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How do embassies engage in projections of culture, sometimes also called ‘soft power’? What is the role of Australian Studies in connection with ‘official’ activities overseas? Recent years have seen increasing attention paid to such questions.\u00a0For example, a recent co-edited volume (Kate Darian-Smith and David Lowe),\u00a0The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia-Japan Relations<\/em>\u00a0(ANU Press 2023), explores the sociability of diplomacy and the symbolic and architectural importance of the Embassy.\u00a0 A focus on the Embassy\u2019s occupants\u2014\u00a0from ambassadors to locally-engaged staff \u2014 adds depth to historical understandings of diplomatic work and regional ties, whether these be high level negotiations or soft power cultural influences.\u00a0 Join us for a panel discussion by three experts in the field on how Australian overseas posts are involved in the task of projecting Australia in other countries.<\/div>\n
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Professor David Lowe\u00a0<\/strong>is Chair of Contemporary History and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Histories in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University. He has published widely on the history of Australia in the world and on international history and memory, including\u00a0\u00a0Australian between Empires: The Life of Percy Spender<\/em>\u00a0(2010), and three edited histories of Australian embassies overseas with ANU Press, Australia Goes to Washington\u00a0<\/em>(with David Lee and Carl Bridge, 2017),\u00a0Rising Power and Changing People: the Australian High Commission in India<\/em>, (with Eric Meadows, 2022), and\u00a0The Australian Embassy in Toyko and Australia-Japan Relations<\/em>, (with Kate Darian-Smith, 2023).<\/p>\n

David is co-founder of the Australian Policy and History network (https:\/\/aph.org.au<\/a>) and was Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo, 2019-20.<\/p>\n

Professor Anna Johnston<\/strong>\u00a0is President of the International Association of Australian Studies (InASA) and was the AJF Chair of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo in 2014-15. Her new book\u00a0The Antipodean Laboratory: Making Colonial Knowledge, 1770-1870<\/a><\/em>\u00a0will by published by CUP in September 2023.<\/p>\n

Professor Kate Darian-Smith<\/strong>\u00a0is Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania and has published widely on Australia\u2019s history and cultural heritage. A former President of the International Australian Studies Association, Kate has contributed to the promotion of Australian Studies internationally, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, and served two terms on the Board, Australia-Japan Foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She recently co-edited, with\u00a0David\u00a0Lowe, the volume\u00a0The Australian Embassy in Tokyo and Australia-Japan Relations<\/em>\u00a0(ANU Press 2023); see\u00a0https:\/\/press.anu.edu.au\/publications\/australian-embassy-tokyo-australia-japan-relations<\/a><\/p>\n

The seminar is part of an ongoing series,\u00a0Making Public Histories<\/em>, that is offered jointly by the\u00a0Monash University History Program<\/a>, the\u00a0History Council of Victoria<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Old Treasury Building<\/a>. Each seminar aims to explore issues and approaches in making public histories. The seminars are open, free of charge,\u00a0to anyone interested in the creation and impact of history in contemporary society. Click\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0to learn about other events in the series.<\/p>\n

We thank the series sponsors,\u00a0Monash University Publishing<\/a>,\u00a0the\u00a0Monash University History Program<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Old Treasury Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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