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Retrieving Hemisphere – An Asian-Australian Monthly (later Magazine bimonthly) – 1957-84

Steps are underway to enable the digitising of an important general interest Australian periodical from last century:  Hemisphere – An Asian-Australian Monthly, (later Magazine (bimonthly), which was published by and for the Commonwealth of Australia from 1957-84.  Some ASAA members may remember the periodical, which was edited by two outstanding editors, RJ Maguire (1957-1969) and […]

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Vernon Joseph Turner OAM – 8 September 1924 to 9 April 2020

He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 1964, having focussed on Asian Studies and writing his thesis on the Indian Educationist and Nobel Literature Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. He published his first book “Indonesian for Schools” coauthored with Hedwig Emanuels in 1967 (Science Press) which he completed alone after

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Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies in Education at University of Toronto

The Department of Social Justice Education (SJE) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto invites application for a full-time tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a specialization in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies in Education. The appointment will commence on July 1, 2023 or shortly thereafter. Candidates must have

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MOMA Exhibition: The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985

On view from February 20, 2022, through July 2, 2022, at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, an exhibition titled The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947–1985, explores a formative period in South Asia’s path to self-determination through the lens of modern architecture. Focusing on India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka in

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Job Opportunity: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies @ Monash University

Location: Clayton campus Employment type: full time Duration: continuing appointment Remuneration: $107,311 – $127,432 pa Level B / $131,453 – $151,574 pa Level C (plus 17% employer superannuation) Deadline: Monday 22 May 2023 Click here to read more and apply Monash University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies. The Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in

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Job Opportunity: Postdoc Position at Huygens Instituut, Amsterdam

Location: AmsterdamMax hours per week: 22,08Max salary: €5.439,00Duration of agreement: 48 maandenApply until: 05/11/2023 Postdoc Children’s Upbringing in Protestant Institutions in (Post)Colonial Indonesia  NL-Lab/Huygens institute seeks a postdoc for the NWO-funded project ‘Child separation. Politics and practices of children’s upbringing by faith-based organisations in colonial/postcolonial Indonesia (1808-1984)’. concentrates on how Protestant, Catholic and Islamic actors practised charity in the upbringing and education

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