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The Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF) has been something Global Encounters Monash (GEM) has been wanting to attend since the beginning of the project.

A highlight of the recent GEM team trip to Makassar was a visit with our friends from the MAREGE institute to the island of Barrang Lompo.

May 2026 was an exciting month for Global Encounters Monash (GEM) as we travelled to Makassar to attend the Makassar International Writer’s Festival, and to present our research findings to the MAREGE Institute.

This seminar will officially launch the publication of Professor Ian J. McNiven’s new book, Sentient Seas: Archaeologies of Seascapes and Maritime Rituals (University Press of Florida).

The Global Encounters and First Nations Peoples project, as part of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, has released  a major research report. It covers 151 Nations, almost 700 encounters, and it is available for free download as a

The Global Encounters project is  delighted to  celebrate Dr Harrison Croft's successful completion of his PhD.

The Global Encounters project will be back in 2026 with our free monthly online seminars.

The Global Encounters project held a successful and well-attended symposium on 1 December 2025 at the West Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle.

Estonia’s capital Tallinn, situated in the easternmost reaches of the Baltic Sea, might be an unexpected location for a maritime history conference on the exploration of the Pacific Ocean.