ANU Press

30/09/2025

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

Contributors to this volume advance theoretical, critical (self-)reflections and position papers, pedagogical explorations of classroom practice as well as data-driven empirical investigations to challenge, resist and stretch how languages and cultures are both taught and imagined in research.

Register your interest: http://doi.org/10.22459/DDDLCAU.2025

28/09/2025

“Many things have got worse, and there are certainly serious risks,” say the ANU authors, “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’, PNG’s 50-year report card, for ‘Inside Story’.

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15/09/2025

With increasing globalisation and convergence in securities markets, regulatory cooperation is increasingly relevant. Cross-border cooperation, when explored optimally, can be instrumental in solving many of the challenges faced by the securities sectors.

This book proposes a deeper, strategic collaboration between India and Australia in regard to the securities sector – two nations with distinct but complementary economic and legal frameworks.

Get your copy today http://doi.org/10.22459/DSCSS.2025

The Australian National University

12/09/2025

12/09/2025

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

Our upcoming book carries out a comparative analysis of the two securities jurisdictions, and proposes a deeper, strategic bilateral collaboration between these two systems.

Register your interest and learn more http://doi.org/10.22459/DSCSS.2025

10/09/2025

“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’.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/571098/new-book-details-50-years-of-png-economic-volatility

Asia & the Pacific at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Development Policy Centre

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.

08/09/2025

“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 and historiography, and Indonesian studies and decolonial studies more broadly.”

Great Review of ‘Rethinking Histories of Indonesia’ in Inside Indonesia: https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/review-rethinking-histories

Asia & the Pacific at ANU

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

05/09/2025

A new book should be mandatory reading for those working in any area adjacent to PNG economic and public policy, says Peter Ellis.

05/09/2025

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.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6PBSCW2FabCt1Z6H1bvNuZ?si=nLnKngzRRG2yKuofNeSnNw&nd=1&dlsi=e9ddc78858f9470e

Australian True Crime · Episode

04/09/2025

Not to be missed!

Peter Woodley chats about his latest title ‘We are a farming class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870-1950.

📜 Local author talk | Peter Woodley 📜

Join Dubbo's Geoff Mann as he chats with local author Peter Woodley about his latest book, We are a Farming Class: Dubbo's Hinterland 1870-1950. 📚

The Author Talk is a free event with light refreshments available. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event, courtesy of The Book Connection.

➡ Bookings preferred and can be made by contacting the Dubbo Library on 6801 4510 or at events.humanitix.com/author-talk-peter-woodley

04/09/2025

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 intriguing history of the Mauututu Nakanai of West New Britain

Head to https://press.anu.edu.au to learn more!

ANU Australian Studies Institute Asia & the Pacific at ANU The Australian National University School of Culture, History & Language Arts & Social Sciences at ANU

25/08/2025

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 Erik!

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

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