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Officially created on 1 January 2017, the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et du Pacifique (House of Human and Pacific Science) is part of the National Network of Maisons des Sciences de l'Homme (Houses of Human Sciences). It is the most recent of the 23 existing Maisons des Sciences de l'Homme and the first outside France and overseas. Its purpose is to allow better international collaboration with, as a priority, the institutions of the Pacific and therefore with Australia. The ambition of this French initiative is to become, in the long term, an high-level research center in the humanities. Learn more about it (in French!)

Oceania (defined here as Australia, eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands), presents a unique setting for trans-disciplinary enquiry into the processes of socio-cultural evolution and diversification, and the influence of different environmental settings on these processes. Continuity in settlement by the Indigenous populations of Sahul over at least 65,000 years, and the relative recency of sustained contact with other global transfers, has produced a diversity of cultures and languages that is unrivalled in the world today, with more than 300 languages in Australia and over 1000 languages in New Guinea. The task of simply mapping this diversity has consumed regional scholar

15-17 September 2020 The Group of Eight and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC are partnering with the French Embassy to convene this online workshop to discuss the latest advances in bushfire research and to foster future collaborations between our two nations. France-Australia Bushfire Science Workshop 15-17 September 2020 AEST 4pm – 6.30pm CEST 8am - 10.30am The workshop will provide Australian and French researchers with a forum to share, discuss and anticipate research relevant to bushfire and other natural hazard emergencies with key research users including emergency service and government agencies. The workshop aims to build upon the strong interest in Australia and internatio

Deadline for apllications: Monday 2 November 2020 The Embassy of France in Australia and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia are proud to announce the launch of the Social Science Collaborative Research Program. This research funding program will support and reinforce social sciences collaboration between Australia and France through: Research activities on a topic of interest to both Australia and France, provided to eligible French and Australian researchers, especially early- and mid-career researchers. Research activities relevant to Pacific Islands Studies (including those in French overseas territories). Research activities with the potential to support the development of s

Date: 11 Sep 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm (GMT+08:00) Perth Place: the Alliance Française patio - 75 Broadway, Nedlands WA The AFRAN and the Alliance Française in Perth have the immense pleasure to host the first Café Scientifique with brilliant/young archaeologist specialising in the Pacific Emilie Dotte-Sarout from UWA Friday 11th September at 10am in the Alliance Française patio to talk about her work. Emilie Dotte-Sarout is an archaeologist specialising in the Pacific. She is originally from New Caledonia, has trained in France, the US and Australia, and has worked as an archaeobotanist (investigating the ancient use of plants in human societies and its impact on the environment) in Frenc

35th Anniversary Symposium of the Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations (ISFAR) 8-9 April 2021, RMIT University Since the initial Call for Papers, it has become clear that there may still be bans in place not only on international travel but on travel between the States. We have therefore decided that at least some sessions of the symposium will be online. This decision will in addition enable colleagues in French territory universities to participate. We are monitoring the situation closely and would welcome your opinion. When you submit your abstract, please indicate whether you wish to participate in face-to-face or online. Call for Papers As two neighbouring middle-power