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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AAPS is excited to announce “Kanaky-New Caledonia: Adding a voice to Pacific regional leadership” with Jimmy Naouna, an important session at the Pacific Discourses and Destinies AAPS 2025 biennial conference at the University of Sydney, 3-6 June 2025. To attend this event, register via the USYD conference webpage.
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AAPS is delighted to announce “Pacific Constitutions: An Inside view on Samoa’s 2021 Constitutional crisis”, one of our keynote panels for the Pacific Discourses and Destinies AAPS 2025 biennial conference at the University of Sydney, 3-6 June 2025. To attend this event, register via the USYD conference webpage.
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Join the USYD Law School as Dame Meg Taylor speaks with Professor Ben Saul in “Looking back and looking forward: 50 years of Papua New Guinea’s independence”.
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Applications now open for the AAPS 2025 Postgraduate & ECR Masterclass with Rev. Dr. Cliff Bird.
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AAPS is thrilled to announce “Fashioning Fiji”, one of the keynote panels for the Pacific Discourses and Destinies AAPS 2025 biennial conference at the University of Sydney, 3-6 June 2025.
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AAPS is delighted to announce “Stori and Sovereignty”, a keynote panel with Tetei Bakic, Dr Mercy Masta, Mahealani Delaney, Wendy Mocke and a response from Dame Meg Taylor. This is one of the keynote panels as part of the Pacific Discourses and Destinies AAPS 2025 biennial conference at the University of Sydney, 3-6 June 2025.
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The Australian Association for Pacific Studies (AAPS) is delighted to announce that Rev. Dr. Cliff Bird will be delivering the Epeli Hau’ofa Memorial Lecture 2025 at the “Pacific Discourses and Destinies” biennial conference at the University of Sydney.
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