Asian Currents

Building a National Languages Campaign: An Interim Progress Report
The Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU)’s National Languages Campaign was born out of a desire to help reverse the decline in language

Australia-China Diplomatic Relations at Half a Century: Some Reflections
This post is based on an article published in the Asian Studies Review. The article can be read here and is current available open-access to

Intra-Fandom Conflicts and Censorship Sensibilities in Chinese Popular Mediascape
This post is based on an article published in the Asian Studies Review. The full article can be read here and is available open-access to

“Becoming Resilient: Disaster Recovery in Post-Yolanda Philippines through Women’s Eyes” by Dr Kaira Zoe Alburo Cañete, John Legge Thesis Prize Winner
Congratulations on being awarded the John Legge Prize for Best Thesis in Asian Studies in Australia in 2021! Can you tell us a bit about

Witnessing & Remembering Trauma in Northeast Asia in the Visual Age
The Living Past in the Present and the Future This post is based on an article published in the Asian Studies Review. The full article

Review of Asian Studies Library Collection in Australia
Asian studies and Asian library collections have developed relatively recently in Australia. Prior to World War II, Asian studies were restricted to one department at

ASAA Book Series Report
The following information on the book series of the Asian Studies Association of Australia provides a record of the historical content, trends and impact for

Why are you learning Japanese? Vietnamese university students’ perspectives on work and life between Vietnam and Japan
This post is based on an article published in the Asian Studies Review. The full article can be read here and is currently available open-access

Asian Studies Review – history of a journal
Asian Studies Review was founded in 1977 and was originally known as the ASAA Review. The Review replaced the ASAA Newsletter, which appeared six times between 1975 and 1976. The first

Investing in the future of Asian language literacy in Australia by learning from the past
The Australian Consortium for “In-Country” Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) — the organisation I head up — is here today as the direct result of previous Australian
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