Join us to celebrate the launch of Experiencing Indonesia: 30 Years of ACICIS.

The House Standing Committee on Education adopted an inquiry into building Asia capability in Australia through the education system and beyond on 22 September 2025, following a referral from the Mini...

<p>This book examines the many and varied dimensions of the Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) and celebrates its 30th anniversary. Charting the institutional history o...

A rare institutional legacy of Keating-era Asian studies

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Meanwhile, Australia is drifting towards monolingualism, as increasingly fewer students learn a foreign language in schools and universities.

What does it mean to write a history of Australia and Indonesia together?

Launching the Series: The Years and Years of Living Neighbourly

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The Australian Consortium for “In-Country” Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) — the organisation I head up — is here today as the direct result of previous Australian Government policy choices and public inv...

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In analysing foreign policy, the great forces of national power and politics can dominate explanations and expectations. Personalities bob and weave through story. Yet you don’t have to subscribe to [...

I just finished reading (listening to) "Revolusi", David Van Reybrouck’s excellent new account of the Indonesian National Revolution (1945-49),  published in English earlier this year (February 2024):...

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John Burton was probably the most controversial and visionary public servant of the 20th Century. Branded a "pink eminence" of the Labor Party by conservative critics, he was clearly one of the most i...

The Australian Consortium for “In-Country” Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) — the organisation I head up — is here today as the direct result of previous Australian Government policy choices and public inv...