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Kansafra elementary school, Syrian Arab Republic 2020 © UNICEF/UNI310496/Suleiman
Kansafra elementary school, Syrian Arab Republic 2020 © UNICEF/UNI310496/Suleiman
Mon, 24 Mar - Fri, 28 Mar 2025

Photographic Exhibition: Towards Alternative Humanitarian Visuals?

We know that humanitarian images often foreground suffering.
Kansafra elementary school, Syrian Arab Republic 2020 © UNICEF/UNI310496/Suleiman
Kansafra elementary school, Syrian Arab Republic 2020 © UNICEF/UNI310496/Suleiman
Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Exhibition Opening: Towards Alternative Humanitarian Visuals?

We know that humanitarian images often foreground suffering.
Register to attend the launch reception
IRC person aiding small child and mother. Image Source: International Rescue Committee website
Image Source: International Rescue Committee website
Fri, 28 Mar 2025

Protection: Approaches and Perspectives

In this public lecture the current Global Deputy Director of IRC's violence prevention and response program will reflect on the various approaches and challenges of protection work in displacement

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Shanti Mandir (Courtesy YouTube)
Shanti Mandir (Courtesy YouTube)

The Asana of Authority: Power, Legitimacy, and Yoga’s Hidden Hierarchies
ANU alum Patrick McCartney explores how yoga institutions shape authenticity, power, and identity in his latest book. Read more on his deep dive into Shanti Mandir and its hidden hierarchies.
Tayyaba Malik on Graduation Day
Tayyaba Malik on Graduation Day

Tayyaba Malik: Balancing Research, Life, and a Dash of Resilience
Tayyaba Malik’s PhD journey was one of resilience—balancing research, motherhood, and activism while amplifying Muslim women’s voices in politics, all with the support that made her success possible
Geoff With Young Cricketers in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Geoff With Young Cricketers in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

A Grandstand Finish: Geoff Piggott Scores His PhD
Geoffrey Piggott raises his PhD bat, celebrating a deep dive into cricket’s cultural impact and its role in Australia-India relations.
Tracy Beattie
Tracy Beattie

From hashtags to honours: Tracy’s path to the ANU University Medal
Meet Master of Asian and Pacific Studies graduate Tracy Beattie
World Toilet Day: Flushing Away Myths and Celebrating Sanitation

World Toilet Day: Flushing Away Myths and Celebrating Sanitation
On 19 November, celebrate World Toilet Day and discover the crucial role of sanitation in our daily lives.
Anastasia Bickel (Photo Supplied)
Anastasia Bickel (Photo Supplied)

Discovering New Worlds Through Language: Anastasia's Journey at ANU
Music, multilingualism and more: read on to experience Anastasia's Adventures at ANU!
Immersia 2024: A Cultural Kaleidoscope

Immersia 2024: A Cultural Kaleidoscope
Immersia 2024: 50 events, 1,500+ participants, more than 20 collaborations. It's a wrap on another successful year of the flagship festival hosted by the ANU School of Culture, History & Language!
Silambam

Silambam: Twirling into Tamil Combat Tradition
Silambam is an ancient Tamil martial art that combines powerful combat with graceful, fluid movements using bamboo staffs, reflecting deep cultural roots and influencing modern combat sports.

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Thu, 28 Nov 2024

Nun Other Than - Screening and Q&A with film director Udan Fernando

In the immediate aftermath of the Sri Lankan insurrection of 1971, while the leadership of the JVP, the insurgent political party, was incarcerated, some JVP activists made attempts to revive their
Fri, 15 Nov 2024

What do we see when we ask “What is China?”

Graduate Research and Development Network on Asian Security (GRADNAS) Seminar Series

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

SARI Book Adda: Cave of My Ancestors by Kirin Narayan

The ANU South Asia Research Institute Book Adda is a recurring seminar series that showcases the work of the SARI members within the ANU working on politic
Wed, 16 Oct 2024

Australia-Pakistan relations: traversing the past, present and future

ANU SARI Public Lecture by H.E. Mr Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, High Commissioner of Pakistan

Agenda
Mon, 14 Oct 2024

The Ice Cream Sellers - Screening and Q&A with film director Sohel Rahman

The Ice Cream Sellers - Screening and Q&A with film director Sohel Rahman
Fri, 11 Oct 2024

Markhor trophy hunting: Understanding the discourse of development in Northern Pakistan

PhD Thesis Proposal Review (TPR) by Hassan F. Virk 
Fri, 4 Oct 2024

When Bengal came to Afghanistan: From Kabuliwala to Shabnam

ANU SARI talk with BBC Journalist Nazes Afroz
Thu, 26 Sep 2024

The path to getting published

An online workshop

Recent recordings
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The Contortionist Turn: Ancient Guilds, Outcast Street Performers, and the Acro-Wrestling Roots of Haṭhayoga
From whom/where did the royal wrestlers get the idea to climb poles?

Poetic Supermen & Villains: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Masculine Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern North India & Nepal
This presentation will explore how memory, music, and masculinity were packaged and transmitted across time and spaces in a uniquely Maithili manner.

Right Hand, Left Hand: The Flexible Politics of Yoga
This talk explores the imaginative life of yoga, a privileged symbol of India in today’s world, in twenty-first-century stories.

The Art and Life of Gulammohammed Sheikh
Artist, poet, teacher and art historian Gulammohammed Sheikh (1937-) has played a germinal role in the development of contemporary art in India since the early 1960s.