Category: Announcements

Ear to Asia

Asia Institute, University of Melbourne Ear to Asia is a podcast series produced by Asia Institute and is hosted by broadcaster Sen Lam. From Japan to Turkey, from China to Indonesia, and to many places in between, Ear to Asia…

Little Red Podcast

Interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway, from the studios of the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute. Hosted by Graeme Smith, China studies academic at large and Louisa Lim, former China correspondent for the BBC and NPR. Available…

China Heritage

China Heritage – The Wairarapa Academy for New Sinology http://chinaheritage.net/ From the website: China Heritage is a continuation and expansion of the China Heritage Project established by Geremie R. Barmé in 2005 and the e-journal China Heritage Quarterly which appeared under…

Medal for Excellence in Translation – 2016 Winner

The Australian Academy of the Humanities Medal for Excellence in Translation is a major national award that recognises outstanding achievement in translation and the vital role of translators and translation in Australian culture and scholarly discourse. It is awarded biennially…

Heart of Darkness?

Made in China, Issue 3: Heart of Darkness? http://www.chinoiresie.info/madeinchina/ The core of this issue is dedicated to a special section on Chinese labour and investment in Africa, with a specific focus on Ghana and Zambia. You will also find an…

China Story Yearbook 2015

Pollution The essential reference book on China—the latest China Story Yearbook: Pollution (2015), by scholars and associates of the Australian National University’s Australian Centre on China in the World is out now, free for download from ANU Press. https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/china-story-yearbook/pollution The…

National Parliamentary Fellowship Program in China

Applications for the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research’s National Parliamentary Fellowship Program in China have just opened. The program sends 2 Australians annually to Beijing, where they are hosted by Peking University and work with local politicians for a…

Reading Cai Yuanpei

Invitation to Join Masterclass with Peter Zarrow Professor Peter Zarrow, one of the world’s leading historians of modern China, will be conducting a masterclass using a selection of readings by Cai Yuanpei (1968-1940). The masterclass will held in the China…

Uyghur Nation

The Melbourne launch of David Brophy’s new book Uyghur Nation 2.00pm-3.30pm Friday 6 May 2016 Education Boardroom ED2-318 Bundoora Campus, La Trobe University The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for Central…