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Food and Drink in Canberra for #AAPS2023

Food and drink in Canberra The Australian National University’s central hub named “Kambri” houses a range of coffee outlets, and eateries, all of which are great for breakfast, snacks, and lunch. Throughout the conference, the Gods Cafe will be available next to the Hedley Bull Building to get regular barista coffee. There is also La […]

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To Hell With Drowning 2023 speakers, sessions and convenors

Announced speakers: Maureen Penjueli (Pacific Network on Globalisation, Keynote panellist) Yuki Kihara (Artist, Keynote panellist) Ronny Kareni (United Liberation Movement for West Papua – Pacific Representative, Keynote panellist) Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville (University of British Columbia, Keynote panellist) Kim Kruger (Moondani Balluk Academic Centre at Victoria University, Keynote panellist) Professor Emeritus Terence Wesley-Smith (Center […]

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Call for Papers and Participation for open sessions for the “To Hell With Drowning” AAPS 2023 biennial conference is now available!

The call for papers and participation for open sessions for the “To Hell With Drowning” AAPS 2023 biennial conference is now available!

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Winner of the 2021 Tracey Banivanua Mar PhD Prize, and one highly commended awardee, announced.

Dr Bonnie Etherington is the winner and Dr David Lakisa is the highly commended awardee of the 2021 Tracey Banivanua Mar PhD Prize.

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Announcing the 2021 AAPS Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers’ Symposium

After the disappointment of having to cancel our 2020 conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are very pleased to invite proposals from postgraduate and early career Pacific studies scholars to participate in a research symposium to be held across 8-9 April, 2021. In focusing our 2021 gathering on the work of our postgraduate and […]

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Nominations for the 2021 Tracey Banivanua Mar PhD Prize are now open

Named after the late Pacific historian, and colleague and friend to many within the AAPS community, the prize recognises the most outstanding PhD thesis by an AAPS student member working in the field of Pacific Studies.

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AAPS Symposium: Decolonisation and the Trans-Pacific

Symposium Announcement

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Winner of the inaugural Tracey Banivanua Mar PhD Prize, and two highly commended awardees, announced

AAPS is thrilled to announce the winner of the inaugural Tracey Banivanua Mar PhD Prize.

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Tracey Banivanua Mar Scholarship Endowment

August 19th 2018 marked the one year anniversary of the passing of Associate Professor Tracey Banivanua Mar, a pioneering and profoundly influential historian.

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In Memoriam – Donatus Moiwend

It is with sadness that we share the news that Donatus Moiwend, the visionary West Papuan artist, recently passed away.

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