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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Welcome to the School of Culture, History and Language (CHL). CHL is the hub of specialised and thorough Australian knowledge on the Asia-Pacific Region within the College of Asia & the Pacific at ANU. The College is unique in transdisciplinary and interregional foundation, and CHL exemplifies this outlook.
Our School’s departments bring together more than 100 academics dedicated to investigating and learning with and about the people, languages and lands of the Asia and Pacific region. We embrace diversity as a core strength. This diversity enables us to foster an environment that supports innovative and influential teaching and research.
The study and teaching of Asian and Pacific languages at CHL is unsurpassed in its diversity in Australia and is held as a core value of our School. Our language experts operate at the forefront of language learning and research, with innovative, online courses designed to complement in-person programs.
Our research is organised around the themes of culture, history, language and environment, which include a range of versatile disciplinary themes and areas of study.
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Profiles
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Pacific Powers: Imperial Competition and Cooperation in Micronesia
5/03/25 → 5/03/29
Project: Research
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Geophysical Survey of Lake Kutubu, Papua New Guinea - a potential ICDP coring site
Haberle, S. & Augustinus, P.
14/02/25 → 16/12/26
Project: Research
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The invisible past: Antarctic ecosystem evolution unlocked by ancient DNA
Armbrecht, L., Teixeira, J., Bolch, C., Post, A., Post, A., Suter, L. & Younger, J.
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
Research output
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A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Ecological Novelty
Staples, T. L., Blois, J., Cramer, K. L., Cunningham, E. T., Dornelas, M., Haberle, S. G., Heger, T., Kiessling, W., Magurran, A. E., O'Dea, A., Penny, A. M., Radeloff, V. C., Smith, J. A., Thuiller, W., Williams, J. W. & Pandolfi, J. M., 17 Feb 2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 2, 14 p., e70005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anthropology and change over the ‘land rights era’: Towards treaties?
Merlan, F., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Australian Journal of Anthropology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Awiakay (Arafundi)
Hoenigman, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Oxford Guide to the Papuan Languages. Evans, N. & Fedden, S. (eds.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review