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
- 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.
- The May-June 2008 issue of INDONEWS is now available!
- Hear Dr Kylie Baxter discuss the plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon on the University's flagship podcast, UpClose.
- Ariel Heryanto recently attended a series of meetings in Yogyakarta, promoting the Institute (amongst other concerns. A Flickr page with photos and explanatory text is available.