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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 Venue: Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia Deadline for abstract submission: 15 August 2025 Southeast Asia today is at a global crossroad. Comprising eleven nations of diverse economic, cultural and historical

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 Anthony (Tony) Reid. Tony was born in New Zealand in 1939 and acquired most of his university education at Victoria University of Wellington, before going to the University of Cambridge

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 Tasmania to express the ASAA’s deep concerns about the proposed changes to the teaching of languages and Asian Studies. The proposed changes will particularly affect the Indonesian teaching program at