Across two cultures

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Verona Burgess talks to Dr Xin Meng about her student days in Beijing and her graduate studies in Political Economics at The Australian National University. Dr Meng outlines the background to her research interest in the issues of the economic effects of rural migration in China and gender wage discrimination in both China and Australia.
Author(s): Verona Burgess

Pacific Linguistics: A publishing success story

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Over a number of years the Department of Linguistics within the Division of Society and Environment has, through its publishing unit, Pacific Linguistics, developed an impressive catalogue of titles. Peter Fuller talks to Malcolm Ross, John Bowden and their colleagues about the background to the publishing program, its achievements and further plans.
Author(s): Peter Fuller

Not just for the tennis

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Maxine McArthur talks to Ann Buller about her duties and role as the Administrator of the Division of Society and Environment and the wide range of scholarly disciplines that are included in her area of administrative responsibility. Through her distinguished service over many years to the Research School, Ann Buller is able to trace the changing interests, fluctuating fortunes and creative growth of the Division's academic programs.
Author(s): Maxine McArthur

Dear Uncle Go

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Peter Jackson, a Research Fellow in the Division of Pacific and Asian History, is currently working on a number of research projects associated with his interest in Thai cultural history, the history of sexuality and sexual cultures. He talks to Robert Hefner about his current research and recent publications.
Author(s): Robert Hefner

Pandanus Books: Reaching out to the community

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Robert Hefner talks to Ian Templeman, Head of Pandanus Books, and Darrell Tryon, Deputy Director of RSPAS and chairman of Pandanus Books' Editorial Board, about the Research School's new publishing initiative.
Author(s): Robert Hefner