Casual/sessional Academic

**Classification**: Casual Sessional Academic
**Salary package**: As per Casual Sessional Academic salary rates
**Term**: Casual, commencing September 2025

**Spring 2025**
We currently expect to require one or more Casual Sessional Academics for the following courses/roles. These courses will be delivered by ANU staff in Japan as part of the Bell School Dual Degree program with Ritsumeikan University. The CSA(s) hired will be located in Canberra.

**Course**

**Course Convenor**

**Likely CSA work**

BAPA1001 The Origins of Political Order in Asia

Nikolay Murashkin

Marking and meetings

BAPA1002 Understanding Peace and Conflict

Julien Barbara

Marking and meetings

BAPA3002 Global Governance in the Asia Pacific

Julien Barbara

Marking and meetings

BAPA3004 Australia’s Security in the Asian Century

Nikolay Murashkin

Marking and meetings

**Semester One 2026**

**Course**

**Course Convenor**

**Likely CSA work**

STST8068 - Asian Strategy and Security:
History, Theory, and Practice

Evelyn Goh

Delivery of 12x2.5 hours seminars, course-relevant administration and marking.

**About us**
The ANU College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP) is a distinctive community of multi-disciplinary and area specialists dedicated to research, education and engagement in the world’s most dynamic region. CAP is the global centre of excellence for understanding human development and organisation in Asia and the Pacific, uncovering our past, informing our present, and reshaping our future to address the region’s challenges.

As a global leader in Asia Pacific studies in humanities and social sciences, CAP combines disciplinary depth, language teaching, area studies, and publicly engaged policy work. Through its work, the College has played a critical role in advancing Australia’s engagement and understanding of the Asia-Pacific region, establishing the Australian National University as a global centre of excellence for research, teaching and impact in the region.

The College consists of two research schools and is home to a range of eleven regional and thematic institutes and centres that support research, education and outreach activities. Our specialists play a vital role in informing public policy and shaping Australia’s intellectual engagement with the societies, cultures and economies of Asia and the Pacific.

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The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs (Bell School) is a world-leading centre for research, education, and policy analysis on international and Asia Pacific politics, security, diplomacy, and strategic affairs. The School comprises a number of vibrant, interdisciplinary, intellectual communities: the Department of International Relations, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, the Department of Political and Social Change, and the Department of Pacific Affairs.

**Position overview**
As a casual sessional academic you will be involved in the delivery of CAP courses with support, guidance and direction from the Course Convenor and School staff.

You will work both independently and as part of a team to inspire active and evidence-based learning in our courses as well as motivate students to achieve their best and help them meet the stated learning outcomes.

A CSA shall have qualification and/or experiences recognised by the institution as appropriate for the relevant discipline area. These include past teaching experience, high achievement in coursework, and employment in related topics to the courses offered by the school.

**Enquiries**

**Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access**

**How to apply**
- **1 page cover letter**including the following:

- Course(s) you would prefer to teach
- A brief summary of your teaching experience, either at the ANU or another institution and include any relevant industry experience (If you have previously tutored at ANU before, please list courses tutored. Please note that Convenors may be contacted)
- Your Resume** with appropriate length (up to 3 pages) with a list of minimum 2 referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor)**.

**Successful applicants must have rights to live and work in Australia.