May 2024

Enid Bishop (later Enid Gibson) was actively engaged in the establishment of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) together with other luminaries of the Asian Studies fraternity, A L Basham, Wang Gungwu, John Legge, Tony Reid and Jamie Mackie.[1] The origins of the ASAA go back to the 28 International Congress of Orientalists (ICO) […]

Anne Platt is the Assistant Editor of the Asian Studies Review. In this post, she reflects on the transformation of the Asian Studies Review over the 25 years she has been involved with the journal. Read the other posts in this series celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA here. Tell us about how you became

Louise Edwards is Emeritus Scientia Professor of Chinese History at the University of New South Wales and was the 2015-16 President of the ASAA. In this post she describes how the ASAA became her “academic family”. Read the other posts in the series celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA here. What roles did you hold