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Alumna Kate Walton
Alumna Kate Walton

Building bridges in the Asia Pacific: Kate Walton’s journey from CAP to global impact
Kate Walton
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CIW Postdoctoral Fellowship — Applications Open
CIW is seeking two Postdoctoral Fellows to engage in cutting-edge research on contemporary Chinese politics, public administration, economy, and society.
Patricia with Dr Rungrawee Tipmontree, Head of the Malaria Team, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand at the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi in western Thailand, near the Myanmar border, in June 2023
Patricia with Dr Rungrawee Tipmontree, Head of the Malaria Team, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand at the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi in western Thailand, near the Myanmar border, in June 2023

Courage, Curiosity, and Scholarship
Meet Patricia Graves, Recipient of the 2024 Myint Zan Scholarship
Todd Harple, CHL PhD Alumnus

Anthropologist. Innovator. Olympic Collaborator.
Alumnus Todd Harple on Innovation, Anthropology and Inventing Your Own Job
Eduardo Caceres-Sandoval
Eduardo Caceres-Sandoval

Exploring the Asia Pacific: How studying the PhB HaSS opened the world for Eduardo
Discover how the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) in Humanities and Social Sciences (PhB HaSS) took Eduardo from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to the heartland of Yunnan, China. 
Tony and Yohanni Johns

Order of Australia Award for Emeritus Professor A.H. Johns
The awarding of an AM to Tony is fitting recognition of his extraordinary life of service to scholarship on Southeast Asia and Islam.

Upcoming Events
Kien Situ
Mon, 28 Jul - Fri, 14 Nov 2025

金 (Metal)

Kien Situ transforms the CIW gallery into an environment of rupture and reincarnation.
Howei Wang, Unsplash.
Howei Wang, Unsplash.
Wed, 20 Aug 2025

Common Prosperity and Inequality in China

Economic inequality is a persistent challenge for China’s policymaker. The 2025 ANU China in the World Forum presents new research on inequality and common prosperity in China.
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Bo Ma, Donald Trump
Thu, 21 Aug 2025

Bo Ma - "US-China Rivalry in the Asia-Pacific under Trump 2.0: China's Strategic Vision for Australia"

This presentation explores the escalating rivalry between the United States and China in the Asia-Pacific region under the renewed Trump administration, with a particular focus on its implications

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Saving the World Webinars
Thu, 21 Aug 2025

Power, accountability and global health governance

Episode 23 of the Saving the World webinar series features Dr David McCoy.
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Fri, 22 Aug 2025

2025 Korea Update. “Democracy, Dictatorship, and Trauma”

The ANU Korea Update is the University’s flagship annual conference on Korea.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump at the White House via NATO
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte with the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump at the White House via NATO
Mon, 25 Aug 2025

IR@Bell In Conversation: How Nato Thinks About the Future

IR@Bell Seminar Series
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Wan Guanghua
Tue, 26 Aug 2025

Guanghua Wan - "Can China Recover from Post-2007 Slowdowns?"

This talk will focus on three questions: Why has China been slowing down for more than 1.5 decades? Could China succeed in boosting domestic demand?
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Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program
Mon, 1 Sep - Fri, 12 Sep 2025

Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Program 2025

Applications for the 2025 Future Leader Program have closed.

We are very excited to announce the third Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders pro

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