The Pacific Circle warmly congratulates its Executive Secretary, Dr Sebestian Kroupa, on his appointment as Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University. Seb has taken up his post in Montreal this autumn for the 2024/25 academic year.
Organised by Pacific Circle Secretary Sebestian Kroupa (University of Cambridge) and Stephanie Mawson (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa), the hybrid conference ‘Indigenous Histories of Encounters in Asia-Pacific’ was held at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge on 19 and 20 June 2023. With keynote addresses from Michael T. Carson (University of Guam) and Lynette Russell (Monash University) …
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The Pacific Circle warmly congratulates its former President, Professor Warwick Anderson (University of Sydney) on the award of the 2023 Bernal Prize. The Society for Social Studies of Science annually awards the Bernal Prize to an individual who has made distinguished contributions to the field of STS. It is the Society’s lifetime achievement award. Past …
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The Pacific Circle would like to invite you to its next Online Lecture, which will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 26 January 2023 at 7am London time. Please click here to view a flyer with all the information. Time Has Come to a Stop: Temporalities of Loss and Resistance on the West Papuan Plantation …
To all readers of the Bulletin of the Pacific Circle, We are delighted to announce a new era for the publication. As you may have noticed, the Bulletin has ceased to be printed and mailed out. Meanwhile, the Pacific Circle’s website is undergoing a gradual transformation, as we shift from hard copy to what we hope will be …
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The Pacific Circle would like to invite you to its next Online Lecture, which will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 26 January 2023 at 7am London time. Please click here to view a flyer with all the information. On Bezoars and Other Healing Stones in Manila: Making Knowledge Across Indo-Pacific Worlds, c.1700 Sebestian Kroupa(University …
Hello Circle Readers, Far too long in coming, we have posted Circle Bulletin #48 here (PDF). We apologize for the unprecedented delay and will take measures to avoid this in the future. As with all other past issues, you may find a permanent link under the ‘bulletin’ tab at the top of this page.
Dear Circle Readers, As we continue to expand our online discourse and the Pacific Circle itself, we would like to recognize the Council members and officers who have helped to ensure the vitality of the organization over the past 30 years and more. Now and for the future, we remain focused on the abiding realization …
Hello Circle Readers, We would like to share our Members Directory for 2022 (PDF) even as we make further updates and adjustments to the format. If you wish to add, edit, or remove any part of your member entry, then please email us at thepacificcircle@gmail.com or feel free to contact me directly at mpkline@hawaii.edu. In …
Dear Circle Readers, We are pleased to announce the first of an irregular series of online events of the Pacific Circle. The new council have agreed to introduce this innovation to make best use of new digital means of communication. We will aim to highlight the work of emerging scholars in the fields represented by …
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