International Australian Studies Association (InASA)
Anne Brewster and Sue Kossew. This book is the first to examine gender and violence in Australian literature. It argues that literary texts by Australian women writers offer unique ways of understanding the social problem of gendered violence, bringing this often private and suppressed issue into the public sphere. It draws on the international field […]
The Foundation for Australian Studies in China (FASIC) is pleased to administer the BHP Australia China Scholarship (the Scholarship). The Scholarship has been established to encourage and assist students and young professionals to pursue specialised study, research and experience in priority areas of interest in the bilateral Australia-China relationship. The Scholarship is given to encourage […]
Announcing the 7th Foundation for Australian Studies in China (FASIC) Conference 21 – 24 November 2019, University of Sydney Centre in China, Suzhou Convened by Professor Pookong Kee, BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University Co-organised by School of International Studies (SIS) at Peking University Sponsored by The Foundation for Australian Studies in China (FASIC) […]
Kate Darian-Smith, James Waghorne Australia’s extraordinary contribution to World War I extended well beyond its military forces to the expertise of its universities and professional men and women. Scientists and engineers oversaw the manufacture of munitions and the development of chemical weapons. Doctors sustained soldiers in the trenches, and treated the physically and psychologically damaged. […]
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 […]