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Our upcoming events offer a unique opportunity to engage with leading experts, innovative research, and the rich cultural diversity of Asia and the Pacific. Whether you’re a student, academic, or member of the community, there’s something for everyone.

Li-Chi Chen
Thu, 5 Mar 2026

Li-Chi Chen - "Performing Femininity, (De)Localness and Humour: Drag Queens on 'Make a Diva'"

This talk explores how humour and teasing shape the performance of femininity and Taiwanese local identity in Make a Diva, a YouTube drag competition featuring Taiwanese drag queens.
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Professor Michael C Wiliams
Fri, 6 Mar 2026

Constructing the Civilizational State: Radical conservatism and US foreign policy

Coral Bell School Public Lecture
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Cyril Hovorun
Tue, 10 Mar 2026

Moscow Patriarchate’s “Sacred War” against Ukraine

Coral Bell School Public Lecture
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Myanmar Street Image by Dave Hopkins
Myanmar Street Image by Dave Hopkins
Tue, 10 Mar 2026

Rethinking localisation: Power, risk-sharing, and leadership in Myanmar’s aid reform

ANU Myanmar Research Centre Dialogue Series 2026

Timezone: 5.30–6.30pm AEDT, 1–2pm MMT, 7.30-8.30am CET 
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Speakers
Wed, 11 Mar 2026

Certainty and algorithmic accountability in the decision to go to war: Lessons from evidentiary approaches in international criminal law

Discussing AI, Automated Systems, and the Future of War Seminar Series
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Weapons of the Weak, ACLS Humanities E-Book handheld edition 2013
Weapons of the Weak, ACLS Humanities E-Book handheld edition 2013
Tue, 17 Mar 2026

James C. Scott’s critical hermeneutic political science

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Myanmar Street Image by Dave Hopkins
Myanmar Street Image by Dave Hopkins
Tue, 17 Mar 2026

Belonging and resistance in Myanmar’s higher education: Insights from before and after the coup

ANU Myanmar Research Centre Dialogue Series 2026

Timezone: 5.30–6.30pm AEDT, 1–2pm MMT, 7.30-8.30am CET 
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Terry Kleeman
Thu, 19 Mar 2026

Daoism as a New Religious Movement

The 86th George E. Morrison Lecture in Ethnology 
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Thu, 26 Feb 2026

Yuan Li - "Adaptations in the Life and Work of Director Tian Qinxin"

This talk examines Tian Qinxin (1969- ), the current president of the National Theatre of China, and her significant contribution to the development of mainstream Chinese theatre in the 21st centur
Tue, 24 Feb 2026

Governing Waste: Multi-Level Governance Dynamics and the Politics of Waste Management in Two Indonesian Cities

PhD pre-submission seminar
Tue, 24 Feb 2026

Future of multilateral cooperation: development and peace security architecture

Coral Bell School of Asia Pacifc Affairs Public Lecture
Tue, 24 Feb 2026

Baogang He & Ron Levy - "Can Deliberative Strategic Empathy Mitigate Geopolitical Conflict between China and Australia?"

This seminar argues that communicative structures and empathetic capacities are equally influential in shaping conflict trajectories.
Mon, 23 Feb 2026

Attrition & Learning: British Empire Armies & the experience of major combat operations, 1914-45

War Studies Seminar Series
Thu, 19 Feb 2026

Ming-sho Ho - "Be Water: The 2019 Hong Kong Protests from an Actionist Sociology Perspective"

This lecture will present Professor Ming-sho Ho's new book on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement of 2019–2020, commonly known as the Be Water Revolution.
Thu, 19 Feb 2026

Voices of the Thar Desert: Words, Worlds, and Ways of Telling in Rajasthan

This lecture introduces the distinctive cultural and textual world of Rajasthan through three interconnected dimensions: language, literature and narrative practices. 
Thu, 19 Feb 2026

Book Launch: Women, Indenture, and Resistance

Exploring the lived experiences of Indian indentured (girmitiya) women in the Fiji Islands from 1879 to 1920