Australian Studies in China Program
The ACC has been supporting Australian Studies in China for over a decade and provides funding to a network of around 20 Australian Studies Centres across China. In 2003 the ACC partnered with a consortium of Australian universities, led by the Australian Studies Centre at the University of Queensland together with the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne, to promote Australian Studies in China. The consortium manages the ACC’s Australian Studies program and can be contacted at austudies.china@uq.edu.au
Australian Studies Program Objectives:
- Enhance the range, volume, quality and value of research on Australia, and promote the dissemination of research outcomes in China through publishing, conferences and other means.
- Promote greater Australian content in teaching at all levels of the Chinese educational system.
In 2007-08, Australian Studies Centres in China that applied for Output Awards:
- published more than 70 articles in academic journals
- published 10 books
- had over 91 academics researching and teaching Australian Studies
- taught more than 95 PhD/Masters students, and
- taught more than 1,400 university students doing courses in Australian studies.
Program Components
- Australian Studies in China: Articles and Websites An e-repository hosted at University of Queensland has been established.
- Competitive Projects:
- 2007-8 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- 2006-7 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- 2005-6 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- 2004-5 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- 2003-4 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- 2002-3 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- 2000-2 Competitive Projects Funding: Awards
- Book Prize: The 2008 Book Prizes were awarded at the Australian Studies Conference held in Beijing, October 2008.
- Biennial Australian Studies Conference. The Council has financially supported each conference. The 11th Australian Studies conference was hosted by Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing from 31 October to 2 November 2008. The conference theme was "Diversity in Harmony".
- Previous conferences were:
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- 2006 Australian Studies Conference: Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot
- 2004 Australian Studies Conference: Xuzhou Normal University
- 2002 Australian Studies Conference: Anhui University , Hefei
- 2000 Australian Studies Conference: Xi’an University
- 1998 Australian Studies Conference: Peking University
- 1996 Australian Studies Conference: Nankai University, Tianjin
- 1994 Australian Studies Conference: Zhong Shan (Sun Yat Sen) University, Guangzhou
The Australia-China Council also supports the development of the Shanghai Municipal Library Australian Friendship Collection and the Australian collection at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Further Information: Email: austudies.china@uq.edu.au
