Category Archives: Profiles

Profile of academic or institution involved in Pacific-related research

Darrell Tryon (1942-2013): A Personal Tribute

Posted on Friday 17 May 17 2013 by Mike Cookson

By Prof. Brij V Lal, Pacific and Asian History, ANU. By now you all will have heard of Darrell Tryon’s passing. A full account will appear in due course on his life and contribution, but for now I write simply … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Paul Mitchell!

Posted on Monday 13 May 13 2013 by Mike Cookson

Paul Mitchell has recently begun a part-time Masters by Research in Pacific History, addressing a historical topic that is of very real significance for contemporary Vanuatu, and for the people of Malekula in particular. He plans to conduct archival and … Continue reading →

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Über Professor Hank Nelson: Erinnerungen; Remembering Hank Nelson (video)

Posted on Tuesday 30 April 30 2013 by Mike Cookson

[English text summary below] In diesem Video teilen Dr Christine Winter (Universität Sydney) und Dr Gabriele Richter (Universität Bremen) Erinnerungen an ihren Doktorvater Hank Nelson, Professor für Pazifische Geschichte an der Australian National University, der 2012 verstorben ist. Von speziellem … Continue reading →

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Outrigger banners: Racing Canoes in Vanuatu

Posted on Friday 19 April 19 2013 by Mike Cookson

Racing canoes on the waterfront at Port Vila, 2nd Melanesian Arts Festival, Aug. 2002

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New project on Children’s language learning and intersubjectivity in the PNG Highlands

Posted on Monday 25 March 25 2013 by Mike Cookson

In this post, Prof. Alan Rumsey and Prof. Francesca Merlan summarise their latest research project, one of several ANU-based ARC-funded projects for 2013 with a focus on the Pacific. [Left: Children at play near Kailge, Western Highlands Province, where the project will … Continue reading →

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Last Post for Peter Worsley (1924-2013)

Posted on Thursday 21 March 21 2013 by Mike Cookson

by Assoc. Prof. Colin Filer, RMAP. Sad to report that Peter Worsley died last week. I cannot imagine that he ever attended an Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO) meeting, but that is not surprising because he was forced … Continue reading →

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New website for “Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania”

Posted on Friday 15 March 15 2013 by Mike Cookson

Professor Margaret Jolly’s ARC Laureate Project Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania has a new website.* This project “addresses a profound and long-debated question about the historical interaction between Oceanic and western constructs of the person and contemporary controversies … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Dr Pyone Myat Thu!

Posted on Wednesday 6 March 6 2013 by Mike Cookson

by Assoc. Prof. Andrew McWilliam, Anthropology, CHL. Pyone Myat Thu (pictured here with her friend Atifa, while on fieldwork in Timor Leste) was awarded her Phd in March 2013 for her dissertation entitled ‘Negotiating Displacement: A Study of Land and … Continue reading →

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題名：　ハンク･ネルソン教授を偲んで / Remembering Professor Hank Nelson

Posted on Thursday 28 February 28 2013 by Mike Cookson

The Pacific Institute has produced a Japanese language video in which Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Dr Keiko Tamura reminisce about the late Hank Nelson, former Professor of Pacific History at the ANU. The video may be viewed on the ANU’s … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Lindsay Cameron!

Posted on Tuesday 26 February 26 2013 by Mike Cookson

Lindsay Cameron is a new PhD student in the School of Culture, History and Language. He currently lives in Melbourne and drives to Canberra once a month for campus events and library research. His research topic is “The Convergence of … Continue reading →

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Karina Taylor and the ANU’s Pacific Research Archives

Posted on Monday 25 February 25 2013 by Mike Cookson

by Assoc. Prof. Chris Ballard, Pacific History, ANU. Karina Taylor, the archivist for the ANU’s Pacific Research Archives (PRA) since its inception in February 2007, is leaving us for an exciting position at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New … Continue reading →

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Outrigger banners: Vakuta, Trobriand Islands

Posted on Thursday 21 February 21 2013 by Mike Cookson

Young boys poling canoes at low tide, Vakuta, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea (Photograph by Katherine Lepani, July 1991) “Excuse Me II”, Local humour reflecting the congested waterways through the mangrove passage in Vakuta, Trobriand Islands, PNG (Photograph by Katherine … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Ana Lautaimi Soakai (PMPA Awardee)!

Posted on Saturday 15 December 15 2012 by Mike Cookson

The Pacific Institute congratulates ANU Master’s graduates Ana Lautaimi Soakai (Crawford School) and Tauvasa Tanuvasa Chou-Lee (College of Law) and who were among 30 Pacific students studying in Australia to receive the Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia (PMPA) Award last Thursday (6 December 2012). Here … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Tauvasa Tanuvasa Chou-Lee (PMPA Awardee)!

Posted on Tuesday 11 December 11 2012 by Mike Cookson

The Pacific Institute congratulates ANU Master’s students Tauvasa Tanuvasa Chou-Lee (College of Law, pictured left) and Ana Soakai (Crawford School) who were among 30 Pacific students studying in Australia to receive the Prime Minister’s Pacific-Australia (PMPA) Award last Thursday (6 … Continue reading →

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Welcome… and congratulations, Dr James Flexner!

Posted on Monday 10 December 10 2012 by Mike Cookson

Dr James Flexner will be joining the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the ANU early in 2013, where he will be a postdoctoral fellow. James recently received a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council … Continue reading →

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