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Crosscurrents
5 August 2022

In May 2022, Australia elected its most diverse Federal Parliament, with increased numbers of women, First Nation Australians, and Australians of non-European backgrounds. Yet, there is still much work to be done, not only in Australia. In Asia, the Pacific and globally, men continue to dominate political institutions, with minorities absent, underrepresented or marginalised. How do we strive for better political leadership—be that in Parliaments or grassroots political action and everything in between? How do we deepen understanding of over and underrepresentation in political leadership, and do something about it?

These were some of the fundamental questions posed at a signature workshop held from 13 to 15 July 2022—
Gender and Cultural Diversity in Politics: Australia, Asia and the Pacific, led by CHL's Associate Professor Tanya Jakimow. 
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On 17 August 2022, ANU will play host to the official book launch of The Translator’s Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin's Dream and David Hawkes' Stone. This book by CHL's Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Languages, Dr Shengyu Fan, uses precious primary sources to decipher a master translator’s art in Stone, a brilliant English translation of the most famous Chinese classic novel, Dream. We spoke with Dr Fan recently about this milestone and achievement and learned more about his labour of love. Read More


Every 9th of August, the world celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to raise our voices for the rights of the indigenous communities in the world. Ahead of this special occasion, we hear from CHL PhD alumnus Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman, who in 2021 was awarded the prestigious 2021 Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award in New Zealand, supporting him to work on a comparative study of Indigenous experiences of settler colonialism in Aotearoa and the United States. Read More
Video Spotlight

Pastoralists, Zoonotic Diseases, and the Anthropocene across Inner Asia
By Natasha Fijn


"IN THIS AGE OF the Anthropocene, as humans overuse landscapes and resources, we are placing increasing pressure on the species with whom we share complex, multispecies ecologies. The flow-on effects from a changing climate have led to unexpected consequences, including the emergence, or re-emergence, of lethal diseases." 

CHL Research Fellow Dr Natasha Fijn discusses how climate change has led to a re-emergence of ancient zoonotic (Virus crossing from both domestic and wild mammalian species into humans) diseases and impacted herding communities across the Mongolian Plateau. There are also implications for the emergence and widespread of diseases, such as COVID-19. Watch Video | Read Article
In the News

Special Address by President Zelenskyy - ANU

The ANU Centre for European Studies and the entire community at ANU were honoured to witness a special address by His Excellency President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, on 3 August 2022. President Zelenskyy spoke live via video link from Ukraine to an audience of across 20 Australian universities, including an audience of students and dignitaries gathered at Llewellyn Hall, Canberra. 

Watch this rare and remarkable address that was not only heart wrenching but also incredibly inspiring. 

Hay fever season arrives in Canberra

You’ve probably still got the tissues out as you fight off the flu, but be just be prepared to keep them nearby as hay fever season has officially begun in Canberra.

Pollen forecasters recorded the first ‘High’ level reading of the season just over a week ago.



CHL's Professor Simon Haberle said this is just the start of things to come. Despite still being in the depths of winter, Simon insists this is usually the time of year when Canberra’s pollen levels start to increase.
Events

Anthropology Seminar Series 2022 
25 July–25 October 2022, 3:00pm–4:00pm


The cross-campus seminar series in anthropology has returned with a new set of seminars!
Check out the lineup on the event websiteThese seminars are online, free and open to all, with no registration required. You can join the seminars via Zoom.

Next up is a special, in-person seminar on 9 August 4:30pm-5:30pmGeontologies & Four Axioms of Existence, Where to Begin? (Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology & Gender Studies, Columbia University). 

Translation in Asia: Voyage, Infrastructures, and
Dissemination of Thoughts

15 August 2022, 10:00am–12:00pm

CHL's Associate Professor Ruth Barraclough and Dr Ying Xin Show will participate at the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School 2022 on the theme of translation in this mini lecture series. 

How did language, culture, and thoughts travel in Asia and globally in the 20th and 21st century, and what kinds of mechanisms and infrastructures existed to make translation (im)possible?


Register
here.

The Boundless Radiance of Mao Zedong Thought Shines Throughout the Whole World
16 August 2022, 5:30pm–57:00pm

The word "Maoism" is often a popular term used to describe radicalism, iconoclasm, and even one's blind obedience to a charismatic autocratic leader. What is Maoism and how did it become such a global phenomenon? What form did Maoism take outside China? Join this fascinating book talk and panel discussion featuring
CHL's Dr Matthew Galway and Associate Professor Ruth Barraclough

Register
here.

The Translator’s Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin’s Dream and David Hawkes’ Stone
17 August 2022, 3:00pm–5:00pm

CHL presents the launch of The Translator’s Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin's Dream and David Hawkes' Stone


CHL's Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Languages, Dr Shengyu Fan uses precious primary sources to decipher a master translator’s art in Stone, a brilliant English translation of the most famous Chinese classic novel, Dream

Register
here.

ACT Japanese Speech Contest 2022
Entries Now Open

27 August 2022, 10:30am–1:00pm




ANU, in association with the Japan Foundation, will play host to the annual ACT Japanese Language Speech Contest, virtually. Now in its 52nd year, this contest aims to encourage Senior Secondary & Tertiary Japanese language learners to showcase their language skills in a challenging context. 

Up for grabs as the first prize in the nationals is a return ticket to Japan! 


To enter the contest or to attend as a guest, register here.

Iumi tok stori fastaem: findings from a recent survey of cave sites in western Solomon Islands and reflections about navigating between spaces of Indigeneity and archaeological research
31 August 2022, 12:00am–1:00pm

In the third installment of the CHL 2022 Murrindyarr-yaba Seminar Series, Dr Charles Radclyffe contextualises the findings of a recent three-week field survey of cave sites on Wagina, western Solomon Islands, and the presenter’s broader archaeological and anthropological research within theoretical and moral discussions about Indigeneity and the politics of knowledge production.


Register here.

2022 Indonesia Update
16–17 September 2022, various timings

CHL's Emeritus Professor Kathryn Robinson and Dr Eva Nisa will present at this year's Indonesia Update, on the theme, Gender equality and diversity in Indonesia: identifying progress and challenges. This update will reflect on the 20 years since the last Indonesia Update on gender, bring to the centre stage gender relations in Indonesia, and present an overview of the political, economic, social, and cultural progress and barriers in achieving gender equality and diversity.

To register and for more information on the theme and the program click here.

CoEDL End of Centre Event
28–30 September 2022, various timings

Join the CoEDL community for three full days at the Shine Dome in Canberra to celebrate the end-of-centre event for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language

Since 2014, CoEDL has worked to investigate, support and transform the language sciences. With CoEDL winding down in late 2022, this event will reflect on the achievements of Centre's investigations, the lessons learned, and the future avenues for linguistics research.

To register and for more information on the program, click 
here.
Event Spotlight
In September 2022, a new three-year research project will be starting up at ANU entitled ‘Body, language, and socialisation across cultures’(BLS). Headed by Emeritus Professor Alan Rumsey, with funding from the Australian Research Council, the project aims to advance the understanding of how people learn languages, and in the process become socialised into particular cultures and communities.

In the lead-up to the BLS project, the
Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) recently held an open conference at ANU on the more general topic of ‘Sign, gesture and communicative multimodal modality in cross-cultural perspective’.

Here's a glimpse from the conference!
Expressions of Interest

EOI: Cultural Creativity and Research in Asia and the Pacific Project Manager
Closing Date: 15 August 2022


We seek an HDR candidate or advanced postgraduate student to serve as a project manager for the
School of Culture, History & Language’s 2022 Flagship, Cultural Creativity and Research in Asia and the Pacific. The flagship will consist of short workshops offered throughout the year where researchers come together to experiment with non-traditional research methods, plus one daylong creative research training retreat in November at Mt. Stromlo.

Indicative workshop themes may involve film-making, map-making, drawing, weaving, or building. A project manager will be responsible for organising the calendar of events in collaboration with CHL academics, booking rooms, corresponding with external participants, preparing publicity, managing registrations, and other related tasks. Depending on skills and interest, the project manager may also play a role in documenting the events and creating digital snapshots for the CHL website or other venues. 
 
We are looking for a candidate who is excited about non-traditional research methods, has good communication and organisational skills, and enjoys working with diverse academics across disciplines. This appointment will be at ANU Level 6 Step 1. We anticipate 60 hours of work in this role across 6-9 months, with a good deal of flexibility in the specific working hours. 
 
To express interest, please send a brief email introducing yourself to
Associate Professor Shameem Black at shameem.black@anu.edu.au, along with your CV. Applicants should all hold Australian working rights and, if an HDR candidate, have discussed applying for this role with your supervisor.  

EOIs are due by 15 August 2022. 
Congratulations!


Congratulations to Saidalavi P.C. for completing his PhD earlier this month! Here's what his supervisors, Professor Assa Doron and Associate Professor Ronit Ricci, had to say about Said's achievement: 

"Please join us in congratulating Said, who has successfully passed his PhD with flying colours! All three examiners found the thesis to be empirically rich and theoretically insightful. Said's thesis focused on Muslim barbers in Malabar, south India over a period of roughly 70 years since the 1950s.

Said examined the barber community in depth, looking at kinship relations, patronage, education, marriage, and occupational traits, amongst others. The wider contribution of the thesis was about South Asian hierarchical formations, which needed to be liberated from the straightjackets of a Dumontian cultural and analytical framework. It argued that casting Muslim hierarchical structures as a residue of the Hindu caste system was empirically and politically misleading. The thesis was based on archival material and fieldwork of the values and relations that informed such hierarchies, which could not be reduced to Hindu ritual economies and historical vestiges.  
 
Assa Doron and Ronit Ricci co-supervised the thesis, with Robin Jeffrey and Matt Tomlinson as members of the PhD panel. We would also like to thank Etsuko and the HDR team for their assistance during what was (and remains) a challenging time for PhD students.
 
Fieldwork is challenging and rewarding at the best of times, Said (like others in his PhD cohort) was faced with added challenges during the long and unexpected grip of Covid-19. Repeated lockdowns in Australia and India made it even more difficult.

For this reason, Said completed writing up the thesis in India, where he could join his family in those trying times. Please join us in congratulating Said and wishing him well for his onward journey.

Said has already secured a lecturer’s  job in anthropology in one of India’s top universities, Shiv Nadar University, which he will commence this month. Well done and congrats! 
Just Published

Ecosystem transformation following the mid-nineteenth century cessation of Aboriginal fire management in Cape Pillar, Tasmania

CHL's Dr Matthew Adeleye and Professor Simon Haberle use palaeoecology, aerial imagery and historical account in their new study to reveal ecosystem transformation following the cessation of Indigenous land use in the Tasman Peninsula.
Opportunities

Second Round: 2022 Indigenous Professional Staff Grants Program (IPSGP)


Closing 12 August 2022, 5pm

Indigenous Professional Staff Grants will be for Colleges, Schools, Service Divisions or other ANU academic or administrative units for activities that contribute to Indigenous employment outcomes. Grants of up to $50,000 (to be matched by local areas) are available for initiatives that support the growth of ANU career pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander professional staff.

Click
here for more information.

Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Deadline: 15 September 2022

Undertake collaborative research with faculty in the arts, humanities and social sciences at ANU with this award. The Distinguished Scholar also will engage with faculty, staff and students through guest lectures, seminars, and one-on-one interactions and will explore long-term collaborations and institutional linkages between her/his home institution and ANU.


Click here for details. 
Important Announcement on CHL Publications

We have a new functional mailbox dedicated to all
publications-related submissions and queries.

Going forward, please address any emails for CHL
publications to
publications.chl@anu.edu.au.

We will no longer be using
communicate.chl@anu.edu.au for this purpose.
WHS Corner
ANU still requires that masks be worn indoors for the foreseeable future. You can take your mask off only when:
 
•    You hold a medical exemption.

•    You're alone in a workspace or sitting or standing at your desk that is 1.5 metres
      away from any other person.

•    You're teaching; if required to ensure good communication and you are 
     comfortable doing so. You must remain at the front of the class at least 1.5
     metres away from  others.

•    You're communicating with someone who is deaf or hard of hearing where
      visibility of the mouth is essential for communication.

•    You're consuming food, drink or medicine

•    You are undertaking vigorous exercise

•    In an emergency
 
If you are interested in supporting the work and research of our School, you can now donate to the School of Culture, History & Language fund here.
Reconciliation Australia News and Publications

Reconciliation Australia is the lead body for reconciliation in Australia. They inspire and build relationships, respect and trust between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians. 
You can access relevant publications of Reconciliation Australia here.

We aspire to take your stories and experiences to the wider audience, be it at CHL, CAP, ANU or even beyond. And who better to tell these stories than the people at the heart of it?

We want to hear from you about your research, study, observations, field experiences and lots more! You can share these in any form you like, either through an article, a feature, prose or poetry, through images and captions, and even phone videos. Alternatively, have a conversation with us and we can help write your stories for you.

Let’s collaborate. Reach out and keep us informed! Email communicate.chl@anu.edu.au.

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