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Countering COVID: Innovation in Australia-Indonesia education
While the shift to online programs might be unprecedented, adaptability and resilience in Australia-Indonesia educational partnerships is nothing new.

Former ASAA President honoured by Emperor of Japan
Former President of the ASAA, Emeritus Professor Purnendra Jain, has been awarded the highest Japanese honour open to an academic. In a ceremony held in

EU鈥檚 Show of Strong Commitment is Needed for ASEAN Strategic Partnership
Notwithstanding the consensus between European Union (EU) and ASEAN to upgrade inter-regional relations into a strategic partnership in December 2020, the Munich Security Conference (MSC)

鈥楾oo foreign, difficult and suspicious鈥: Discourses of Chinese language learning in Australia
One effect of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the development of significant diplomatic tensions between China, the world鈥檚 second largest economy, and various 鈥橶estern鈥

The students who are left behind: pandemic-induced gap year in the Philippines
In the Philippines, it was reported that for school year 2020-2021 (鈥渢he pandemic school year鈥) around three (3) million learners opted not to enroll or

In the Shadow of the Palms: Plant-Human Relations Among the Marind-Anim, West Papua – Sophie Chao, John Legge Thesis Prize Winner
Can you tell us a bit about your thesis. What鈥檚 the problem it explores and what did you find? My thesis, In the Shadow of

Seizing the moment: The 鈥淛ob-ready Graduates Package鈥 as an opportunity to increase language enrolments at Australian universities
Earlier this month a fresh round of commentary kicked off regarding the failure of the long-term cultural and public policy project of fostering the sustained

From Asian Engagement to the New 鈥楥old War鈥: 黑料社区 in Crisis
The recent decision by La Trobe and Murdoch Universities to discontinue the study of Hindi and Indonesia underlines the challenges that confront those teaching and

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Mark McLelland (1966鈥2020)
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Mark McLelland (1966鈥2020) Sociologist and cultural historian of Japan, Mark McLelland, passed away on 18 November 2020 in Wollongong, New South

Interview 鈥 In-depth analysis of the Hong Kong security law and its implications
On June 30, the most powerful part of the Chinese government, the Standing Committee of the National People鈥檚 Congress, passed, with immediate effect, the Law
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