doradus region using SEST.- Review: Star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds.- Magellanic globulars as cosmological tools.- The kinematics and abundances of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Young star clusters in the LMC.- The age-abundance relations and age distributions for the star clusters of the Magellanic Clouds.- Mass-to-light ratios of Large Magellanic Cloud clusters.- The age distribution function of star clusters in the LMC.- A search for non-thermal emission in the HII regions of the Magellanic Clouds.- A new survey for H?-emission-line stars and related objects in the SMC.- Similarities of the intermediate-age SMC star cluster NGC 152 with inner-disk clusters in the Milky Way.- The dynamics of NGC 1866.- Candidate protostars in the vicinity of 30 Doradus.- Line observations of the 30-Dor complex and N159A5 with the MPE imaging NIR spectrometer FAST.- HII regions and young star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds.- Observations of two different cluster types in the LMC.- Dynamical study of the LMC globular cluster NGC 1978 from core velocity dispersion.- Mass-to-light ratio of intermediate and old clusters in the Magellanic Clouds.- Radial velocities for three distant LMC globular clusters.- Dynamical evolution of binary clusters and colliding galaxies.- Properties of two star clusters of the LMC: NGC 2164, NGC 1850.- Effects of data incompleteness and metallicity on the mass functions of young LMC star clusters.- An X-ray survey of OB associations in the Large Magellanic Cloud.- Faint HII regions in the Magellanic Clouds.- Infrared imaging of intermediate age LMC/SMC clusters.- A 22-GHz map of the 30-Doradus region.- N159A: a region of active star formation in the LMC.- Shapes of Magellanic Cloud star clusters.- 5. Stellar Evolution.- Review: The chemical evolution of the Magellanic Clouds.- Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds.- Long-per