About Asia Institute
Asia Institute, through its undergraduate and postgraduate study programs, promotes study of the rich languages, intellectual, cultural, political and religious traditions of Asia and of the Islamic world, and their contemporary manifestations. Language programmes include Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese.
Location & Enquiries
Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Cnr Swanston St & Monash Rd
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia 3010
- Phone
- +61 3 8344 5990
- Fax
- +61 3 9349 4870
- arts.unimelb
@custhelp.com
News & Events
- Japanese artist Mayu Kanamori will present a public lecture on 4 September: 'Growing roots in the Land of Australia: The perspective of a migrant Japanese artist.' Background information and a flier for the lecture are available.
- Asia Institute recently hosted the symposium 'Japan-Australia Exchange in Translation and Interpreting,' with great success.
- August-September '08 edition of INDONEWS now available here.
- See images of Laksmi Pamuntja's public lecture 'The Impossibility of History' (1 May 2008), download her notes for the talk, or listen to the audio recording of the event.
- AI academic Carolyn Steven recently launched her new book, "Japanese Popular Music: Culture, authenticity, and power" (See invitation for full details). UPDATE: Photos and a transcript of the launch speech now available.