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Crosscurrents
1 April 2022

Earlier this week, on 28 March 2022, ANU Chancellor The Honourable Julie Bishop and Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt were delighted to welcome a delegation led by His Excellency Ankhbayar Nyamdorj, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia, to campusRead more

She’s an environmental scientist, the founder of Mercury Australia, and an early career DECRA Research Fellow at CHL’s Department of Archaeology and Natural History. Dr Larissa Schneider has already taken significant strides in her career, and the most recent feather in her cap is an international award she has just received—the ICMGP (International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant) 2022 Emerging Researcher Award. We spoke with Larissa to congratulate her on this amazing achievement and to catch up with her on her research plans
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 The Menzies Library is the hub of the Library's Asia Pacific-focused services. The Library's holdings of Asian materials are considered to be the most comprehensive among Australian university libraries and are well compared internationally. Many of CHL's academics recently got together with the Menzies team to catch up with each other and remind themselves of the amazing and vast collection of scholarly publications the library is home to. Read more

In the News

Young Papua New Guineans use Tik Tok to teach and preserve their language

Two Papua New Guinean sisters are using Tiktok to teach Enga and their videos have received more than 84,000 views. CHL's Dr Danielle Barth says Tiktok is a great platform to learn a language without many other educative resources.

Moana Toa: Pasifika female leadership series – Professor Katerina Teaiwa

CHL's Professor Katerina Teaiwa features in this series of Moana Toa, an initiative by the Australian Museum's Pasifika Collections and Engagement team, which aims to link Pasifika female leadership to culture and arts.  

Yoga Practitioners And The Unspoken Global Aspirations Of Indian Ethno-Nationalism

CHL Visiting Fellow Patrick McCartney delves into the link(s) between the consumption of yoga-inflected lifestyles and the potential for banal support of a Hindu supremacist ideology. 

More bad news for Canberra's hayfever sufferers after worst season in a decade

CHL Director Professor Simon Haberle comments on the effect that La Niña has had on hay fever suffers in the ACT region so far this year.  
Just Published

 

Beyond the normative: Ambiguity in the making of a South Indian Sufi

CHL PhD candidate PC Saidalavi comments on the power of ethnography to reveal the multiple aspects of everyday religion. 
Events

Anthropology Seminar Series 2022 
28 February–23 May 2022, 3:00pm–4:00pm

The cross-campus seminar series in anthropology is back with in-person meetings (RSSS 2.56) and streaming (no recording) seminars on Zoom. Next up is "Our Bula Spirit Awaits You!" (When Borders Reopen): Indigenous Wellbeing and Romanticised Inequality in Post-COVID Tourism Campaigns (Tarryn Phillips, John Taylor, Edward Narain and Philippa Chandler, Latrobe University) on 
2 May


Join the seminars via Zoom.

Katerina Teaiwa: Project Banaba
5 March–29 May 2022



The works and personal narratives of Banaban scholar and artist, CHL's Professor Katerina Teaiwa, are a travelling multimedia installation commemorating the history of Banaba, also known as Ocean Island in the Moana Pacific. 


The exhibition explores the untold New Zealand phosphate mining history in Banaba Island; and the resilience of the Banaban community in the face of social
and political adversity.

ANU Friends of Sanskrit Seminar: 'What non-Buddhists should know about Buddhism'
5 April 2022 12 noon

Paul Kauffman for four years studied Indian society, culture and religion with Arthur Basham and South Asian languages with Luise Hercus and Jan de Jong. He then spent two years in Rajasthan completing an ANU PhD.

He was the first person to translate most of the King of Deep Meditation Discourse (Samādhirāja Sūtra) into English. 


Find out more and register your interest here.

CHL Welcome Back to Campus Morning Tea
7 April 2022 10:30am–11:30am

The Oceania Working Party's first workshop for 2022 will focus on "Australian South Sea Islander and Melanesian Life-Stories".

This two-hour session will begin with a co-presentation by Dr Melinda Mann and Kim Kruger on doing Australian South Sea Islander and Melanesian biography. This will be followed by Q&A and a critical workshop discussion with participants.


Register here.

Injunctions against “Homosexuality” in the Chinese Bible
7 April 2022 4:00pm–5:30pm

In this talk, CHL's Associate Professor Benjamin Penny will uncover how sexual relations between men have been cited in variations of the Chinese translations of the Bible, including the Letters of Pauls, as well as the Book of Leviticus in the Jewish Bible.

Register here.

Australian South Sea Islander and Melanesian Life-Stories with Melinda Mann and Kim Kruger
21 April 2022 12:00pm–2:00pm

This is the first 2022 workshop for the Oceania Working Party. This two-hour session will begin with a co-presentation by Dr Melinda Mann and Kim Kruger on doing Australian South Sea Islander and Melanesian biography. This will be followed by Q&A and a critical workshop discussion with participants.

Register here.

ESfO Conference 2022: The Oceanic Exchange: disease, depopulation and disruption in the post-contact Pacific
2–5 June 2022

CHL's Dr Christopher Ballard is among the specialists from multiple disciplines to reflect on recent changes in thinking about the scale and impact of depopulation in the Pacific, including a critical review of earlier tendencies to downplay reports of population loss.  



To register and for more information, click here

Gender and Cultural Diversity in Political Leadership in Australia, Asia and the Pacific
13–15 July 2022, 9:00am–7:00pm (plus evening events)


This landmark workshop brings together scholars working on gender and politics across Asia and the Pacific to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue about gender, political leadership and representation. This is an ANU Gender Institute Signature Event, supported by The ANU Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, The Centre for Asian Australian Leadership and CHL.

To register, click
 here
Coomb Tea Room Official Launch
The Coombs Tea Room is finally open! CAP colleagues gathered here last week to celebrate the launch of the room and to catch up with one another over refreshments and drinks. Here's a glimpse of the festive spirit of the day. Check out our image gallery featuring some glimpses of the launch event.
Congratulations


Congratulations to CHL's Ulrike Proske on winning the very richly deserved CAP Dean's Award for Leadership, in recognition of her exemplary work in versatile functions and capabilities, and especially in the Work Health & Safety space. Well done! 
 
Congratulations to the following PhD candidates for completing their PhD examinations recently: 
Opportunities

Tok Pisin Language and Cultural Awareness Micro-credential 
4–8 April 2022



CHL's signature micro-credential in Tok Pisin Language and Cultural Awareness is designed to prepare professionals currently working or expecting to work in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by immersing them in Tok Pisin and gain knowledge of daily life in PNG by way of intensive language training, video footage of real-life situations, and group discussions.

Malaysia-Australia Maritime Exchange Young Scholars
Virtual Fellowships

July 2022–December 2022


The ANU Malaysia Institute is pleased to announce two Virtual Visiting Research Fellowships beginning in July 2022 funded by DFAT to do research on key maritime issues of interest to Australia, Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region.

Deadline: 15 May 2022 
To apply, click here
WHS Corner


International Travel
The ANU has partnered with International SOS to offer ANU staff and HDR
students medical and security advice, referrals, emotional support, and routine and emergency assistance when travelling. International SOS will assist you no matter how big or small your request might be, and we encourage you to call for help any time, day or night. Whether you have lost your wallet, need medical advice or assistance, a referral to a doctor, or require a full-scale evacuation,
International SOS can assist you.
Festive Fun
✓ holi hai free vector eps, cdr, ai, svg vector illustration graphic art
 
Colour, wine and lots of fun! CHL Education's Dipika Nand celebrates
the colourful Indian festival of Holi with friends!  


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.
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