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Japanese civilian Miyakatsu Koike’s wartime diary during his internment in Loveday Camp South Australia has been translated in English for the first time by UQ honorary research fellow Hiroko Cockerill.

Congratulations to Honours graduate Sophie Coombs who has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to be part of the ‘Sélection Internationale of the École Normale Supérieure’ (ENS) in Paris.

Professor Felicity Meakins appointment as an Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts (CoE) Member for the Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) Panel in the HASS Faculty. 

Former typist at The University of Queensland Akiko Kirkham has been reunited with her Japanese typewriter after more than a decade.

Growing up in a safe house with some of Chile's most-wanted political fugitives, Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana reveals the hidden memories of her childhood and how they have inspired a graphic novel.

Dr Lucy Fraser awarded an Australia-Japan Foundation (DFAT) grant to hold inaugural gathering of authors, artists, audiences, and academics of the fantastic.

Noongar ethnomusicologist and songwriter Professor Bracknell will be joining UQ as Professor of Linguistics starting 2022.

Dr Adriana Diaz, Dr Peter Crosthwaite and Dr Nantana Taptamat recognised for sustained excellence in teaching and tutoring.

How four dictionaries and two grammars of traditional Indigenous languages were co-compiled.

University of Queensland alumnus Tahlia Smith will be heading to Oxford after being named Queensland's 2022 Rhodes Scholar.

Professor Felicity Meakins recognised for outstanding work on the documentation of endangered languages.

Congratulations to Associate Professor and Reader in Japanese Studies David Chapman for being appointed President of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA).

Congratulations to linguist Professor Felicity Meakins and her research team who have won the Eureka prize for excellence in interdisciplinary scientific research.