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Evolution of Mainland Southeast Asian Studies Over the Last 20 Years

16th March 2020 / Patrick Jory / 2020 Reviewing Asian Studies, Asian studies, Southeast Asia

Research and teaching on mainland Southeast Asian countries in Australia over the last 20 years have been shaped by the same forces affecting other areas of university life during this period: increased managerialism, difficult budgetary circumstances, the precariousness of academic employment, the casualisation of teaching, constraints on research funding, a persistent Eurocentrism in some disciplines, […]

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Asian politics in Australian universities

28th February 2020 / Michael Barr / 2020 Reviewing Asian Studies, Asian studies

In a world in which political developments in Asia are of central importance to Australia’s national interest, it is a sad truth that the teaching of Asian politics in Australian universities has suffered badly over the last decade or so. This is particularly the case in political science departments[1] and in Asian language departments, including

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Reviewing the state of Asian Studies in Australia

27th February 2020 / Edward Aspinall / 2020 Reviewing Asian Studies, Asian studies

What is the state of teaching and research on Asia-related topics at Australian universities? Do students have more or less opportunity to learn about Asia than in the past? Is there much variation in Asia content across disciplines? Which Asian languages are in decline at our universities and which are on the rise? What are

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