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Crosscurrents
19 August 2022

 “Out of adversity comes opportunity” – Benjamin Franklin
Some wise words, like these, never go out of fashion and ring true no matter what age we’re in. A true ambassador of this motto is
Dr Ben Shaw from the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) at CHL, who has, in recent times, been instrumental in going against the tide to create ripples and make waves in the world of field research and Indigenous community knowledge exchange. His latest endeavour is the Papua New Guinea Archaeology Field School, scheduled for September 2022. We spoke with him about this exciting initiative. Read More


Five years ago, in 2017, a somewhat apprehensive Melbournian, CHL's Nick Pudney, took the bus from Canberra airport through to Civic, wondering if he’d perhaps been too steadfast about his decision to study a Bachelor of Political Science at ANU—Canberra was definitely not how he’d pictured it!
However, soon after arriving, he knew he’d made the right choice.
Read More
In the News

Businesses weighing up the risks associated with exporting to China

ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt was recently part of this ABC 7.30 story, talking about Australian universities and international education.

Our VC commented that "There’s a lot of competition out there in global market and this is a good reminder that we are Australia’s only national university and have our place on the world stage." 

The Whimsy and Wisdom of Lao Shu, in a Summer of Discontent


CHL's Professor Geremie R. Barmé writes, "Lao Shu is the nom de plume of Liu Shuyong (劉樹勇, 1962-), a Beijing-based artist, writer, critic and professor in communications. His artistic voice is unique and personal, its tenor, whimsy and profundity evoke what for decades we have called ‘The Other China’ — a cultural noosphere that is as undeniably local as it is universal."
Event Showcase

The Translator’s Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin’s Dream and David Hawkes’ Stone: Dr Shengyu Fan Book Launch

On 17 August, we hosted 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.

Here's a glimpse of this amazing celebration of Fan's labour of love,
a culmination of 20 years of intricate work.
Media Gallery
Video Spotlight

Murrindyarr-yaba Seminar Series
Wemba Wamba Yumerraki: An immersive approach to research


The recording of the debut seminar from the signature CHL Murrindyarr-yaba Seminar Series, hosted by the CHL Murrindyarr-yaba ECR Collective, just went live. If you missed the discussion before, you can watch it now. 

CHL's Dr Jennifer (Jen) Mason speaks about her research, which aims to take audiences on an immersive journey, gathering oral histories and experiencing culture, as she pieces together Wemba Wamba songlines and yumerraki (dreaming stories).
Watch the Video
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.

The Conquest of Hazaristan
26 August 2022, 12:00pm–1:00pm

The persecution of the Hazaras of Afghanistan, one of many ethnic groups who call modern Afghanistan home, has historical antecedents
Find out more at the next Mongolia Institute Seminar where
 CHL PhD Candidate Namatullah Kadrie will present his perspectives.

Register here.

ACT Japanese Speech Contest 2022
Entries Now Open

27 August 2022, 10:30am–1:00pm
Contestant Registration closes on 20 August!


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! 


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.

ANU Open Day
3 September 2022, 5:00pm (AEST)

Want to study a language of the Asia-Pacific region? Want to upskill with an undergraduate or postgraduate program? Or want to explore short courses and programs to help you get that added edge in your career? If you’re searching for answers, you’re in the right place. Come and chat with us at ANU Open Day 2022!

For more information and to register, click
 here.

Sydney Corpus Lab seminar: Language and Individuals Affect Typological Variation: A Cross-Linguistic Corpus Approach
9 September 2022, 5:00pm (AEST)


CHL's Dr Danielle Barth from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) will present her perspectives at this online guest lecture for the Sydney Corpus Lab. 

For more information and access to the Zoom link, click 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.
Just Published
Made in China Journal: Volume 7, Issue 1, 2022

Edited by Ivan Franceschini, Nicholas Loubere and CHL's Matthew Galway, this edition explores the workings of nostalgia in people’s memories and spaces in China from a variety of perspectives to uncover how and why admirers of the Maoist and post-socialist eras express their longings for pasts real, imagined, and somewhere in between.
Congratulations!


Congratulations to Victor Fong for completing his PhD (Law, Subjecthood, and State Control in Early Tang (618-755)) earlier this month!
Here's what his supervisors, CHL’s Mark Strange and Esther Klein, and Tam Ka Chai from Hong Kong Baptist University had to say about Victor's achievement: 


"Victor deserves our warmest congratulations on the recent award of his doctorate. His thesis, Law, subjecthood, and state control in early Tang (618-755), examines how the medieval Chinese state sought to control its diverse populations through legal and administrative measures.

Victor approached this technically demanding and analytically nuanced project from an historical perspective. His examiners complemented him for making ‘an important intervention in the scholarly literature about Tang history’. They commented in particular on the ‘novel approach’ that he adopted to an issue that ‘has been a subject of some debate in recent years’. Yet the relevance of many of Victor’s basic arguments also extends beyond the purely historical: they have contemporary resonance. Victor is well placed to develop his contributions to both historical and contemporary commentary on these themes and we look forward to seeing how he does so in the years ahead.  
 
Due to constraints imposed by the pandemic, Victor completed his thesis in his hometown of Hong Kong. In doing so, his own situation echoed of the subject of his thesis, which focused heavily on restrictions to cross-border travel. Victor remains in Hong Kong: he currently holds a post at Lingnan University. This has already given him an institutional foundation from which to explore his varied interests, from legal history to contemporary statecraft, in the context of the classroom.

Well done and congrats! 
Opportunities

Undisciplining the Disciplines:
An International Graduate Symposium
 
Call for Papers
(
Closing 31 August 2022)

In recent decades, interdisciplinarity has become firmly established as an essential element of the academic landscape.Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea is calling for papers as part of their preparations for this international graduate student symposium, which will explore the promises, challenges and pitfalls of interdisciplinarity in all its forms.

For enquiries and submissions, email udd.bk21@gmail.com.

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
If you are working on campus before 8am or after 6pm, on weekends and/or public holidays, please use the WorkAlone function in the ANUOk app. You can find a short guide on how to use this function here.
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.

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