ANU School of Culture, History & Language

January’s CHL Crosscurrents is live 🌏

Highlights include a feature on the Year of the Fire Horse, our summer scholars, student reflections from Mongolia, and news on languages at ANU.

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Top 10 Discoveries of 2025 - Oldest Mummified People - Archaeology Magazine - January/February 2026 Southern China and Southeast Asia

A huge win for ANU researchers!

A CHL + CAP team has been recognised by Archaeology Magazine as making one of the Top 10 Discoveries of 2025.

A global spotlight on a phenomenal collaboration!
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A Journey Across the Steppe: Discovering Mongolia Through Language and Land | School of Culture, History & Language Student experiences in Mongolia...

Gers on distant hills, horses crossing the road, and kindness offered at every stop. One student’s story brings Mongolia’s wide-open landscapes to life.

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Australia can’t afford to lose its Indonesian-language expertise — but programs are disappearing nationwide. Dr Elly Kent explains why this is a strategic risk: chl.anu.edu.au/news/preserv...

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Tasmania. Canberra. Next Stop: Hangzhou | School of Culture, History & Language Getting Ready for a Year in Asia

From Tasmania → Canberra → Hangzhou 🎒 — meet Alexander Munro, ANU student turned China-bound Year in Asia scholar. Explore his hopes: language, culture, and history.
Read more 👇
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30 new Fellows elected to Humanities Academy – Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities has today announced the election of 30 new Fellows. Fellows are among the nation’s most influential thinkers, providing insight essential to Australia’s social...

Congrats to Katerina Teaiwa, just elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities! Her work on environmental justice & Pacific history is powerful & deeply rooted in decolonial practice.

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2025 Golson Lecture: Archaeological poetics, archaeological practice: reflections on archaeologies of cross-cultural exchange, creative practices and community-based repatriation through the lens of ... Register on Humanitix - 2025 Golson Lecture: Archaeological poetics, archaeological practice: reflections on archaeologies of cross-cultural exchange, creative practices and community-based repatriat...

Explore 35 years of cross-cultural archaeology at Groote Eylandt in the 2025 Golson Lecture featuring Prof Annie Clarke (Uni Sydney).
🗓 29 Oct | 7 pm
📍 Hedley Bull Theatre 1, ANU
🎟 Free entry + networking
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What a Week 1! 🌏✨ Immersia 2025 is halfway through — with music, food, art & connection already shared. Week 2 is next — see you there!

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Immersia Prelude ✦ The Mongolian ger stands tall at ANU! 🌏

✨ Raised with tradition & connection, the ger is set for 2 weeks of stories, songs & culture at Immersia 2025. Participating in the setup, Julia said: “It was so satisfying to help raise it!”

Immersia kicks off 8 Sep! immersia.anu.edu.au

Immersia presents Aussie Local Heroes Vanessa Brettell & Hannah Costello of Café Stepping Stone for stories of travel, culture & supporting migrant women. A night of food, poetry & connection!

8 Sep | HC Coombs Tea Room
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CHL Crosscurrents August 2025: mailchi.mp/.../chl-cros....

Welcome back to Crosscurrents! This month's edition is packed with lots of stories! Immersia is back; a heartfelt tribute; research stories and opinion pieces; and lots of news & event info!

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Couldn’t get enough of Immersia 2024? Or are you new & curious?

We're back! Immersia 2025 is your ticket to games, food, music & culture from across Asia & the Pacific.

Don’t wait — register today!
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After a global career in public health, Dr Patricia Graves returned to study history and language at ANU. Her story is a bold reminder that curiosity doesn’t retire.

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Anthropologist. Innovator. Olympic Collaborator: When Todd Harple first arrived at ANU, he was looking for more than just a PhD program. What he found was a lifelong framework for thinking, connecting, and innovating across disciplines and continents.

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June highlights from CHL: Tribute to Anthony Reid, Malaysian street art uncovered, Olympic anthropology & a student’s scholarship story. #CHLStories #Scholarship

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Meet William Loughton—ANU graduate, cybersecurity engineer in Tokyo & inaugural recipient of the Carol Hayes Memorial Prize. His journey of bridging cultures through language & technology is truly inspiring.

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🎓 Language, culture, and student stories from the ANU School of Culture, History & Language — the May edition of CHL Crosscurrents is out now.

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Did you know "shampoo" comes from Hindi "चाँपो", meaning head massage? Or that "pyjama" literally translates to "leg garment" (पाजामा)?
👉 Dive deeper into Hindi with our courses—discover the roots of the language hiding in plain sight: chl.anu.edu.au/language-hindi

#Hindi #languagelearning #india

👀 Bet you didn’t know Bangkok has the longest city name in the world!
👇 No wonder locals just say Krung Thep 😂

📚 Wanna speak Thai like a local and learn these fun cultural gems? Join our Thai course: chl.anu.edu.au/language-thai — it’s not just language, it’s an experience✨

#languagelearning #ANU

Moving Images, Living Histories: Professor Katerina Teaiwa’s Expansive Practice Across Art, Activism, and Archives | School of Culture, History & Language From Banaba to The Met—Professor Katerina Teaiwa is reshaping how Pacific stories are told, seen, and remembered.

Dr. Katerina Teaiwa: Centering Pacific Narratives in Art & Academia
→Curating Wansolmoana @Australian Museum in Sydney
→Dance Protest exhibition @sydney.edu.au
→ARC Indigenous scholar/artist collaborations
→NYC Met Museum Oceania Gallery revival

See her stories: chl.anu.edu.au/content-cent...

🥖Did you know? Bánh mì (Vietnamese baguette) comes from French influence? But “bánh” is a universe: think steamed buns, crispy pancakes, sticky rice cakes. 🌌🍚

Learn Vietnamese with us—where language meets deliciousness: chl.anu.edu.au/language-vie... ✨

#VietLanguage #BanhMi #languagelearning

Korean | School of Culture, History & Language

🤗Find all the information about our Korean Language courses here: chl.anu.edu.au/korean

ANU x U.S. Defense Dept turn WWII wreckage into hope.
Students will recover lost soldiers’ remains in PNG—archaeology meets diplomacy. Our students will excavate wreckage, engage communities, and learn diplomacy on the ground.
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🔍Archaeology classroom has no walls!
Our students dove headfirst into the wild side of learning at Kiola on Murramarang Country, swampy sediment coring and Australia’s largest raptor as a lab partner. This is archaeology and palaeoecology like you’ve never seen!
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🧐Did you know Hokkien opera (歌仔戲) isn’t just performance art—they’re about stories, traditions, and the soul of Taiwan and Minnan! At ANU, our courses blend linguistic mastery with Taiwan’s rich folklore and Minnan traditions.

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👏 Welcome back to CHL Crosscurrents April 2025!
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From academic articles to course opportunities, don't miss the news, latest updates and events we offer!
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Do you know these lovely curved characters were actually square at the beginning?
Burmese script started square on stone, got curvy on palm leaves because straight lines tore the pages.
Come and learn more about the Burmese language and culture with us: chl.anu.edu.au/language-bur...

#Burmese

Happy #ChineseLanguageDay!

The journey of Chinese writing is epic:
➡️Oracle bones ➡️Bamboo slips ➡️Papermaking ➡️Movable type printing

Language carries culture. Writing carries time! It's time to learn Chinese with us: chl.anu.edu.au/language-mod...

#Chinese #ANU #languagelearning

Yum Cha is where culture lives — and Cantonese is its voice.

If you want to go beyond just tasting dim sum, Har Gow and Pu'er Tea, start learning the language that brings it all to life!

😋Let's learn some Cantonese and go for the delicious food: chl.anu.edu.au/language-can...

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✨Do you know Tetum? The national language spoken by most Timorese it’s a cultural bridge to diplomacy, development, and unity in the region.
🌏Timor-Leste is stepping confidently into ASEAN — a big moment for one of Southeast Asia’s youngest nations!

Know more here: chl.anu.edu.au/language-tetum