Asian Currents
ASAA Council, 2025–26: President’s End-of-Term Report
The current term of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Council finishes at the end of 2026. During this two-year term, we celebrated some
Ruth Barraclough: ASAA Oral History Project
Ruth, who took up a chair in modern history at Columbia University in New York in 2024, traces her journey in Asian Studies back to
China’s Hùkǒu Reforms Put the Cost on Local Governments
In China, the place of your registration is as important as the place where you live. If you have migrated from a rural area to
The culture and politics of hunger in West Papua
In the Indonesian-occupied region of West Papua, large-scale deforestation to make way for agribusiness plantations under government-endorsed development schemes has radically undermined the food security
Experiencing Indonesia: 30 years of successful public diplomacy through Acicis
Since 1995, The Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (Acicis) has welcomed almost 5,000 students to live, study and intern in Indonesia. It stands as
Kate McGregor: ASAA Oral History Project
Kate credits her fascination for and involvement in Asian Studies – and especially Indonesian history – to an eight-week backpacking holiday that she took with
Tim Wright: ASAA Oral History Project
Professor Tim Wright’s distinguished academic journey began with a chance encounter in 1960s Yorkshire with an inspiring schoolteacher whose enthusiasm for East Asia prompted Tim
Counting Births, Carrying Memories: China’s Three-Child Policy and Working Women’s Lives
A small object, a long history Let me begin with a small object. In a follow-up contact in October 2025, one participant told me that
Natali Pearson: ASAA Oral History Project
Natali Pearson is a Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow at the University of Sydney, specialising in maritime heritage in Southeast Asia. Her journey into Asian
Ed Aspinall: ASAA Oral History Project
Professor Ed Aspinall shares his journey into Asian Studies, which began when he lived in Indonesia as a teenager while his father worked as an
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