AAPS is delighted to announce that Dr Amy McQuire will deliver the Epeli Hau’ofa Annual Memorial Lecture for 2026. The lecture will take place on the early evening of Thursday, 16 April followed by the postgraduate/ECR workshop in the morning of Friday, 17 April in the Adelaide CBD. This event is hosted by the Unbound Collective at Flinders University.
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The winning thesis will receive a prize of $1000 AUD, and an opportunity to be mentored in developing publications from their thesis. The call for nominations will remain open until 30 January 2026. The winner will be notified by 3 April, and publicly announced at the annual Epeli Hau’ofa Lecture, to be held in Adelaide in the week 13-17 April 2026.
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In very exciting news, we can now share the 2026 Epeli Hau ’ofa Annual Memorial Lecture will be held in Adelaide, hosted by the inimitable Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker, Professor Simone Ulalka Tur, Associate Professor Natalie Harkin, and Dr Faye Rosas Blanch—together, the Unbound Collective—at Flinders University. We anticipate the lecture, and the associated ECR/HDR masterclass, being held in the week 13-17 April.
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As we approach the end of the year, we take a moment to reflect with gratitude on the collective efforts that continue to strengthen our Pacific presence across education, research, and community spaces. We acknowledge every member who has contributed time, knowledge, and heart to AAPS this year — your tautua (service) and vā (relational care) make our network flourish.
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The Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS) warmly congratulates the ACT Education Directorate on the groundbreaking milestone release of the Shape of the ACT Senior Secondary Curriculum: Pacific Studies (A/T/M). This marks a historic first in Australian education, a state or territory-based curriculum that brings Pacific histories, cultures, and perspectives into senior secondary learning in a sustained and meaningful way.
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The Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS), in partnership with the University of Sydney, is proud to share the full recording of the 2025 Epeli Hau‘ofa Memorial Lecture, now available on our AAPS YouTube channel.
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Photos from the AAPS 2025 Pacific Discourses and Destinies conference are now available!
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Congratulations to Dr Adriana Māhanga Lear, winner of the 2025 Tracey Banivanua Mar PhD Prize, and to Dr Ashlea Gillon and Dr Josephine Goldman as the two highly commended awardees!
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At the heart of AAPS is a shared commitment to collaboration — with and for Pacific communities. Together, we honour Indigenous knowledges, deepen connections, and amplify Pacific voices. Our offerings in this issue (and many more to come!), aim to reflect this shared commitment as we also prepare to come together at the University of Sydney for the Pacific Discourses and Destinies conference (June 3 – 6). May these stories, images, events, and announcements, together with the conversations that will flow at the conference, elevate our Pacific voices! – Mere Taito and Ruth (Lute) Faleolo, Editorial team and newsletter editors.
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We will be discussing potential hosts for upcoming AAPS conferences and annual lectures at the in-person members meeting on Friday, 6 June 2025 from 1-2pm at the “Pacific Discourses and Destinies” AAPS biennial conference.
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