Pacific Studies
Faculty of Asian Studies, 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!
ANU hosts Australia's first dedicated undergraduate Pacific Studies program. Coordinated through Learning Oceania, a network of scholars, students and staff, this program includes a Pacific Studies major as well as a range of courses open to undergraduate and graduate students. 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
- 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
- Pacific Studies major
- Pacific Studies undergraduate courses
- Pacific Studies postgraduate courses
- Dr Katerina Teaiwa, Pacific Studies Convener
- Pacific Studies teaching staff
- The program draws on the unparalleled expertise of ANU's highly qualified Pacific scholars
- 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:
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 Regional Environment Program, an intergovernmental organisation which works to protect the region's environment and the welfar 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 Isalnds 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