Professor Emeritus Russell Trood
Professor Emeritus Russell Trood first joined Griffith University in 1991. As Director of the Griffith Asia Institute from 2015-2016 and as Director of Griffith’s Centre… Read More
Asia Pioneers
Richard Blundell’s portrait of Professor Colin Mackerras was unveiled on Friday 2 October 2015, in its new home at the Colin Mackerras Room at the Griffith Asia Institute, in Building N16, Griffith University, Nathan campus
Griffith Asia Institute continues to celebrate the achievements of Griffith University’s Asia pioneers. Be inspired and read some of their incredible stories here.
Sir Theodor Bray CBE DUniv
Sir Theodor Bray (1905-2000) – Griffith’s First Chancellor In 1970, Sir Theodor Bray accepted the challenge of the State Education Minister of the time to plan… Read More
Professor Emeritus Ho Peng Yoke
Professor Ho Peng Yoke joined Griffith University in April 1973 as Foundation Professor and Chairman of Australia’s first School of Modern Asian Studies. He came to… Read More
Professor Nancy Viviani AO
Nancy Viviani came to Griffith from Harvard in 1978 to set up the Centre for the Study of Australian Asian Relations (CSAAR) in the School of… Read More
Professor Colin Mackerras AO
Professor Emeritus Colin Mackerras AO began his association with Griffith University in 1974 as Foundation Professor in Modern Asian Studies. Griffith’s founders decided in the early 1970s… Read More
Professor Cordia Chu AM
Cordia Chu joined Griffith University in 1987 as a teaching fellow with a PhD in medical sociology and medical anthropology and is currently the Director… Read More
