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Queering Our Worlds: A Tribute to Mark McLelland

The Association for Asian Studies presents a webinar to commemorate the legacy of Mark McLelland. Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:00-8:30pm Eastern Time Co-sponsored by Japanese Studies Association of Australia Consulting organizers: Vera Mackie and James Welker Mark McLelland (1966-2020) was a pioneering scholar, whose work served as an inspiration to so many people in various

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The Future of Asian Studies: Opportunities and challenges for Australian universities beyond 2020

The Asian Studies Association invites you to a forum to discuss the future of Asian Studies in Australian universities. Over the last two decades, policy settings and long-term trends in the university sector have placed pressure on Asian studies, undermining the study and teaching of some Asian languages and fields of study, while encouraging others.

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ASAA Statement on recent racist attacks in Australia – a message from the ASAA Executive

The Asian Studies Association of Australia notes recent reports of attacks and intimidation directed against people of Asian backgrounds in Australia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the attribution of blame by some people to Chinese and, by extension, all Asian people for the virus. This blaming of people of Asian background for

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