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Australia – Indonesia relations

Experiencing Indonesia: 30 years of successful public diplomacy through Acicis

/ / Australia - Indonesia relations, Indonesia

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 one of the longest-running examples of educational public diplomacy in our region, as the forthcoming edited volume, Experiencing Indonesia: 30 years of ACICIS, (ANU Press), explores in more detail. The […]

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Excavating the History of ‘Asia’ in Global Politics: An Interview with Ahmad Rizky M. Umar

/ / ASAA prizes, Australia - Asia relations, Australia - Indonesia relations, Indonesia

Congratulations on being awarded an ASAA 2023 Postdoctoral Writing Grant! Can you tell us a bit about your current research? I currently have three research agendas that lie in the intersection between International Relations, Global History, and Asian Studies. First, I am currently transforming my PhD thesis into a book project. My thesis, which I

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Investing in the future of Asian language literacy in Australia by learning from the past

/ / Asian languages, Asian studies, Australia - Asia relations, Australia - Indonesia relations

The Australian Consortium for “In-Country” Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) — the organisation I head up — is here today as the direct result of previous Australian Government policy choices and public investment in Asian language education. Australia has done Asian language education well in the past. We could do it better again in the future if

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The state of Indonesian language in Australian universities: the past 20 years.

/ / 2020 Reviewing Asian Studies, Asian languages, Asian studies, Australia - Indonesia relations, Indonesia

A recent volume tracing ‘the journey of Australia’s first Asian language’ (Thomas, 2019) finds that, while successive Australian governments have identified Indonesia as Australia’s most important neighbour and as a key to Australia’s prosperity and security, this recognition has not sustained interest among Australians in studying the language. For the last two decades, the study

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