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Category Archives: Courses
The Emerging Pacific Leaders’ Dialogue (EPLD) 2014
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN The third Emerging Pacific Leaders’ Dialogue (EPLD) is an intensive development program for future leaders scheduled to take place across the Pacific region over a continuous two-week period from 16 October 2014. This follows the … Continue reading
Pacific studies @ ANU in Samoa 2013!
From the Samoa Observer – The Australian National University (ANU), the National University of Samoa (NUS) and the University of the South Pacific (USP), Alafua Campus have partnered in a So’o Collaboration. Focusing on exchanging views and perspectives through Research … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Pacific Islands, Samoa
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Introduction to the Languages of the Pacific (PASI 2020/6020)
[Photo mosaic of Kanjimei village (PNG) by Darja Hoenigman] This course provides an introductory overview to the languages of the Pacific, extending from Timor in the west through the island of New Guinea out through Melanesia into Pacific Polynesia. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, West Papua
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Conflict Management and Resolution: a new course for S2 2013
An exciting new subject is being offered in second semester 2013 as part of the major in Peace, Conflict and War Studies within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. The subject, Conflict Management and Resolution (ASIA 2087), will … Continue reading
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Tagged Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, West Papua
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Two new courses ‘War in the Islands’ and ‘Australia in Oceania’
Two new courses in Pacific History are on offer at the ANU in Second Semester 2013. The first, ‘Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries‘ (PASI 2002/6002) asks the question ‘Is Australia another Pacific Island?’ It traverses the … Continue reading
From Angkor Wat to Rapa Nui
Ever visited an UNESCO World Heritage site or wanted to learn more about these amazing places? Here is your chance to learn how UNESCO works, who decides which sites are deemed worthy of World Heritage status and how to nominate … Continue reading
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Tagged Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Indonesia, Palau, The Philippines, Tonga, Vanuatu
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New Pacific Islands Field School course at ANU
This new Pacific Studies course introduces students to the Pacific through practical engagement with the islands. The emphasis is on integrating formal learning with first hand experience. The in-country work will include fieldtrips, practical assignments and formal classes and tutorials … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawai'i, Kiribati, Nouvelle Calédonie, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
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Navigating Pacific Studies
Semester Two 2013 will see the introduction of an entirely online course into the Bachelor of Pacific Studies syllabus – a first for Pacific Studies at the ANU. PASI 1011 / 6001: Navigating Pacific Studies has been jointly developed by Dr Roannie … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Bougainville, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawai'i, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Melanesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Nouvelle Calédonie, Pacific Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, US, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, West Papua
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ANU Archaeological Field School in Vanuatu July 2012
Text and images by Dr Matiu Prebble, Archaeology and Natural History, CHL, CAP. Archaeological Field School team including Dr Jack Fenner in the foreground, overlooking Matantas Village, Big Bay, Espiritu Santo. The 2012 ANU Master’s of Archaeological Science Advanced Field … Continue reading