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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 8d

How can language teaching in Australian higher education be disrupted, decentred and diversified?

This volume offers theory, critical reflection, pedagogy and data-driven research to challenge how languages are taught and imagined.

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 9d

“Many things have got worse, and there are certainly serious risks ... but, so far, the pessimism of the doomsday merchants has been as misplaced as the optimism of PNG’s boosters.”

Hamish McDonald reviews ‘Struggle, Reform, Boom and Bust’, for 'Inside Story'.

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PNG’s half-century report card • Hamish McDonald

It’s the country of many failures that hasn’t failed

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maclellannic.bsky.social @maclellannic.bsky.social · 15d

Ten years after the publication of ‘The New Pacific Diplomacy’ (ANU Press, 2015), Greg Fry and Sandra Tarte have a new article revisiting the role of diplomacy by Pacific island states on key issues such as climate change, law of the sea, and regional security.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Jason Chin @jasonchin.bsky.social · 22d

Also the winner of our ECR award - excellent book Sonia!

ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 22d

With increasing globalisation and convergence in securities markets, regulatory cooperation is increasingly relevant.

This book proposes a deeper, strategic collaboration between India and Australia in regard to the securities sector.

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Australian Historical Studies @ahsjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Richard Waterhouse reviews, ‘We Are a Farming Class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870–1950, by Peter Woodley
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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 22d

With increasing globalisation and convergence in securities markets, regulatory cooperation is increasingly relevant.

This book proposes a deeper, strategic collaboration between India and Australia in regard to the securities sector.

Get your copy today doi.org/10.22459/DSC...

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 26d

Just how do India 🇮🇳 and Australia 🇦🇺 stack up when it comes to securities regulation?

Our upcoming book examines the potential strategic collaboration between these countries in the securities sector.

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · 27d

“New book details 50 years of PNG economic volatility”

RNZ Pacific speaks with Stephen Howes, director of the ANU Development Policy Centre, and one of the editors of ‘Struggle, Reform, Boom and Bust’.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...

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New book details 50 years of PNG economic volatility

Economists from the University of Papua New Guinea and the Australian National University have published an assessment of PNG's economy over its first 50 years.

www.rnz.co.nz

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Sep 8

Get your copy today and learn more: doi.org/10.22459/RHI...

Rethinking Histories of Indonesia

Rethinking Histories of Indonesia: Experiencing, Resisting and Renegotiating Coloniality provides a critical evaluation of histories of Indonesia from the formal period of colonisation to ...

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Sep 8

“This is a significant and exciting volume in terms of its scale, the range of disciplines, approaches and topics covered, and ultimately, for its contribution to the field of Indonesian history ... "

Great review of 'Rethinking Histories of Indonesia': www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...

Book review: Rethinking histories - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment

www.insideindonesia.org

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Don’t miss this compelling read. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/PPP...

Politics, Pride and Perversion

Frank Arkell (1929–1998) was the most successful politician of his generation; an Independent who served as Wollongong’s Lord Mayor (1974–1991) and state member (1984–1991). Arkell dominated Wollon...

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Author Erik Eklund appeared on the Australian True Crime podcast with Meshel Laurie, covering his new book and Wollongong's former Lord Mayor and state member Frank Arkell.

A harrowing story of political power and sexual abuse that needs to be told.

open.spotify.com/episode/6PBS...

Spotify – Web Player

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Sep 4

We’re excited to unveil four compelling upcoming titles:

📚 A reflection on the gendering of politics
🌿 A new issue of our environmental history journal
⚖️ An exploration of law-making in a young democracy
🔍 The history of the Mauututu Nakanai of West New Britain

Learn more at press.anu.edu.au

Text: Coming Soon register your interest today. Cover images of four titles: Gender and Politics Reimagined, Wild Partners, Law in the New Democracy and Internation Review of Environmental History.

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kunzea.bsky.social @kunzea.bsky.social · Aug 27

Heather Goodall's books about this River worth getting hold of - ANU Press downloads..

History Council of NSW, Inc. @historynsw.bsky.social · Aug 27

#HistoryWeek2025 Explore #hcnswmember Georges River Libraries new exhibition on 'Life Along the Georges River' from 5th - 28th September at the Clive James Library

This exhibition explores the deep and evolving relationship between people and the Georges River

Learn more via buff.ly/NGTsuqg

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 25

We are delighted to announce that Erik Eklund’s new book, ‘Politics, Pride and Perversion: The Rise and Fall of Frank Arkell’, has been selected for the 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year Award longlist. Congratulations!

Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/PPP.2025

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 25

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 25

This edition of EAFQ maps the terrain on which Asia must choose between short-term accommodation and long-term growth and resilience, and examines how governments across the region are juggling the shocks from Washington alongside political and economic pressures.

doi.org/10.22459/EAFQ.17.03.2025

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Susie Protschky @susieprotschky.bsky.social · Aug 21

‘Rethinking Histories of Military Atrocity, Ethnic Violence and Photography, from the Aceh War to the Indonesian National Revolution’ - ✍️📷 New research of mine, open access with @anupress.bsky.social 👇

press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...

#indonesia #netherlands #colonialism #warphotography

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 21

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 21

The latest issue of ‘East Asia Forum Quarterly’ explores how governments in Asia are navigating trade shocks, tech disruption and shifting power dynamics, and why regional cooperation is key to shaping a fairer global order.

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 20

Get your copy today and learn more: doi.org/10.22459/RHI...

Rethinking Histories of Indonesia

Rethinking Histories of Indonesia: Experiencing, Resisting and Renegotiating Coloniality provides a critical evaluation of histories of Indonesia from the formal period of colonisation to ...

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 20

‘It is time for a critical evaluation of histories of Indonesia extending back to the formal period of colonisation right through to the present using the scholarly lens of coloniality and decoloniality to capture the enduring legacies of and processes that reproduce coloniality.’

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Experiencing, Resisting and Renegotiating Coloniality

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our upcoming title explores Indonesia’s past and present through the lens of coloniality, examining how colonial power structures persist beyond the formal period of colonisation.

Register your interest today: doi.org/10.22459/RHI...

@susieprotschky.bsky.social @asianstudies.org

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 18

Huge congratulations to our author Erik Eklund, whose powerful book ‘Politics, Pride and Perversion: The Rise and Fall of Frank Arkell’ has been shortlisted for the #NSWHA Community and Regional History Prize!

Don’t miss this compelling read. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/PPP.2025

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ANU Press @anupress.bsky.social · Aug 18

Get your copy of Debby Chan's 'Defying Beijing:
Societal Resistance to the Belt and Road' in Myanmar' today: doi.org/10.22459/DB....

Defying Beijing

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to construct a Sino-centric transcontinental infrastructure network in Asia, Europe, Africa and beyond. Within this initiative, the China–Myanmar Economic Co...

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