Academic interactions: Australia and India

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Peter Fuller talks to Professor Raghbendra Jha, who was appointed to the Rajiv Gandhi Chair in South Asian Economics in March 2000, about his research program and aims as the Executive Director of the Australia South Asia Research Centre.
Author(s): Peter Fuller

Returning home

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Jan Borrie talks to Dr Katy Gillette about her senior management positions at the National Library of Australia and more recently at the newly opened National Museum of Australia, which paved the way for her return to the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies from where she began her career. Dr Gillette was appointed Business Manager to RSPAS in July 2001.
Author(s): Jan Borrie

Bob Cooper: The photographer's eye

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In 1999 Bob Cooper of Coombs Photography was awarded The Australian National University Council Medal for General Staff Excellence. Robert Hefner talks to Bob Cooper about his career at the university, the major photographic projects he has undertaken and future challenges with the rapid changes in imaging technology and the new publishing agenda within the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
Author(s): Robert Hefner

Luck and the unexpected vacancy

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Maxine McArthur explores, through discussion with Emeritus Professor Gerard Ward, a former Director of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, a professional life devoted to research in the Pacific Region. McArthur details the changes Ward perceives to be in the scholarly interests of the School and the challenges for the future.
Author(s): Maxine McArthur

A passion to understand and document

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Jennifer Moran talks to anthropologist Dr Nicholas Tapp, appointed as a Senior Fellow within the Division of Society and Environment in 2000, about his current research program and results of his recent field work.
Author(s): Jennifer Moran