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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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Queering Hindi as a foreign language

  • Dr Ian Woolford (he/him/करता),

Hindi, like any language, is capable of describing the whole diversity of human experience, and the classroom is the perfect space to affirm this.

Towards a global approach to teaching Arabic in Australian universities

  • Tarek Makhlouf & Dr Abdul Samad Abdullah,

Arabic language teaching in Australia should focus more on the culture and global impact of Arabic than its utilitarian value.

What motivates Japanese language learners in Australia and beyond?

  • Hiroko Ohashi & Dr Jun Ohashi,

The common promotional discourses of ‘employability’ and ‘international trade’ related to Japanese language learning do not reflect learners’ motivations.

How well does Australia know China?

  • Professorial Fellow, Anne McLaren,

Enrollments in Chinese Honours programs have fallen off a cliff in the past ten years or so.

How health authorities in Australia and China could describe Mpox in less stigmatising ways

  • Yahia Zhengtang Ma,

Mpox is an epidemic of meanings and interpretations which could be expressed differently to minimise stigmatisation and discrimination.