International Australian Studies Association (InASA)
For well over a century Australia’s place in Asia has been at the forefront of public discussion and controversy. Stranded Nation is a searching examination of how a ‘white’ nation, harbouring deep anxieties about rising Asia, sought to convince both itself and its neighbours that it belonged within the Asian region. This is the strange […]
Buying Britishness: Consumption and the construction of settler colonial identities in Australia, New Zealand and Canada By Dr. Felicity Barnes (University of Auckland) Thursday 30 May 6.00-7.30 Mrs Padma Harilela Lecture Theatre (WLB104), Lam Woo International Conference Centre Hong Kong Baptist University, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong the lecture will be followed by a reception. All […]
As the United States’ titular position in the international system retreats, questions regarding the value of the post-World War II liberal order have surfaced. In this emerging multipolar world, two distinct constellations of power are forming. One camp is composed of states largely supportive of the current global governance structure; the other finds states wishing […]
The Centre for Australian and Transnational Studies (CEAT) at the University of Barcelona (UB), Spain is currently preparing the workshop Democracy and Immigration: The Cases of Catalonia and Australia. The workshop will take place on 30 and 31 May 2019 at the Aula Magna of the Letters Faculty at the Historical Building of the University […]
Curtin University PhD project and scholarship in creative writing/literary studies Into the New World: Diaspora in Australian and Scottish Writing As part of Curtin’s collaboration with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, a PhD project with scholarship is available for 2019 start. Students undertaking a collaborative PhD under the alliance are offered a seamless international […]
Over the past eight years, ANU historian Martin Thomas has been working on Etched in Bone, a feature-length documentary made in collaboration with Béatrice Bijon from ANU’s School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. The film examines the theft of Aboriginal human remains by the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948, their removal […]