Pacific Studies
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Ni sa bula vinaka, Talofa tele lava, Malo e lelei, Kam na mauri, Kia ora, Namaste, Bonjour, Halo olgeta, Gude and Welcome to Pacific Studies! |
A welcome from Dr Katerina Teaiwa, Pacific Studies Convener
Pacific Studies is a transdisciplinary field that explores Oceania, a region that includes the Pacific Islands, West Papua, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific diaspora across the globe.
ANU hosts Australia's first dedicated undergraduate Pacific Studies program. Coordinated through Learning Oceania, a network of scholars, students and staff, this program includes:
- the Pacific Studies major
- the Pacific Languages major
- a range of courses open to undergraduate and postgraduate students
- PhD supervision opportunities
- Study Abroad opportunities with ANU exchange partners to develop language and other capacities in Pacific Studies
This program has been developed in response to the urgent and growing demand for students of Pacific Studies throughout Australia and the region. Follow the links below to learn more about the new Pacific Studies program, or contact Pacific Studies Convener Dr Katerina Teaiwa for further information.
Today Australia is fully engaged in the Pacific through aid, policy-making, the federal police and military support, business, education, tourism, trade, kinship and cultural exchanges. A strong foundation in transdisciplinary Pacific Studies can lead to exciting careers in many areas, including:
- Regional development and aid
- Immigration, citizenship and social welfare
Discover Pasifika Australia, Pacific Studies' ongoing outreach program.
- Policing and peacekeeping
- Defence, intelligence and security
- Tourism, culture and the arts
- International affairs and trade
- Environment and sustainability
- Education and research
Pacific Studies at ANU
Coursework
- Pacific Studies majors
- Pacific Studies major
- Pacific Languages major (new in 2009)
- Pacific Studies undergraduate and graduate courses
Teachers
- Dr Katerina Teaiwa, Pacific Studies Convener
- Pacific Studies teaching staff
- The program draws on the unparalleled expertise of ANU's highly qualified Pacific scholars
Research
- Pacific Studies research at ANU
- The Pacific region is home to nearly one-quarter of the world's languages. The Department of Linguistics in ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies is a world leader in research on these languages, including Pacific pidgins.
- Pacific resources in ANU libraries
- Pacific Studies at ANU is supported by the Learning Oceania network of The Pacific Centre
Recent Pacific Studies news
- Pacific Studies Convenor Dr Katerina Teaiwa participates in UNESCO Experts Meeting on Cultural Policy in Paris
- Pasifika Australia is on facebook! Come and join ANU's Pacific network online.
- Pasifika Australia is organising another Pacific Studies workshop for school students in Years 10-12, to be held in October
- High school students say Pasifika Australia's 2008 workshop is "the best"
- Learning Oceania in Oceania: the Festival of Arts
- Pacific Studies in the Art world
- Gender, Youth and Economic Empowerment in the Pacific workshop
- Oceanic Connections conference a success
- Pacific Studies Reference Group meeting
- Learning Oceania receives ANU Equity Grant
Explore Oceania
- Where is Oceania? Online maps and atlases about the Pacific region and its countries
- Pacific Islands Report, which reports daily on news and current events in the region
- Pacific Arts Online, a portal into the rich artistic and cultural diversity of the Pacific region
- Pacific Starmap provides a space for Pacific artists to shar their journeys, and help new and aspiring Pacific artists to navigate the path to success in the arts
- Pacific Regional Environment Program, an intergovernmental organisation which works to protect the region's environment and the welfare of its people
- Pacific Cooperation Foundation, an independent organisation which creates and strengthens networks between the Pacific Islands and New Zealand
- Radio Australia's programs dedicated to the Pacific:
- Pacific Beat speaks to influential people in the region
- In the Loop presents the music and voices of the Pacific speaking out about contemporary regional issues, and
- On the Mat analyses current events in the Pacific.
- PapuaWeb, an information network for anyone working on or interested in Papua, Indonesia
- Islands Business Magazine online, a publication focusing on economic and political issues in the Pacific
- SPASIFIKmag.com, the online version of SPASIFIK Magazine with Pacific orientated content covering music, stories and entertainment
- Tagata Pasifika, a long-running New Zealand TV show about Pacific Islands issues and culture
- Watch Tagata Pasifika's coverage of the 2005 Culture Moves!, a Pacific dance studies conference organised by Dr Katerina Teaiwa
- Pasifika Poetry Online, a celebration of the poetry and unique perspectives of Pacific peoples
- Pacific Stories, a high-level and detailed guide to the transformation of the Pacific region over the past century, focused on PNG, Bougainville, Vanuatu, French Polynesia and Tonga
- Further Pacific internet resources, compiled by ANU: a comprehensive list of links to Australian, Pacific, regional and international resources
- Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library, maintained by Dr Matthew Ciolek, part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library