AAPS Conference 2025 – Pacific Discourses and Destinies | Call for Poster and Paper submissions
Australian Association for
Pacific Studies Conference 2025
Pacific Discourses and Destinies
Tuesday 3 to Friday 6 June 2025
Call for Papers and Posters
Warm Pacific Greetings! The Australian Association for Pacific Studies biennial conference is an opportunity
to create and sustain critical conversations and collaborations, across the transdisciplinary field of Pacific
studies. Hosted in 2025 by The University of Sydney, our gathering will focus on exploring and navigating the
concepts of discourses and destinies, and how they relate to the Pacific, its people and places.
Much attention – locally, regionally, and globally – continues to be placed on the Pacific. Whether it’s being
contested through geopolitical endeavours, or being celebrated for its traditional cultures, the Pacific is no
stranger to attention. However, who determines how the region is understood is key to this conversation.
Is it the highest bidder for the natural resources that control these narratives, or the local communities
that generally don’t benefit from such financial investments and exploitations? Is it the military power that
exercises more diplomatic prowess, or Indigenous wisdoms from across the region? This conference strives
to explore these various tensions, whilst also showcasing Pacific strengths and solutions in trying to make
sense of the underlying discourses that determine the possible destinies of the Pacific region and beyond.
The conference will encourage an intersectional talanoa, provoking participants to be mindful of how their
disciplinary perspectives and practices interact with the complexities of Pacific discourses and destinies. Sub-
themes supporting these discussions will include panel presentations, papers and performances from the
following areas:
• Pacific Studies
• Pacific Education
• Pacific Social Work
• Pacific Employment
• Pacific Health
• Pacific Sports
• Pacific Visual Arts
• Pacific Performing Arts
• Pacific Literature
• Pacific Media
• Pacific Fashion
• Pacific Finance
• Pacific Tech and Innovation
• Pacific Climate and Environment
• Pacific Sciences
We look forward to coming together to talanoa, providing a dynamic and inclusive space to create
community to support a collegial, collaborative and collective approach.
Call for poster and paper submissions
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to submit a poster, or paper proposal to a panel that responds to the conference theme ‘Pacific Discourses and Destinies’ and sub-themes.
Submission instructions, templates and access to view accepted panel abstracts are available at: AAPS Poster & Paper submissions guidelines 2025
The deadline for submissions is Friday 28 February 2025.
Submissions will be notified on Friday 14 March 2025.
For enquiries please contact:
Rachel Payne – Office of Professional Learning
Sydney School of Education & Social Work
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
T +61 2 9351 8520 | E rachel.payne@sydney.edu.au
Please visit the conference web page at:
Australian Association for Pacific Studies Conference 202