Immersia: Engaging the Pacific and Asia

Held over three days, Immersia: Engage with the Pacific and Asia will take you on a unique, culturally immersive and diverse journey across the Asia and Pacific region. Share in the richness of the cultures, heritage, languages, arts, music, and cuisines of the region, and learn from research experts about the stories behind these diverse traditional experiences.

The purpose of the event is to bring together the versatile and multidisciplinary facets of the ANU School of Culture, History & Language, the College of Asia and the Pacific, and ANU to create a multiday festival showcasing our research excellence and expertise, with the aim of engaging audiences from diverse walks of life and strengthening collaboration and knowledge sharing across the university, general public and community.

We are currently inviting expressions of interest:

Calling all researchers, academics, students, presenters, artists, and performers from the Asian, Pacific and Indigenous community... 

Are you interested in showcasing your expertise, cultural traditions and talent at IMMERSIA 2022? 

If you have anything to showcase and share in the following categories, we want your participation, be it a performance, discussion, talk, seminar, workshop, or presentation! 

Mindfulness and wellbeing
Cultural land management
Indigenous cultural practices
Music, song, dance
Traditional attire
Field school experiences and exhibits
Food and drink
Art, craft and photography 
Offbeat and unique regional talents
Martial arts
Body art
Book/publication launches

Applications are open now until 11:55pm on Sunday, 20 November 2022.