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Aboriginal History Monographs »
Aboriginal History monographs present studies on particular themes or regions, or a series of articles on single subjects of contemporary interest. Scholarly Information Services
Made in China Yearbook »
The Made in China Yearbook series offers original articles in which scholars and activists analyse the latest trends in Chinese labour and civil society. With their unique blend of in-depth scholarly work written in a direct, accessible style, these books allow readers to situate current events and
PAFTAD »
The Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) Conference is an academic conference series that originated in 1968. PAFTAD promotes policy-oriented academic research and discussion of Asia Pacific economic issues. In addition to the conferences, held approximately every 18 months, PAFTAD provides high
Field Studies in Ecology »
Field Studies in Ecology showcases the outcomes of research-led, intensive field courses that support undergraduates to accomplish short but high-quality investigations of ecological issues, culminating in papers subject to intense peer review. The series thus provides access to diverse original
China Story Yearbook »
The China Story Yearbook series collects and shapes Chinese contemporary stories from multiple voices and different perspectives under an annual theme for a broad and interested public and professional audience. It presents the larger Chinese realities, possibilities and uncertainties, and suggests
Australian Humanities Review »
Please note: This journal ceased publishing with ANU Press in 2012. Current issues are available at australianhumanitiesreview.org. Australian Humanities Review is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal featuring articles, essays and reviews focusing on a wide array of topics related to
Desmond Ball »
Professor Desmond Ball was a Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University, Canberra. (He was also Head of the Centre from 1984 to 1991.)
Professor Ball authored and edited more than 40 books or monographs on technical intelligence subjects, nuclear strategy, Australian defence and security in the Asia-Pacific region.
His most recent publication was A National Asset: 50 years of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (with Andrew Carr). Other publications include Militia Redux: Or Sor and the Revival of Paramilitarism in Thailand; Burma’s Military Secrets: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) from the Second World War to Civil War and Cyber Warfare; Signals Intelligence in the Post-Cold War Era: Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region; Presumptive Engagement: Australia’s Asia-Pacific Security Policy in the 1990s (with Pauline Kerr); Breaking the Codes: Australia’s KGB Network, 1944–50 (with David Horner); Death in Balibo, Lies in Canberra (with Hamish McDonald); and The Boys in Black: The Thahan Phran (Rangers), Thailand’s Para-military Border Guards. He has also written articles on issues such as strategic culture in the Asia-Pacific region and defence acquisition programs in the region.
Professor Ball was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia (FASSA) in 1986. He served on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in 1994–2000, and was co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) in 2000–2002.
Marcus Barber »
Marcus Barber studied marine biology and the history and philosophy of science before commencing a PhD in Anthropology at The Australian National University. His doctoral research focused on Indigenous relationships to water and the marine environment in remote Arnhem Land. He assisted with the conduct of the Blue Mud Bay case, which led to changes in the sea tenure regime in the Northern Territory. Following his PhD, Marcus Barber lectured in anthropology at James Cook University in Townsville until the end of 2009, and he remains an Associate Lecturer. He is now based in Darwin and works for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), undertaking collaborating research with Indigenous people across Northern Australia about water, marine and natural resource management issues.
Natasha Fijn »
Natasha is a College of the Arts and Social Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Australian National University. Natasha’s research engages with the exciting subdisciplines of visual anthropology and human-animal studies. Her ongoing interest is in cross-cultural perceptions and attitudes toward other animals; as well as the use of multimedia, particularly observational filmmaking, as an integral part of her research. Natasha is involved in teaching courses within the Masters of Visual Culture Research Program at the ANU. Within her current research she is exploring the connections between Aboriginal Australians and culturally significant animals in northeast Arnhem Land.
Ann McGrath »
Ann McGrath AM is a Distinguished Professor of History at The Australian National University. Currently a Kathleen Fitzpatrick ARC Laureate Fellow, she commenced her career in the Northern Territory and has since worked at Monash University, the University of New South Wales and the National Museum of Australia. She has held fellowships at Yale, Princeton and Durham and the Rockefeller Center at Bellagio.