Chinese Studies Association of Australia

The CSAA wishes to extend heartfelt sympathy to the people of Sichuan and to all their compatriots. The Chinese people have shown great courage in their extraordinary efforts currently underway to honour the victims and to assist the survivors.

澳大利亚中国研究协会向四川灾区人民及中国同胞表示由衷的同情。中国人民在努力救助生还者和纪念遇难者的同时展现的是无比的勇气。

Make a donation to the China Sichuan Earthquake at www.redcross.org.au. http://www.redcross.org.au/ourservices_aroundtheworld_emergencyrelief_Chinaearthquake.htm

Read and send Message of Hope at www.schoolaid.org.au. http://www.schoolaid.org.au/MessagesofHopeGallery.htm

The Chinese Studies Association of Australia [CSAA] is the professional association for China specialists and post-graduate students in Australia [incorporated under the ACT Associations Incorporations Act 1991]. Its membership includes most of the specialists in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, history, language, law, linguistics, political science, sociology, literature and other aspects of Chinese society and culture. To inform its membership about what is occurring in the Chinese studies community throughout Australia, it regularly publishes the Chinese Studies Newsletter, containing information about on-going research, new publications, new appointments, forthcoming conferences and workshops, and a campus round-up.

The CSAA also convenes a major biennial conference, containing dozens of panels of papers and drawing a large number of participants both from Australia and abroad. The most recent national conference was hosted by Griffith University in Brisbane in 2007. The next conference is scheduled to be held in Sydney in July 2009.

The CSAA liaises with government departments and other appropriate official bodies at Commonwealth and State levels regarding the teaching of the Chinese language and culture in primary and secondary schools and universities and other issues relevant to the field of Chinese Studies, such as research funding. The Association works to ensure that it has a significant input on all important matters relating to Chinese Studies in Australia.