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Applications for the Postgraduate Conference Awards to attend the ASAA 2026 Conference are now open and will close on Friday 13 February 2026

The Award is open to postgraduate members of the ASAA who have had an abstract accepted for the 2026 Conference

Apply here: asaa.asn.au/grants-award...
Biennial Postgraduate Conference Awards - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Postgraduate Conference Awards Postgraduate Conference Awards Applications for Postgraduate Conference Awards for the ASAA 2026 Conference to be held at Deakin University are now open. Applications…
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December 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New to Asian Currents: Garry Rodan remembers the late George Hicks and his contributions as an academic, commentator and philanthropist

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In Memory of George Hicks - Asian Studies Association of Australia
George Hicks made a significant contribution to the understanding of the polities, societies and economies of Asia for most of his 89 years before passing away on 16th of November 2025. His…
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December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
⭐ The 2025 Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article in the Asian Studies Review has been awarded to Dr Hannah Gould (University of Melbourne) for the article "Becoming a Bone Buddha: Fragmenting and Remaking Death Rites in Contemporary Japan" ⭐

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ASR Wang Gungwu Prize 2025 - Asian Studies Association of Australia
A panel of judges was recently appointed to select the winner of the Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article in Asian Studies Review (ASR) for 2025. The panel has now decided on the winner. The…
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December 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Thinking of applying for the John Legge Prize?

Here’s what you need:

✔ Thesis conferred at an Australian university in 2025
✔ Humanities or social sciences discipline
✔ Focus on Asia or Australia–Asia relations
✔ Application form + thesis
John Legge Prize - Asian Studies Association of Australia
John Legge Prize John Legge Prize Applications for the John Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in Asian Studies in Australia in 2025 are now open! Applications will close on Monday 16 March 2026. The…
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December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Applications are now open for the 2025 John Legge Prize!
💡 Best thesis in Asian Studies
🎓 For theses conferred in 2025
🏆 $2,000 prize (+ $1,000 runner-up)
🗓 Closes 16 March 2026

Apply now!
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John Legge Prize - Asian Studies Association of Australia
John Legge Prize John Legge Prize Applications for the John Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in Asian Studies in Australia in 2025 are now open! Applications will close on Monday 16 March 2026. The…
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December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🌟 New to Asian Currents: Rethinking HIV prevention efforts in West Papua: Jenny Munro’s 2024 Wang Gungwu Prize-winning Article 🌟

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Rethinking HIV prevention efforts in West Papua: Jenny Munro’s 2024 Wang Gungwu Prize-winning Article - Asian Studies Association of Australia
My article, which was awarded the Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article in the Asian Studies Review in 2024, focused on the experiences of young Indigenous Papuan women in Manokwari, West Papua,…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🌟 Call for EOIs: Series Editors, ASAA South Asia Book Series (Routledge) 🌟

ASAA invites expressions of interest (CV and a cover letter) for the role of Series Editor (or Co-Editors) of its South Asia Series, published by Routledge by 15 February 2026

➡️ More info here: asaa.asn.au/news/call-fo...
Call for EOIs: Series Editors, ASAA South Asia Book Series (Routledge) - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Call for Expressions of Interest: Series Editor(s), ASAA South Asia Book Series (Routledge) The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) invites expressions of interest for the role of Series…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
⏰ Not long left!
Applications for the ASAA Mid Career Book Prize 2026 close on 30 January 2026.

Don’t miss your chance to have your scholarship recognised and celebrated by the leading association for Asian Studies in Australia.

Apply today → asaa.asn.au/grants-award...
ASAA Early Career Book Prize Winners - Asian Studies Association of Australia
2024 – Sophie Chao, In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua (Duke University Press 2022) The 2024 ECR Prize Committee included Professor Julian Millie (Monash), Professor…
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
⏰ One month left!
Applications for the ASAA Early Career Book Prize 2026 close on 9 January 2026.

Don’t miss your chance to have your scholarship recognised and celebrated by the leading association for Asian Studies in Australia.

Apply today → asaa.asn.au/grants-award...
ASAA Early Career Book Prize Winners - Asian Studies Association of Australia
2024 – Sophie Chao, In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua (Duke University Press 2022) The 2024 ECR Prize Committee included Professor Julian Millie (Monash), Professor…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Applications for the 2025 John Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in Asian Studies are now open!

The winning thesis receives AUD $2,000 and a runner-up may also receive AUD $1,000.

🗓 Applications close: 16 March 2026
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John Legge Prize - Asian Studies Association of Australia
John Legge Prize John Legge Prize Applications for the John Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in Asian Studies in Australia in 2025 are now open! Applications will close on Monday 16 March 2026. The…
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December 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
What makes a prize-winning book in Asian Studies?

Explore past winners and see how their research shaped the field 👉 asaa.asn.au/grants-award...

Your book could be next. Apply for the 2026 Early Career Book Prize by 9 January 2026.
ASAA Early Career Book Prize Winners - Asian Studies Association of Australia
2024 – Sophie Chao, In the Shadow of the Palms: More-Than-Human Becomings in West Papua (Duke University Press 2022) The 2024 ECR Prize Committee included Professor Julian Millie (Monash), Professor…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
✨ What makes an award-winning book in Asian Studies?

Explore the list of past winners and discover how their work has shaped the field 👉 asaa.asn.au/grants-award...

Your book could be next! Apply by 30 January 2026.
ASAA Mid-Career Book Prize Past Winners - Asian Studies Association of Australia
2024 – Yamini Narayanan, Mother Cow, Mother India: A Multispecies Politics of Dairy in India (Stanford University Press 2023)  The 2024 MCR Prize Committee included Professor Vera Mackie (University…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Over at Asian Currents: The intercultural legal dialogue blog series has come to an end and Natasha Naidu has penned a conclusion from the domestic vantage point

"Pranks as Academic Ethos and Intercultural Legal Dialogue from the Domestic: A Conclusion"

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Pranks as Academic Ethos and Intercultural Legal Dialogue from the Domestic: A Conclusion - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Natasha Naidu is a PhD Candidate and Research Associate at the UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice. In this post, she brings the intercultural legal dialogue series to a close with a reflection from the…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Final call for ASAA 2026!

This is it! Today is the very last chance to get your abstracts in for the 2026 ASAA Biennial Conference. We look forward to seeing you in Geelong in 2026!

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26th Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference
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November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
New to Asian Currents: Dr Minglei Wang, who received the Honourable Mention for the John Legge Prize 2025, reflects on his PhD and research trajectory examining China Cultural Centres and new perspectives on Chinese cultural diplomacy 🇨🇳 🇦🇺

Read now here: asaa.asn.au/new-perspect...
New Perspectives on Chinese Cultural Diplomacy with Minglei Wang, John Legge Prize Honourable Mention 2025 - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Congratulations on your honourable mention for the John Legge Prize 2025! Can you tell us a bit about your thesis? What is the topic it explores and what did you find? My doctoral research examines…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🆕 New to Asian Currents: Shanil Wijesinha re-imagines education as a practice of freedom and sets out a research ethos that makes sense of who he is and where he is from in Sri Lanka

This piece is the latest contribution to the intercultural legal dialogue blog series 📚

Read now here ⬇️
Re-Imagining Education as a Practice of Freedom: Reflections on Being an Academic in Sri Lanka with Shanil Wijesinha - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Shanil is a PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow at UNSW Law & Justice and a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. In this post, he sets out a pedagogy which re-imagines…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🎉 🎉 ASAA is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Honorary Life Memberships: Emeritus Professor Robert Cribb (Australian National University), and Emeritus Senior Professor Vera Mackie (University of Wollongong) 🥳🥳

More here: asaa.asn.au/news/two-out...
Two outstanding scholars join list of ASAA Honorary Life Members - Asian Studies Association of Australia
The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is delighted to announce that its Council has recently approved two new Honorary Life Memberships: Emeritus Professor Robert Cribb (Australian…
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November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thinking of applying for the ASAA Early Career Book Prize 2026? This prize celebrates emerging scholars whose research deepens understanding of Asia and its global connections.

🗓️ Applications close 9 January 2026
Apply now here: asaa.asn.au/grants-award...
Early Career and Mid-Career Book Prizes - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Early Career and Mid-Career Book Prizes Early Career Book Prize The ASAA Early Career Prize Prize 2025 is now open for applications and will close on 9 January 2026. The winner will be announced by…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The ASAA Oral History Project welcomes Dr Minerva Inwald. She highlights the importance of language learning as a decolonisation practice and urges Asian Studies scholars to strengthen advocacy, collaborations and public engagement to sustain the field

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Minerva Inwald: ASAA Oral History Project
Minerva traces her journey in Asian Studies back to her childhood in Sydney in the 1990s, when her mother insisted she learn Chinese and enrolled her in a Chinese school. As the only white student,…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
New to Asian Currents: Aman plays with themes of “experiments, enculturation and excitement” to reflect on the changing law school landscape in India in his contribution to the intercultural legal dialogue series

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Experiments, Enculturation and Excitement: Encounters with Indian Legal Education with Aman - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Aman is a PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow at UNSW Law & Justice and an Associate Professor of Legal Practice (on leave) at Jindal Global Law School, India. In this post, he plays with themes of…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Deadline extended!

The organisers have extended the call for papers for the 2026 ASAA Biennial Conference until Friday 21 November

Please go to the conference website (asaa2026.cventevents.com/event/asaaco...) to submit your abstract

We look forward to seeing you in Geelong in 2026!
Home - 26th Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference
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November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Are you a mid career scholar in Asian Studies? You may be eligible for the ASAA Mid Career Book Prize 2026!

🗓️ Applications close 30 January 2026
Learn more and apply here: asaa.asn.au/grants-award...
Early Career and Mid-Career Book Prizes - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Early Career and Mid-Career Book Prizes Early Career Book Prize The ASAA Early Career Prize Prize 2026 is now open for applications and will close on 9 January 2026. The winner will be announced by…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🚨 Today is the final day to submit your abstract for ASAA 2026. 🚨
Don’t miss out on presenting at the largest Asia-focused conference in the Southern Hemisphere.
Submit now here: asaa2026.cventevents.com/event/asaaco...
26th Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference
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November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The ASAA 2026 Call for Papers closes in just a few days!
Be part of this major international gathering on Asia and its shifting futures.
Deadline: 7 November 2025 → asaa2026.cventevents.com/event/asaaco...
26th Asian Studies Association of Australia Biennial Conference
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📚 Applications now open!
The ASAA Mid Career Book Prize 2026 celebrates excellence and innovation in Asian Studies, recognising the outstanding work of mid career scholars.

🗓️ Applications close 30 January 2026

Click here to apply: asaa.asn.au/grants-award...
Early Career and Mid-Career Book Prizes - Asian Studies Association of Australia
Early Career and Mid-Career Book Prizes Early Career Book Prize The ASAA Early Career Prize Prize 2026 is now open for applications and will close on 9 January 2026. The winner will be announced by…
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November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM