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Bhavani Kannan Crowned Winner of the 2018 CAP 3MT
On 23 August, PhD students Eri Kashima, Tuukka Kaikkonen, Christopher Hoy, Bhavani Kannan and Ryan Wong battled for the College of Asia & the Pacific division of the 3 Minute Thesis competition...
In peacetime, why does Sovereignty matter?
Dr Marigold Black has utilised the opportunity to work in both defence and civilian contexts to inform her primary research of modern conceptualisations of sovereignty. Marigold, a Visiting...
Claiming ‘Victory’
Dr Meighen McCrae will use her skills as a historian to examine differing notions of victory throughout the First World War to challenge the legacies they have in our modern world. “If you want to...
Bringing serious authors and serious topics on Southeast Asia to the public
Taking research to the masses, Dr Nick Cheesman hosts a monthly podcast on Southeast Asian studies as part of the New Books Network. Listen to the podcast: http://newbooksnetwork.com/category/...
No small undertaking - Encyclopedia of Diplomacy
Dr Pauline Kerr, Emeritus Fellow at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy (APCD), hopes to influence holistic understandings of diplomacy with the release of the multi-volume Encyclopedia of...
Challenging the stigma against former girl child soldiers
Case studies on female child soldiers in Sri Lanka and Nepal by Kate Macfarlane find that the social stigma of being a former child soldier is harder to overcome for girls than boys. Rarely do...
Establishing the new Australia-China-Pacific trilateral research network on Pacific studies
The Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) has been awarded a grant of $24,820 by the Australia-China Council to establish a new trilateral research network on Pacific studies. The informal network, to...
Diplomacy exported to and from Africa
Dr Yolanda Kemp-Spies, Visiting Fellow at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, has applied over three decades of academic and professional experience to draw much needed attention to the diplomatic...
Zooming in on Indonesia’s environmental service policies
Non-monetary rewards play a significant role in encouraging people to look after the environment they live in, Indonesia expert Abidah Setyowati reveals in a case study. Be it biodegradation, water...
2018 Gunson Prize
A prize of AUD$1,000 will be awarded at the Cambridge Pacific History Association Conference, for the winner of the Gunson Essay Prize Competition. Postgraduate or senior students from any country...
