News from Asia Institute
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Sakata Scholarship
01 Mar 2012 2:46pm
Sakata Scholarship applications now open for 2012. Please see the Japanese Language and Studies web page for more information. -
Visiting Scholar Allan Patience in the news
09 Dec 2011 9:55am
Professor Allan Patience, a Visiting Scholar at the Asia Institute, writes that PNG on brink of ruin as government hangs in the balance in The Age. -
Islamic Studies academics in the news
11 Nov 2011 4:43pm
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh writes that 'Friendless' Iran loves a fight on Eureka Street.Dr Shakira Hussein has been included in the prestigious book Best Australian Essays 2011.
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Yousef Alreemawi in the news
25 Oct 2011 1:25pm
Yousef Alreemawi, lecturer in Arabic, is founding producer of the weekly radio program Palestine Remembered.
Al Jazeera Arabic has produced a TV report on the program.
Mr Alreemawi has been featured in a number of other recent media reports.
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Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in the news
12 Oct 2011 4:45pm
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad is Malaysia's youngest ever State Assemblyman. On 11 October 2011 he delivered a free public lecture and made a number of media appearances.
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Gao Jia in the news - 'A foreign concept: less Rudd'
04 Oct 2011 11:16am
Dr Gao Jia has published an opinion piece in The Age in response to the Gillard government's new Asia policy.
Plurality of voices: Associate Professor Anne McLaren has published a letter in The Age which 'politely disagrees' with Dr Gao Jia's argument.
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Students inspired to enhance Asia skills
03 Oct 2011 4:45pm
Year 8 and 9 students from across Victoria have visited the University of Melbourne and shared their enthusiasm for Asia skills. View photos, videos, quotes from the students and more.
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Borneo Tribe Practices Its Own Kind of Hinduism
03 Oct 2011 4:33pm
Asia Institute postgraduate student, Morgan Harrington, has been interviewed by The New York Times about his field research in remote Borneo.
Morgan is currently working on a PhD under the supervision of ARC Future Fellow Professor Thomas Reuter.
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Professor Pookong Kee in the news
27 Sep 2011 11:16am
Asia Institute Director, Professor Pookong Kee, is quoted in 'Soft side to Chinese Diplomacy' (The Australian, 24 September). -
Responses to September 11 - ten years on
21 Sep 2011 3:11pm
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh, Deputy Director of the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies (NCEIS), has published an opinion piece in The Age to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Dr Shakira Hussein, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NCEIS, has published an opinion piece in both The Griffith Review and Inside Story titled 'Nine-eleven-itis.'