International conferences organised
Environmental Humanities: Theory and Praxis in Australia and India, 12-13 January, 2019
Transnational Migratory Spaces and Cultural Exchange between Australia and India, 9-10 February, 2018
History, Culture and Identity: Australian Studies in India and Australia, 4-5 February, 2017
The Asian Century: Australia and the Trans-Asian Cultural and Strategic Diplomacy, 27-28 January, 2015
Borders and Beyond: Cultural Transactions between Australia and India, 22-24 January, 2013
Re-mapping the Future: History, Culture and Environment in Australia and India, 22-24 January, 2011
Australia India Council Fellows Alumni Meet, 25 January, 2011
Landscape and Rivers: Symbolising Cultural Linkages between Australia and India, 22-23 January, 2009
Culture and Identity: Re-imagining Australia and India, 22-24 January, 2007
Seminars/ Workshops/ Events
- 1. Reinventing 20th Century Australian Fiction, Australian Literature Study Centre, 1997
- 2. Colonial and Postcolonial : Interfacing Indian and Australian Literature, Australian Literature Study Centre 1998
- 3. Ausatralian Aborigine Poetry , Australian Literature Study Centre 1999
- 4. Workshop on Translating Australian Poetry,Australian Literature Study Centre&Writers’ Workshop, 2000
- 5. Readings and Reflections : Bem Le Hunte ( collaborative programme of IASA, Eastern Region with Srijan ), 2001
- 6. Readings and Reflections : Peter Carey and Kim Scott ( collaborative programme of AIC and Centre for Australian Studies and Srijan ), 2003
- 7. Australian Culture : Space, Polity and Cognitions, IASA, Eastern Region, 2004
The Association also took definitive initiatives in publications
The Asian Century: Australia and the Trans-Asian Cultural and Strategic Diplomacy, Ed. Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay & Associate Eds. Jayanta Kumar Saha & Sarbojit Biswas. Aadi Publications: Jaipur. 2016
Remapping the Future: History, Culture and Environment in Australia and India ( Eds. Raelene Frances & Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay), Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle: UK. 2013
Landscape, Place and Culture: Linkages between Australia and India (Eds. Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay, Paul Brown and Chris Conti). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle: UK. 2011
Australian Studies: Reading History, Culture and Identity, (Eds. Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay & David Dunstan) Worldview, New Delhi, 2010
The Association has been functional in developing resource centre for Australian Studies in Bankura University. Bankura University has signed MoU with the University of Wollongong. The IASA, ER has strong links with a number of Australian academics like Professor Rae Frances, ANU, Professor Paul Pickering, ANU, Professor Bruce Scates, ANU, Dr Paul Sharrad, UoW, Dr Helen Pringle, UNSW, Professor Bill Ashcroft, UNSW et al. The Association has recently established vibrant collaboration with the Australian Studies Institute, ANU.