Australia and Southeast Asia

Supportive critique and cross-pollination across institutional boundaries, as well as those of geography and temporality.

This discussion brings together experts from the USA, Australia and Indonesia.

Studying Vietnamese folkloric practices, the artist has crafted objects that reflect the aesthetics of creative subversion and resistance.

Interact with some of the most socially-engaged and topical art produced by contemporary artists both emerging and established from the region

Working in solidarity globally and at the intersection of environmental protection and human rights.

From remote Torres Strait to mega-cities like Jakarta, enforced climate refugee status continues to increase.

A group of academics is urging the Federal Government to grant humanitarian protection visas to a small cohort of gifted students.

Investigating urbanisation, the environment, inequality, and the political rights and duties of Thai people.

Featuring art from the "other" major art centres in Indonesia, this exhibition includes the work of 6 mid-career artists.

Drawn from local contexts, these abstractions also transcend borders.

APT10 forces us to look past the categories of nation or ethnicity to embrace perspectives in life that are centred on multiplicity and hybridity, on community and friendship.

Relocation has some implications for not only military and defence issues, but also economic and environmental security.

"....when you actually sit down and look at what happened, the locals were key participants in all of these war activities."

A new documentary seeks to explore the plight of refugees in Indonesia seeking resettlement in Australia.

Just as there is no simple correlation between democracy and good governance, we can no longer draw a straight line between authoritarianism and weak governance.

For Indonesia and Australia, the salvage of Perth has put maritime heritage cooperation into the spotlight, prompting greater bilateral engagement.

The ABC should establish a new relationship with an Indonesian partner, enabling Australians to learn that this humane cause is shared by our close neighbours.

After COVID-19, Australia will want to step up in the region...especially where the lessons and relevant technology can be generously shared.

Our knowledge of Asia, our learning, our relationships and our expertise have been under fire for the last 20 years.

Establishing parliamentary committees will help the new PH government meet its GE14 promises of better governance, as ministers and senior officials can be called to account.

Foreign correspondent and historian Frank Palmos reflects on his first translating job in Java in 1961.

Welcoming the University of Sydney's Southeast Asian history bloggers to New Mandala.