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Myanmar New Year Water Festival
Myanmar New Year Water Festival
10 April 2024

A Splash of Culture and Tradition: ‘Thingyan’ or the Myanmar New Year Water Festival

Presenting the amazing traditions and tales of the Myanmar New Year...
Burning pamphlet
Photo by Phoe Thar
Fri, 21 Jul - Sat, 22 Jul 2023

2023 Myanmar Update - From Coup to Revolution

The 2023 Myanmar Update aims to understand, celebrate, and explicate the Myanmar people’s resistance to the 1 February 2021 coup.

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Cherry Blossoms in Korea
Fri, 22 Sep 2023

2023 Korea Update - "Remaking South Korea"

The ANU Korea Update is the University’s flagship annual conference on Korea.

Malaysia Pakatan Harapan Rally
Mon, 20 Mar - Tue, 21 Mar 2023

ANU Malaysia Update 2023

ANU Malaysia Update 2023 - 25 years of Reformasi: A Critical Reflection

Image: Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson, Untitled, 2016. acrylic on Belgian linen, 151 x 244 cm. ANU Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Craig Edwards in memory of Edmund Charles Edwards and Alan Edmund Edwards, teachers, 2018. Photo by Rob Little. Courtesy the artist and Yanda Art, Alice Springs.
Image: Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson, Untitled, 2016. acrylic on Belgian linen, 151 x 244 cm. ANU Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Craig Edwards in memory of Edmund Charles Edwards and Alan Edmund Edward
Mon, 13 Nov - Fri, 17 Nov 2023

Weaving The Mat: Indigenous Diplomacy - Executive Education Course

This Executive Education course has been postponed, due to circumstances beyond our control, until April 2024.

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From North Maluku to Canberra: Presiden Tidore aka Bams Conoras Live!
From North Maluku to Canberra: Presiden Tidore aka Bams Conoras Live!
Tue, 14 May 2024

From North Maluku to Canberra: Presiden Tidore aka Bams Conoras Live!

Presiden Tidore a.k.a Bams Conoras is a hip-hop artist from Tidore Island in North Maluku, Indonesia. 

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Children on the street image by Bernard Spragg.NG on Flickr
Image by Bernard Spragg.NG on Flickr
06 October 2023

Southeast Asia Institute Student Essay Prize 2023

The Inaugural Southeast Asia Institute Student Essay Prize 2023 recognises the best academic essay by an undergraduate, Honours or Masters student from any discipline at the ANU.
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Australian First Nations art and culture
Wed, 31 May 2023

Guided tour of Australian First Nations art and culture

We are delighted to invite you to a guided tour showcasing the work of Australian First Nations artists currently on display in the ANU HC Coombs Building.
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Photo Credit: Mauk Kham Wah
Fri, 21 Jul - Thu, 10 Aug 2023

Art Exhibition: How to quantify FEAR?

Art Exhibition: How to quantify FEAR?

By Filmmaker M, Photographer Mauk Kham Wah, and Artist Mayco Naing

Soldier's room
Thu, 20 Jul 2023

Myanmar Research Centre HDR & ECR Workshop 2023

Call for applications - Workshop for PhDs & ECRs

Workshop for graduate research students and early career researchers

Painting of the last imperial conference by Shirokawa Ichirō
Painting of the last imperial conference by Shirokawa Ichirō
Tue, 7 May 2024

A reconsideration of Japan’s delayed surrender in World War II

The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series showcases cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars based primarily in Australia and Japan.

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Rani Dwi Putri (Photo Supplied)
Rani Dwi Putri (Photo Supplied)
29 June 2023

Meet Rani Dwi Putri: CHL’s M Phil Superstar

“ANU is the ‘best home’ for doing research, particularly in my field study; besides, I found the best supervisor right here.”
Silver Screens and Golden Dreams
Silver Screens and Golden Dreams
Thu, 18 Apr 2024

Book Party - Silver Screens and Golden Dreams

Book Party - Silver Screens and Golden Dreams: A Social History of Burmese Cinema

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Film Poster of the documentary Hulagway
Alvin Yapan
Thu, 6 Jun 2024

ANU Philippines Institute Film Screening: Hulagway (Images)

This two-part documentary drama features the endangered Indigenous Philippine languages of the Dupaninan Agta in Isabela and the Tandulanen Tagbanua in Palawan.

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Leila Salikha Chudori
Leila Salikha Chudori
Thu, 2 May 2024

Tony and Yohanni Johns Lecture 2024: The Question of Truth 

The Question of Truth 

In this lecture, Leila Salikha Chudori will reflect on the political nature of history writing in Indonesia under authoritarianism.

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ACT Japanese Speech Contest 2023
ACT Japanese Speech Contest 2023
Sat, 19 Aug 2023

ACT Japanese Speech Contest 2023

The ANU, in association with the Japan Foundation, will once again host the annual ACT Japanese Language Speech Contest.

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Living Art: Indonesian Artists Engage Politics, Society and History
Thu, 3 Aug 2023

Book Launch - Living Art

Living Art: Indonesian artists engage politics, society and history

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Exploring Themes in Korean Young Adult Fiction Through <Pa-int> 페인트
Exploring Themes in Korean Young Adult Fiction Through <Pa-int> 페인트
Thu, 9 May 2024

Exploring Themes in Korean Young Adult Fiction Through <Pa-int> 페인트

Author Book Talk and Open Class, presented by ANU School of Culture, History & Language, the ANU Korea Institute and Changbi Publishers

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Japanese settler women hoe soy in Manchuria (Manchukuo)
Japanese settler women hoe soy in Manchuria (Manchukuo): Courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Wed, 22 May 2024

Women's voices from the end of the Japanese Empire

The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series showcases cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars based primarily in Australia and Japan.

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Cherry blossoms and temple
Image by Xianyu-hao-unsplash2
Thu, 15 Feb 2024

Japan Studies Postgraduate Workshop

Call for Applications - Japan Studies Postgraduate Workshop

Application deadline:  Friday 26 January 2024

THWD
Tue, 11 Apr - Fri, 14 Apr 2023

To Hell With Drowning 2023

CONFERENCE CONVENORS & SPONSORS

This conference is organised and convened by

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Man reading newspaper beside street
Man reading newspaper beside street on Unsplash
Fri, 1 Dec 2023

‘Translating South Asia’ with Booker Prize Winner Daisy Rockwell

This special India Update Event participation is by prior registration only, both for in-person and online-attendance.
 

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Speakers
Tue, 16 Jul 2024

Indigenous Rights at the UN

Panelists will explore the challenges and opportunities afforded by the UN system to Indigenous peoples, especially concerning rights and recognition.

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Dr Hirata and Dr King
Fri, 10 May 2024

The Soviets and Nationalists in Manchuria: Development and International Order in Post-Manchukuo Northeast China, 1945-1948

China, Development and International Order Seminar Series

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Time management in colonial Korea
Wed, 26 Jul 2023

Coercion and Conversion: Time Management in Colonial Korea

Professorial Lecture Series 

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ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series
ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series
Fri, 17 Nov 2023

The reintroduction of the Mongolian script in Mongolia

ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series 2023

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Myanmar Update Series cover 2021
Myanmar Update Series cover 2021
Sat, 22 Jul 2023

Book Launch - Reflecting on Myanmar in Crisis: the 2021 Myanmar Update in Writing

She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen
She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen
26 February 2024

A Javanese cry from the heart

Honorary Professor George Quinn’s latest book is the world's first-ever anthology of modern Javanese fiction in English translation.
Korean Womans Union's demonstration to eliminate the gender wage gap
Photo by Ji-hyun Na, Chairperson of the Korean Women's Trade Union
Wed, 7 Feb 2024

The increase of ultra-short-time workers in Korea

The increase of ultra-short-time workers and the spread of 'Fragmented Work' in Korea 

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ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series
ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series
Wed, 27 Mar 2024

Two presentations: ‘Mongolian commentator Hasibao’ and ‘Reinterpreting Hasbuu literary perspectives’

ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series 2024

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Wed, 15 Nov 2023

Queering Japanese boy Band and homosociality

The ANU Japan Institute Seminar Series showcases cutting-edge research by leading and emerging scholars based primarily in Australia and Japan.

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Tony and Yohanni Johns
Thu, 29 Sep 2022

The Inaugural Tony and Yohanni Johns Lecture

Restoring Religious and Cultural Complexity to the Study of Southeast Asian Islam.

Delivered by Emeritus Professor Greg Fealy.