ANU Malaysia Update 2025: Malaysia's Regional Role

VENUE

The Conference will be held in hybrid mode, i.e. in-person on the ANU Campus, and live-streamed on zoom.

• IN-PERSON: Auditorium, Australian Centre on China in the World, Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU,Canberra, Australia

• ONLINE: Live-streamed via Zoom, please note no Q&A from the online audience, we apologise for this inconvenience.

Please select the relevant ticket, in-person or online, according to your preferred attendance mode.

ANU Malaysia Update 2025: Malaysia's Regional Role

The ANU Malaysia Update Conference is a biennial event bringing together leading scholars and distinguished speakers in Malaysia and Australia to the Australian National University in Canberra. The theme of the 2025 conference explores Malaysia’s role in ASEAN, in Southeast Asia, and broadly in the Asia-Pacific. It positions Malaysia in a broader regional context, delving into pressing issues within foreign policy and trade, culture, politics and society. The conference will engage in pressing debates involving Malaysia at a time of political unpredictability, trade and culture ‘wars’, and rapid technological change in the Asia-Pacific.

The conference will feature leading academics of Malaysian Studies in Australia and Malaysia, as well as contributions from policymakers, students, and the general public.

Speakers include: 

• Hanna Alkaf, Malaysian author of the Freeman Award-winning The Weight of Our Sky

• Professor James Chin, University of Tasmania

• Associate Professor Chow-Bing Ngeow, University of Malaya

• Dr Simon Soon, University of Melbourne

• Associate Professor Syaza Shukri, International Islamic University Malaysia 

Details of the program will be released soon—stay tuned!

Image: City view of Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Hongwei FAN via Unsplash.