As Japan prepared to go to the polls on the weekend, The Australian National University launched a new Japan Institute to bring together leading academic expertise on the Land of the Rising Sun.
The institute, more than one year in the making, will form a network of leading Japanese scholars, looking at the full range of [...]
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The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific offers both intensive in-country Indonesian Language and internship study options in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia.
These courses are open to undergraduate and postgraduate students from ANU and other Australian universities, [...]
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 [...]
The Faculty of Asian Studies and the ANU China Institute recently hosted seven secondary and primary school teachers of Chinese from all across Australia between August 10 and August 14.
The visit formed an integral part of the Chinese Curriculum Innovation Project and was organised by Professor John Minford. The visit was made possible by a [...]
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 [...]
Pacific analysts must become more creative in their approach to thinking about Fiji and its future, an academic from The Australian National University argued in Canberra today.
Dr Katerina Teaiwa, Pacific Studies Convenor at ANU, said that solutions for Fiji won’t be found in adversarial thinking, framed around a pro or anti-military viewpoint. She said that [...]
Concern about the direction of the relationship (with China) has become palpable within Australia.
One of the most encouraging such gatherings, was the inaugural meeting of the Australia China Youth Association, a group of enthusiastic students, mainly at the ANU in Canberra, and mainly studying Chinese, who are anxious to play their part in advancing the [...]
Mr Shun Ikeda, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty’s Japan Centre has been awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for his contribution to the deepening the understanding between the peoples of Japan and Australia.
The Japan Foreign Minister’s commendations are given in recognition of distinguished services in the promotion of friendly relations with other countries and the [...]
A Faculty of Asian Studies PhD student has recently returned from Japan where she participated in an 11 day programme for future business leaders. Ms Siaan Ansori, a PhD candidate researching comparative Asian public policy, was selected from a list of over 200 applications for the Japan Future Business Counterparts from Australia Programme. The competitive [...]
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