🗣️'Projecting Voices' is out now. A 2025 ANUPress volume honouring linguist Jane Simpson, with cutting-edge research on Australian Indigenous languages & 2 chapters by CDU academics. 🔗 doi.org/10.22459/PV.2025 @anupress.bsky.social @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social #CDUResearch #FirstNationsLanguages

The articles in our latest issue of 'AJBH' cover a diverse range of people, most of them little known in the annals of Australian history. Each lived on the edges of societal expectations and norms and so raise questions about Australian identity. Get your copy today doi.org/10.22459/AJB...

The latest issue of 'Australian Journal of Biography and History' explores overlooked lives that challenge Australian identity, from writers and diplomats to Aboriginal leaders and educators, revealing stories of risk, conflict and unconventional lives. Register: doi.org/10.22459/AJB...

So great to see this monumental volume out - over 1000 pages of work in honour of Jane Simpson. Including a chapter on word order flexibility in Pitjantjatjara by myself, Rachel Nordlinger, Gabriela Garrido Rodríguez and Evan Kidd doi.org/10.22459/PV....

This volume provides cutting-edge research on a wide range of questions in linguistics research, centred on Australian Indigenous languages. Written by world-leading experts, the chapters take a fresh look at current questions in each topic, inspired by the work of Australian linguist Jane Simpson.

Coming soon! Innovative research on Australian Indigenous languages, inspired by Jane Simpson. This title combines theory and practical insights on language rights, showcasing the richness and diversity of Australian linguistics. Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/PV....

"Women’s rescripting of politics as usual gives hope for more transformative change." 'Gender and Politics Reimagined' brings together scholars, gender and development experts and activists to think about how politics is shaped by gender. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/GPR.2025

Our December Focus On is here featuring books by Erik Eklund, Emily Gallagher, edited by Natalie King and Iwantja Arts, Daniel O'Malley, Caroline Palmer, and Peter Papathanasiou! Check out these & more: marion.ink/focus-on #FocusOn @danielomalley.bsky.social @anupress.bsky.social

Industrial policy is making a comeback. With subsidies rising and global rules falling behind, the new 'EAFQ' looks at the risks, benefits and what East Asia must do to coordinate smarter industrial policy, starting with transparency, cooperation and political will. doi.org/10.22459/EAFQ.17.04.2025

The new 'East Asia Forum Quarterly' digs into the global resurgence of industrial policy. From Indonesia’s value-add push and Japan’s semiconductor revival to China’s EV dominance, it shows what’s driving today’s subsidy surge and why better rules and regional coordination are urgent.

Our upcoming title brings together scholars, practitioners and activists to explore how politics is gendered across Asia and Oceania, using an intersectional lens on gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, ability, migrancy and more. Register your interest today: doi.org/10.22459/GPR...

China’s energy shift since 2010 has moved it from coal dependence to global leadership in solar, wind, batteries and EVs. The next challenge: deeper reforms and stronger global cooperation to support an affordable, inclusive green transition? Now available: doi.org/10.22459/GET...

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 Come along to the launch ‘Gender and Politics Reimagined', a coming together of academics, gender and development practitioners and activists to reflect on the gendering of politics. 🗓️ 3 December ⏰ 11 am 📍Coombs Tea Room, HC Coombs Building, ANU Scan the QR code to register 👇

China’s push for peak carbon by 2030 and reach neutrality by 2060 is reshaping its economy. This book explores China’s renewable-energy progress, opportunities and challenges ahead. Learn more and register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/GET...

This issue features stories ranging from Norway’s helicopter-sprayed forests and New Zealand’s Ice Age climate debates to Gothic settler landscapes and the rise of Phoenix palms. It also includes a powerful memoir on the fight to save K’gari from sand mining. Get your copy: doi.org/10.22459/IRE...

It was a privilege to celebrate the launch of 'Military History Supremo', a tribute to Emeritus Professor David Horner’s remarkable legacy. Edited by Professor Emerita Joan Beaumont and Dr Garth Pratten, the volume features leading scholars building on his influential work in military history.

This latest issue of the 'International Review of Environmental History' takes readers from the settler landscapes of nineteenth-century Aotearoa New Zealand to the post-1945 rise of herbicides in Northern Europe. Register your interest to learn more: doi.org/10.22459/IRE...

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 Come along to the launch of 'Deeper Strategic Collaboration in the Securities Sector’, which explores how India and Australia can collaborate to strengthen financial regulation. 🗓️ 13 Nov ⏰ 3 pm 📍Philippa Weeks Library L4, ANU Law School Register 👇 law.anu.edu.au/news-and-eve...

Our latest title is a timely and powerful collection on language education in Australian universities, focusing on topics of wide-ranging importance: disruption, decentring and diversification. A must-read for anyone rethinking how languages are taught in higher education! doi.org/10.22459/DDD...

Amanda Harris @amaharrisusyd.bsky.social reviews ‘The Wild Australia Show: The Story of an Aboriginal Performance Troupe and Its Afterlives’ by Paul Memmott, Maria Nugent, Michael Aird, Lindy Allen, Chantal Knowles and Jonathan Richards. @anupress.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What does it mean to come of age in a society where the paths to adulthood are increasingly uncertain, yet the pressure to succeed remains relentless? Find out more in the latest issue of ‘Made in China Journal’: doi.org/10.22459/MIC...

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 Come along to the launch 'Struggle, Reform, Boom and Bust', a new economic history of Papua New Guinea, written by a team of ANU and UPNG economists. 🗓️ 3 November ⏰ 5 pm 📍Barton Theatre, JG Crawford Building, ANU Register 👇 crawford.anu.edu.au/event/launch...

"First Nations people being defined and treated as aliens in their own country—the country of their birth." Michele D. Dominy reviews ‘Subjects and Aliens’, a powerful study of race, law and belonging in Australia and NZ, in @pacificaffairs.bsky.social. pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews...

🚨COMING SOON🚨 "As languages and cultures educators and scholars, one thing we can confidently say is that the past few years have clearly demonstrated our collective capacity to evolve through, and also enact, disruption." Learn more and register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/DDD...

“'Gingko Village' is a beautifully written, meticulously observed account of the transformations that rural China has undergone in recent decades.” New book review by Thomas White in @pacificaffairs.bsky.social A must-read! 👏 pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews...

This upcoming issue of ‘Made in China Journal’ dives deep into how a generation is navigating constraint, competition and creativity, from digital platforms to poetry and from co-living to basketball courts. Register your interest to learn more doi.org/10.22459/MIC...

How can language teaching in Australian higher education be disrupted, decentred and diversified? This volume offers theory, critical reflection, pedagogy and data-driven research to challenge how languages are taught and imagined. Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/DDD...

“Many things have got worse, and there are certainly serious risks ... 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’, for 'Inside Story'. insidestory.org.au/pngs-half-ce...

Ten years after the publication of ‘The New Pacific Diplomacy’ (ANU Press, 2015), Greg Fry and Sandra Tarte have a new article revisiting the role of diplomacy by Pacific island states on key issues such as climate change, law of the sea, and regional security. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Also the winner of our ECR award - excellent book Sonia!

Richard Waterhouse reviews, ‘We Are a Farming Class’: Dubbo’s Hinterland, 1870–1950, by Peter Woodley @anupress.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

With increasing globalisation and convergence in securities markets, regulatory cooperation is increasingly relevant. This book proposes a deeper, strategic collaboration between India and Australia in regard to the securities sector. Get your copy today doi.org/10.22459/DSC...

Just how do India 🇮🇳 and Australia 🇦🇺 stack up when it comes to securities regulation? Our upcoming book examines the potential strategic collaboration between these countries in the securities sector. Register your interest and learn more doi.org/10.22459/DSC...

“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’. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific... @anucrawfordschool.bsky.social

“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 ... " Great review of 'Rethinking Histories of Indonesia': www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...

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. open.spotify.com/episode/6PBS...

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 history of the Mauututu Nakanai of West New Britain Learn more at press.anu.edu.au

Heather Goodall's books about this River worth getting hold of - ANU Press downloads..

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! Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/PPP.2025

This edition of EAFQ maps the terrain on which Asia must choose between short-term accommodation and long-term growth and resilience, and examines how governments across the region are juggling the shocks from Washington alongside political and economic pressures. doi.org/10.22459/EAFQ.17.03.2025

‘Rethinking Histories of Military Atrocity, Ethnic Violence and Photography, from the Aceh War to the Indonesian National Revolution’ - ✍️📷 New research of mine, open access with @anupress.bsky.social 👇 press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr... #indonesia #netherlands #colonialism #warphotography

The latest issue of ‘East Asia Forum Quarterly’ explores how governments in Asia are navigating trade shocks, tech disruption and shifting power dynamics, and why regional cooperation is key to shaping a fairer global order. Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/EAF...

‘It is time for a critical evaluation of histories of Indonesia extending back to the formal period of colonisation right through to the present using the scholarly lens of coloniality and decoloniality to capture the enduring legacies of and processes that reproduce coloniality.’

Our upcoming title explores Indonesia’s past and present through the lens of coloniality, examining how colonial power structures persist beyond the formal period of colonisation. Register your interest today: doi.org/10.22459/RHI... @susieprotschky.bsky.social @asianstudies.org

Huge congratulations to our author Erik Eklund, whose powerful book ‘Politics, Pride and Perversion: The Rise and Fall of Frank Arkell’ has been shortlisted for the #NSWHA Community and Regional History Prize! Don’t miss this compelling read. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/PPP.2025

“This is a well-crafted book that finally places societal actors and their relations with state institutions under much closer and richer empirical examination.” Great review by @trissiawijaya.bsky.social‬ of ‘Defying Beijing’ in The China Journal. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

A powerful study of resource extraction and inequality. ‘Ink and Land’ explores how indigenous groups in #PNG compete for land rights around the Wafi-Golpu copper-gold mine, shaped by law, politics and the promise of gold. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/IL....

“We cannot be spectators to this change. We cannot become spectators on our own land." – Naga Jason ‘Ink and Land’ explores the political and legal struggles over landownership in #PNG, as groups compete to be recognised as customary landowners of the Wafi-Golpu copper-gold mine.

“Technology is transforming the face of modern warfare, but some things never change” @aunz.theconversation.com piece on Deane-Peter Baker and Mark Hilborne’s latest title ‘War 4.0: Armed Conflict in an Age of Speed, Uncertainty and Transformation. theconversation.com/technology-i...

After a brief hiatus, the Historians of Southeast Asia network are back! Come join us for a book launch and discussion on Wed 27 August, 5.00 pm Melbourne time, on Zoom of @anupress.bsky.social new book (out Open Access on 21 Aug). #coloniality #decoloniality #sejarah