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Crosscurrents
14 October 2022
Immersia: Engaging with the Pacific and Asia
A Flagship Festival of Multicultural Celebration

Calling all performers from the
Asian, Pacific and Indigenous Community...


Are you interested in showcasing your cultural traditions and talent at "Immersia", a multiday festival from 1
December 2022? Applications are open now! 

Register your interest
here.

Researchers, including Laureate Fellow CHL's Professor Sue O’Connor, are in a race against time, and some of the roughest terrain on Earth, to document ancient art in the bark of Australia’s boab trees. After more than two years of fieldwork, the research team from The Australian National University (ANU), The University of Western Australia and University of Canberra, working alongside five Traditional Owners, found 12 trees with carvings. Read More

Language is diverse, dynamic and ever-evolving, and for the past eight years, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) has been deeply focused on understanding why the world’s languages are designed so differently—and how our minds acquire and exploit them to achieve different outcomes—to help generate important scientific insights and exciting new technologies. Now, as the Centre comes to a close, we look at the legacy it's leaving behind for research excellence and thought leadership in the language sciences. Read More

Raise a hand – or better yet, a leg – if you own a pair of yoga pants. Marketed largely to women in Western countries, these items began to appear after yoga became a globalized mainstream practice in the 1990s. Yoga pants are so successful because they are deeply invested in the utopian promise – and perhaps the neoliberal trap – of middle-class feminine flexibility. CHL's Associate Professor Shameem Black deconstructs the yoga pant as part of a workshop conducted at ANU, reflecting on the contradictory forces of globalised neoliberal life to which yoga pants so powerfully respond. Getting so literal with fabrics, textures, and threads allowed us to explore their hidden metaphors. Read More
Field School Showcase
 Papua New Guinea Archaeology Field School 2022

This unique opportunity was developed by Dr Ben Shaw to involve students from the Australian National and the University of Papua New Guinea in cutting-edge archaeological research on Panaeati Island in the visually stunning island province of Milne Bay. Participants were hosted by the local community and stayed together in Lolou village. Over the course of 2.5 weeks, they excavated a 4,500-year-old habitation site to reveal new information about a poorly understood but very significant time of innovation and interaction in the human past.

Here's a glimpse into the amazing adventures of the crew! 
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In the News

ABC Pacific Beat With Prianka Srinivasan 



CHL's Professor Geoffrey Clark and PhD Candidate Phillip Parton recently spoke with ABC Pacific Beat about their latest research, which shows that Tonga's population declined by nearly 90 per cent after Europeans made contact back in the late 1700s.   

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile over Japan
Afternoons with Sofie Formica, Nine Radio, 4BC882 NewsTalk

CHL Visiting Fellow Dr Leonid Petrov recently spoke with Sofie Formica about North Korea's missile launches this year. This is Pyongyang’s fifth launch in a week after the US, South Korea and Japan staged trilateral anti-submarine exercises last week.

Indonesian Muslims living in Australia: how did the Bali Bomb impact them?

CHL's Emeritus Professor Kathryn Robinson examines the impact of the Bali bombings on the Indonesian Muslim community in Australia. 

Contrasting memories of Japanese colonisation in Korea and Taiwan

The North & South still have a deep resentment towards Japan, but Taiwan doesn't. Why? CHL's Professor Kyung Moon Hwang and Asia historian Dr Lewis Mayo examine the ongoing legacy of Japanese colonization. 

My Stories of Struggle: Anchoring the ‘Personal’ in a Production - 
Preoccupied with the ‘Propriety’ of ‘Science’

The Familiar Strange



CHL PhD Candidate Mamta Sachan Kumar explores the very personal aspects of research as a tool of social self-discovery.

ANU Associate Professor speaks to Cowra CWA

CHL's Associate Professor Dr Tanya Jakimow recently joined the Cowra CWA as a guest speaker. 

She shared her insights and perspectives on "Making Community: diversity and political representation in NSW Councils".


Congratulations to
Associate Professor McComas Taylor
, who has 
just been elected Secretary General of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies, the peak global body for the discipline of Sanskrit. Well done! 

Congratulations to
CHL Hsiao-chun Hung 
for being awarded the 
HDR Supervisor of the Month! 

Podcast Feature


Hosted by Dr. Antonia Ruppel, this podcast series features in-depth explorations into the field of Sanskrit Studies via candid conversations and interviews with scholars of Sanskrit across the disciplines of Indology, Linguistics, Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, and more. In this episode, CHL Alum and Visiting Fellow Patrick McCartney speaks at length on his work with Sanskrit, in Sanskrit in the World.
Video Spotlight

Murrindyarr-yaba Seminar Series
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
 
The recording of the third 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 Charles J. T. Radclyffe presents a summary of findings from a survey of cave sites on Wagina, and contextualises these findings and his broader archaeological and anthropological research within theoretical and moral discussions about Indigeneity and the politics of knowledge production. Watch 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 website

These seminars are online, free and open to all, with no registration required. You can join the seminars via Zoom.

Lu Yang's Screen Bodies
29 August–16 December 2022, 9am–5pm

Screen Bodies is a solo exhibition by Lu Yang, one of the most highly acclaimed new media artists in China today. Part of a generation of artists who grew up with digital technologies, Lu Yang works in a range of digital forms from motion capture performances to video games, 3D animation, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

Patriotic marriage: eugenics, colonial intimacy and the politics of the marital family in the Japanese empire, 1931–1945
14 October 2022, 3:00pm–4:30pm

This PhD Thesis Proposal Review (TPR) introduces CHL PhD Candidate Alison Darby's doctoral research on the politics of the marital family in metropolitan Japan and its two major formal colonies, Taiwan and Korea, from 1931 to 1945.


Click here for more information.

ANU 2022 Korean Showcase Night: Celebrate Korea
14 October 2022, 6:00pm–8:30pm

From K-Pop dance performances to Taekwondo demonstrations, this evening will be packed full of exciting events and activities. We would love to see as many Korean studies and language students there, as well as anyone with interest in Korean culture! We can guarantee a night full of Korean food, fun, and a fantastic time!


Click here to register. 

Visiting Fellows Dinner
18 October 2022
6:00pm–8:00pm (AEST)

 
The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) invites Visiting Fellows to the October Visiting Fellows Dinner with ANU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brian P. Schmidt AC. It is an opportunity to welcome Visiting Fellows across campus and encourage  further engagement with the ANU academic community. 

Some of our Deans, Directors and distinguished and early career researchers will also attend and provide a rich exchange of interdisciplinary ideas. 


Register here.

Annual Freilich Lecture, feat. Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko
19 October 2022, 6:00pm

The Freilich Project is pleased to announce that His Excellency, Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko will be giving this year's Freilich Lecture in Bigotry and Tolerance. This year's lecture is held in partnership with the ANU's Centre for European Studies.

Each year, the Freilich Lecture invites speakers from different professions to present on the theme of bigotry, its history, causes, impacts and solutions. 


Register here.

CHL School Forum
21 October 2022, 12:30pm–2:00pm

Colleagues at CHL are invited to the upcoming School Forum.

At this month's forum, we will be covering topics including the 2023 School Review progress, WHS, ANU Travel, International SOS, updates on research, education and HDR, and more.

Please do not attend in person if you are feeling unwell or experiencing symptoms of COVID. 


The Zoom details can be found in the email invitation shared with you.

Countering Women under Colonialism in Korean Historical Films
21 October 2022, 3:00pm–4:30pm

CHL's Professor Kyung Moon Hwang will speak on one of the remarkable aspects of hallyu films set in the period of Japanese colonial occupation (1910-45): the prominence of leading female characters. The most accomplished cinematic depictions feature such women in tandem; contrasting, mirroring, interchangeable, or dual (or duelling) females who elaborate on the meaning of resistance, independence, and freedom in the face of (gendered) destiny.

Register here.

Tones and Hanzi (汉字): Pedagogy of modern Chinese Language Education
 
7, 9 & 14 November 2022; various timings

Part of the 2022 CHL Flagship Program, this thematic series of three distinct Roundtable discussions addresses two of the most challenging teaching and learning points of Chinese as a foreign language: tones (shengdiao) and characters (Hanzi). 

The series consists of three separate Roundtables:

Teaching tones 7 November  
Teaching Hanzi 9 November 
An e-Hanzi class 14 November 
 

Click here for more information on each Roundtable. 

LCNAU Seventh Biennial Colloquium: Looking back, moving forward: New directions and challenges in languages and cultures 
28–30 November 2022
4:30pm–6:00pm (AEST)


The Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) addresses some of the big issues confronting the discipline of languages and cultures within the Australian tertiary sector. This year’s event provides academics, scholars and educators with the opportunity to reflect on the changes, challenges and innovations that have occurred since its first national colloquium in 2011. Early bird rates are available until 3 October 2022. 


Register here
Opportunities

2022 Chancellor’s and Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Awards Nominations Now Open 
Deadline: Friday, 28 October 2022
 

Nominations are now open for the annual ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Awards and ANU Chancellor’s Awards. These awards are a celebration of the depth and diversity of talent within the ANU staff community and they will provide an opportunity to recognise the achievements of professional and academic staff. This aligns with our core values to celebrate, value and reward our community. 

The Vice-Chancellor Awards and the Chancellor Awards will be presented at the annual celebratory event on Wednesday 30 November 2022.


Please click on the links below for more information, including the criteria and nomination forms: 



ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Awards
ANU Chancellor’s Awards

 

Institute for Water Futures - Applications for 2023 Cultural Residency 
Deadline: Monday, 31 October 2022

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives – including artists, writers, composers, filmmakers, sculptors, performers, and designers – who are interested in pursuing a water-related project are invited to apply for this award. Based loosely on the concept of an artist-in-residence, the cultural residency draws on the process of creating art to foster cross-cultural understanding of Indigenous peoples and cultures. The residency provides the artist with time, space and resources to complete a water-related creative project. 

The program forms part of IWF's mission to support Indigenous leaders and communities to reach their goals around Country, economic development, cultural and ecological conservation and water justice. 


Apply now.
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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