On 2 November Dr Katerina Teaiwa, Pacific Studies Convener in the Faculty of Asian Studies in the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, participated in an ANU forum, “Mothers: Cross Cultural Dialogues.”
Other speakers included Senator Kate Lundy, ACT member for Parliament, Jodi Hedley-Ward, author of “You Sexy Mother,” and Associate Professor Kalpana Ram of [...]
Continuing last year’s winning streak, Japan Centre students took first and third place in the open division of the Canberra division of the Japan Foundation’s 40th annual Japanese Language Speech Contest.
Andy Petredis and Maya Siyi Chen (both students in Mark Gibeau’s Written Japanese D class) took first and third places respectively. Andy will go on [...]
The ANU Japan Centre & the Embassy of Japan present the 32nd Annual Japanese Evening, with ZaKubuki 2009, Dancing with a Sleeping Blade, at 6.30 p.m. on 23 and 24 September, in the Street Theatre, Childers Street.
At the ACT Korean Speech Contest, Daisy (Yun Shi) Ruan, one of our third-year students, and Phuong Lan Tran, one of our first-year students, both won first prize in their category, with the GRAND PRIZE also going to Daisy. Apart from a nice cash prize and certificate from the organisation, Daisy received a great-looking present [...]
Approximately 100 high school students from all over Australia, recently visited ANU for a guest lecture on the role of the United Nations in Burma as part of the 2009 National United Nations Model Assembly, which was held in Canberra over the weekend of August 14 to 16.
The students had the opportunity to hear from [...]
Pictured left are Professor Kent Anderson, Director of the Faculty of Asian Studies, with Dr McComas Taylor and Dr Ashvin Parameswaran, who received their Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, 17 July 2009, for their innovative South Asian courses in the Faculty.
The Citation is designed to award a range of [...]
Katerina Teaiwa contributed to the UNESCO experts meeting: “Towards a New Cultural Policy Framework: Conceptual and Operational Guidelines to Integrate Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue Principles” in Paris July 6-8.
Among the participants were Professor David Throsby of Macquarie University pictured here on the right with UNESCO Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue Director Katerina Stenou, and [...]
‘Keep your Sanskrit warm this winter’ was a catch-cry that attracted students from all over Australia for the ANU’s first mid-year Sanskrit refresher, which ran from 20-24 July 2009.
Our Sanskrit program caters to both on-campus and off-campus students in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, as well as Canberra students who work full-time. The refresher was [...]
McComas Taylor and Kate Sullivan (International Relations) took a taste of University life to Dickson College on Friday 22 May.
In collaboration with Dickson staff member Melissa Planten, McComas and Kate ran a highly interactive and enjoyable two-part session on Indian Identities. McComas used the Indian epic, the Ramayana, to explore traditional [...]
William Sima, a Faculty student, has won a place in ‘China Bridge’, a Chinese-language proficiency contest for foreign college students, and will be going to China (Changsha and Beijing) for the final from July 9 to August 7, 2009.
The Australian leg of the competition, held in Perth, was very tough. It included a written test [...]
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