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Call for Papers Now Open: ASAA 26th Biennial Conference
The Call for Papers for the ASAA 26th Biennial Conference from 29 June – 2 July 2026 at Deakin Geelong Waterfront is now open! The

Thesis about Agrarian Transitions in Indonesia wins the John Legge Prize for 2024
The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is pleased to announce that Dr Colum Graham, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asian Research Institute at the

Book about the Mao-era origins of Chinese industrialisation wins Reid Prize for 2025
The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is delighted to announce that Dr Koji Hirata, a historian from Monash University in Melbourne, has won the

Postdoctoral Writing Grant Recipients Announced
The ASAA is pleased to announce two winners of the Postdoctoral Writing Grant 2025. Dr Xiao Yang has been awarded a grant to further research on the globalisation

Call for Papers: 24th MASSA Conference 2026
Charting Shared Futures: Policy, Culture, and Innovation in Malaysia, Singapore and the Region 24th MASSA Conference | 15–16 January 2026 HDR Workshop: 14 January 2026

Vale, Anthony Reid (1939–2025)
It is with sadness that the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) marks the passing of one of its Life Members and founders, Emeritus Professor

Change proposal in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania
On Tuesday 27 May the President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Associate Professor David Hundt, wrote to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of

Applications now open for 2026 Fellowships at the National Library of Australia
Applications are now open for the 2026 Fellowships offered by the National Library of Australia, and will close on Monday 5 May 2025. In 2026,

Wang Gungwu Prize for 2024
A panel of judges was recently appointed to select the winner of the Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article in Asian Studies Review (ASR) for 2024.

MASSA Statement on Singapore government correction action against East Asia Forum
The following statement has been prepared by the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA), a body associated with the Asian Studies Association of Australia,
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