The Monash Asia Institute Newsletter is published monthly. It incorporates news items from the research centres of the Monash Asia Institute, partner organisations and other groups working to promote Asian Studies in Australia.
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MAI Bulletin MAY 2013 In this month, we are having an international seminar, Rethinking Race/Racism from Asian Experiences on 24 May. It is a special event of Trans-Asia as method seminar series. The seminar aims to reconsider and expand the studies of race and racism by examining them in the Japanese and Malaysian contexts. A public ... Read more
MAI Bulletin Apr 2013 The hectic first month of Semester 1 has ended with a relieving Easter break. I hope you had (or are still having) a nice break. Even with a busy schedule of March, a good number of people (researchers, postgraduate students and undergraduate students) participated in MAI’s new public forum Mon@sia and seminar ... Read more
MAI Bulletin March 2013 Summer season is finally ending. March is always exciting and refreshing as a new academic year starts in Australia. MAI’s event line-up further adds quite a stimulating flavour to this month. In addition to the seminars organized by CSEAS (7th and 21st) and JSC (13th), we will start a new public forum, ... Read more
MAI Bulletin December 2012 With the last MAI Bulletin for 2012 I would like to take this opportunity to wish the MAI Community, MAI Bulletin subscribers and their loved ones a safe and pleasant Christmas / New Year period. As outgoing Director of MAI, I also wish to express my deep gratitude to Professor Rae Frances ... Read more
MAI Bulletin November 2012 As teaching draws to a close for 2012, and scholars seek to progress their writing leading into the summer season, a major upcoming event is the 50 Years of Indonesian and Malay Studies at Monash event. This is open to the public, and will take place at Clayton campus on 23 November ... Read more
MAI Bulletin October 2012 This month’s MAI Bulletin features another great range of upcoming events, including the final Herb Feith Foundation seminar for 2012 and the Cambodia Roundtable, as well as recent seminars by Professor Yuhua Ji and two new Monash Asia publications. Monash and the MAI Community extends a warm welcome to Professor Koichi Iwabuchi, who ... Read more
MAI Bulletin September 2012 Among the numerous exciting items in this month’s MAI Bulletin, please note the Intensely Soul performance and workshop to take place on 29 & 30 September. Monash University’s Faculty of Arts and the Monash Asia Institute are supporting the Victorian leg of this national tour. We also wish to convey that a ... Read more
MAI Bulletin August 2012 Professor Koichi Iwabuchi has been appointed as a Chair in Media and Cultural Studies in the Monash Faculty of Arts, and will also take on the role as Director of the Monash Asia Institute. He is due to arrive at Monash in late September. We look forward to welcoming Professor Iwabuchi to ... Read more
MAI Bulletin July 2012 The July 2012 MAI Bulletin comes out a week before the 19th Biennial ASAA Conference (University of Western Sydney, 11–13 July 2012), and contains a fantastic range of seminars and book launches, calls for papers, and other Asia-research related activities. We are continuing work on the new MAI website, and are helping ... Read more
MAI Bulletin June 2012 For the June 2012 MAI Bulletin we include book publications and film screenings, an exhibition, concert, upcoming conference and a recent radio broadcast. We present another diverse range of seminar speakers and themes, and three Southeast Asia events all on 20 June. Additionally, MAI website has just moved to the new Arts ... Read more
MAI Bulletin May 2012 Last month MAI hosted some excellent seminar presentations, each of which led into stimulating and topical discussion involving prominent scholars, postgraduate students and the wider community. This month promises another great range of speakers, themes and area studies, and again we encourage wide participation in our events. First-run of the new MAI web template is ... Read more
MAI Bulletin April 2012 Several fascinating Asia-related seminars are taking place at Monash, as is reflected in this Bulletin. Please be reminded that we welcome everybody to these seminars. MAI and colleagues are also currently active in museums and on the radio, and we continue to build up the new MAI website toward its release to ... Read more
MAI Bulletin March 2012 For the March 2012 MAI Bulletin we present a number of exciting upcoming and recent events and launches whose foci span across Asia and numerous disciplinary approaches. Also at MAI we have begun working with the Arts web presence team to construct the new MAI website – this will include easy-access information on events, centres, publication ... Read more
MAI Bulletin January and February 2012 January is a generally quiet time for academic activities in Australia, as members of the scholarly community take holidays, visit loved ones and, especially among teaching staff, focus on writing projects. This month’s MAI Bulletin nonetheless brings news of some very exciting Asia-related events and research collections. Of special significance, ... Read more
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