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Conference to look at effects of urban development in Bangladesh

Abstracts are being called for the annual Urban Research and Development Society 2016 conference, to be held at University of Dhaka in December. Titled ‘the political economy of urbanization’, the conference, which will be held on 7–8 December, will look at how urban transformation in recent decades has affected different sectors of society and the […]

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ANU Asian languages staff restored to their appointments

The Australian National University has backed down on its plans to downgrade its Asian language academics to fixed contracts following widespread community consultation and national condemnation. The university issued its final proposal for changes to the School of Culture, History and Languages on 18 April after a fraught consultation process which received 97 submissions as

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Position at The University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is advertising for the position of Deputy Director in its Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, to join the Centre’s management team and take responsibility for outward-looking activities, including the day-to-day management of relations with its partners in the region, the identification of new opportunities for research collaborations and outreach, and the design

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Article on women’s rights in Nepal wins 2015 Wang Gungwu Prize

An article about the struggle over women’s rights in Nepal, by Margaret Becker of Adelaide University, has won the 2015 Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article published in Asian Studies Review in 2015. The President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Professor Louise Edwards, announced the winner of the annual prize, which

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