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AUGUSTINE RENE MATTHEW
 
Organization
Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies Department of Social Studies Associate Professor
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society Department of Integrated Sciences for Global Society(Concurrent)
Title
Associate Professor
Contact information
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Tel
0928025634
Profile
I specialize in East Asian political and social history with a focus on modern Japan. My past research focused on the history of U.S. military occupations in Japan, Korea, and Okinawa, examining the rise of American hegemony in the region after World War II. I am currently engaged in a research project on the history of decolonization in Taiwan and Korea, comparing the processes and outcomes of dismantling Japanese colonialism. Other areas of research include transnational migration and border controls, boundaries of nationality and citizenship, and the "history problem" in East Asia.
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Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa

Degree

  • B.A. (Princeton University, USA)

  • M.A. (Columbia University, USA)

  • Ph.D. (Columbia University, USA)

Research History

  • Kyushu University Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies Department of Social Studies  Associate Professor 

    2015.1 - Present

  • Kyushu University Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies Department of Social Studies  Lecturer 

    2010.10 - 2014.12

  • Stranford University Asia-Pacific Research Center Postdoctoral Researcher 

    2009.9 - 2010.8

  • Stanford University, Asia-Pacific Research Center: Northeast Asian History Fellow   

Education

  • Columbia University   History Department  

    2001.9 - 2002.5

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    Country:United States

Research Interests・Research Keywords

  • Research theme: My present research explores the historical processes related to the fall of empires, focusing on what decolonization meant in Taiwan and Korea in the wake of World War II.

    Keyword: Decolonization

    Research period: 2018.4 - 2026.3

  • Research theme: I specialize in the regional history of Northeast Asia. My past research focused on the history of U.S. military occupations in Japan and Korea after World War II, analyzing the interactive relationship between migration and borders controls in each country.

    Keyword: History of military occupations

    Research period: 2010.10 - 2018.3

Papers

  • “The Limits of Decolonization: American Occupiers and the ‘Korean Problem,’ 1945-1948”

    Matthew R. Augustine

    International Journal of Korean History   22 ( 1 )   43 - 73   2017.2

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  • "The Rise of American Hegemony in Northeast Asia: An International History of Military Occupations and Alliances, 1945-1954" Reviewed

    Matthew R. Augustine

    地球社会統合科学   22 ( 1 )   1 - 13   2015.7

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)  

  • 「戦後占領期日朝間における人流と国境管理」 Invited Reviewed

    マシュー・オーガスティン

    朝鮮史研究会論文集   50   2012.10

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    Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)  

  • "Restitution for Reconciliation: The US, Japan, and the Unpaid Assets of Asian Forced Mobilization Victims" Invited Reviewed International journal

    Matthew R. Augustine

    The Journal of Northeast Asian History   8 ( 1 )   2011.6

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)  

  • "Border-Crossers and Resistance to US Military Rule in the Ryukyus, 1945-1953" Reviewed International journal

    Matthew R. Augustine

    Japan Focus   2008.9

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)  

    Other Link: http://japanfocus.org/-Matthew_R_-Augustine/2906

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Books

  • From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony: Koreans and Okinawans in the Resettlement of Northeast Asia

    Matthew R. Augustine(Role:Sole author)

    University of Hawai'i Press  2023.2 

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    Language:English   Book type:Scholarly book

    When American occupiers broke up the Japanese empire in the wake of World War II, approximately 1.7 million people departed Japan for various parts of Northeast Asia. The mass exodus was spearheaded by Koreans, many of whom chartered small fishing vessels to ship them back quickly to their liberated homeland, while wartime devastation hampered the return of Okinawans to their archipelago. By the time the officially endorsed repatriation program was inaugurated, however, increasing numbers of people began escaping US military rule in southern Korea and the Ryukyu Islands by smuggling themselves into occupied Japan. How and why did these migrants move across borderlines newly drawn by American occupiers in the region? Their personal stories reveal what liberation and defeat meant to displaced peoples, and how the compounding challenges of their resettlement led to the expansion of smuggling networks. The consequent surge of unauthorized border-crossings spurred occupation authorities into forging exclusionary migration regulations. Through a comparative study of Korean and Okinawan experiences during the postwar occupation era, this book explores how their migrations shaped, and were in turn shaped by, American policies throughout the region.

  • From Japanese Empire to American hegemony : Koreans and Okinawans in the resettlement of Northeast Asia

    Augustine Matthew R.

    University of Hawaiʻi Press  2023    ISBN:9780824895082

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  • From Japanese Empire to American hegemony : Koreans and Okinawans in the resettlement of Northeast Asia

    Augustine Matthew R.

    University of Hawaiʻi Press  2023    ISBN:9780824895082

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    Language:English  

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  • From Japanese Empire to American hegemony : Koreans and Okinawans in the resettlement of Northeast Asia

    Augustine Matthew R.

    University of Hawaiʻi Press  2023    ISBN:9780824892098

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    Language:English  

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  • 中日國力消長與東亞秩序重構 第十二章〈美國與軍事占領下的日本去帝國化〉

    @張玉法、@村田雄二郎、@張啓雄、@馮瑋、@王柯、@王文隆、@呉文星、@朴炳培、@許育銘、@呉啓訥、@李朝津、Matthew R. Augustine、@董立文、@林泉忠、@劉傑、@林廷輝(Role:Translator/Editor)

    五南  2021.2 

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    Responsible for pages:第十二章   Language:Others   Book type:Scholarly book

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Presentations

  • Shifting Boundaries of Nationality and Interethnic Families in Postwar Taiwan International conference

    Matthew R. Augustine

    Asian Studies Conference Japan  2024.7 

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    Event date: 2024.7

    Language:English   Presentation type:Symposium, workshop panel (public)  

    Venue:上智大学   Country:Japan  

  • "Resettlement during the American Interlude in Northeast Asia" Invited International conference

    Matthew R. Augustine

    IHP Book talk series  2023.9 

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    Event date: 2023.9

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

    Venue:Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica   Country:Taiwan, Province of China  

  • The 'Recovery' of Names: Decolonization and Postcolonialism in Taiwan International conference

    Matthew R. Augustine

    Modern History of Taiwan Seminar  2022.6 

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    Event date: 2022.6

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

    Venue:National Chengchi University   Country:Taiwan, Province of China  

  • "East Asian History, from Japanese Empire to American Hegemony" Invited International conference

    Matthew R. Augustine

    上海交通大学 「Modern Chinese Studies」セミナー  2021.5 

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    Event date: 2021.5

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (invited, special)  

    Venue:上海 (オンライン)   Country:China  

  • Denationalizing/Nationalizing Taiwanese in the Wake of the Japanese Empire

    Matthew R. Augustine

    Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Asia Conference  2020.9 

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    Event date: 2020.9 - 2021.9

    Language:English   Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)  

    Venue:Online from Kobe   Country:Japan  

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Professional Memberships

  • Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Asia

  • 在日朝鮮人運動史研究会

  • 朝鮮史研究会

  • 韓日民族問題学会

  • Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

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Committee Memberships

  • 九州大学出版会   学術図書刊行助成審査委員   Domestic

    2022.4 - 2024.3   

Academic Activities

  • 第22回地球社会統合科学セミナー(専門と学際の間)

    Role(s): Panel moderator, session chair, etc.

    地球社会統合科学府  2025.2

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    Type:Academic society, research group, etc. 

    Number of participants:30

  • 「Crossover」

    2023.9 - 2024.3

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  • 司会・進行役

    地球社会統合科学府 グローバルセミナー "When the Colonized Met Other Empires: Taiwanese Civilians in Southeast Asia during the Second World War"  ( Japan ) 2023.1

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    Type:Competition, symposium, etc. 

    Number of participants:20

  • 「朝鮮史研究会論文集」

    2022.6 - 2024.3

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  • Discussant International contribution

    Kyujanggak Colloquium Series (Korean Repatriates and Refugees during Liberation Period)  ( Seoul National University (Seoul) SouthKorea ) 2022.2

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    Type:Competition, symposium, etc. 

    Number of participants:25

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Other

  • キャロル・グラック「単純な物語の危険性 ー 明治維新一五〇周年に際して」マシュー・オーガスティン編『明治維新を問い直す ー 日本とアジアの近現代史』の共訳

    2020.4

Research Projects

  • The Boundaries of Nationality in Postcolonial East Asia International coauthorship

    2023.4 - 2026.3

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    Authorship:Principal investigator 

  • The Boundaries of Nationality in Postcolonial East Asia

    Grant number:23K00868  2023 - 2025

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

  • Decolonizing Taiwan in the Wake of the Japanese Empire International coauthorship

    2018.4 - 2023.3

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  • The Limits of Decolonisation: Taiwan and Japan in the Wake of Empire

    Grant number:18K01001  2018 - 2022

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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    Authorship:Principal investigator  Grant type:Scientific research funding

    The purpose of this research project was to examine American and Chinese occupation policies in postwar Japan and Taiwan, focusing on the process and outcome of dismantling Japanese colonialism. During the first two years, I conducted archival research on Nationalist Chinese policies towards Taiwan after 1945, collecting official sources on new forms of personal identity documents. Based on these historical documents, I presented my research findings on the politics of postcolonial identification at an international symposium. As I continued to translate and analyze these Chinese sources, including individual petitions, I decided to focus on the recovery of Chinese names for Taiwanese who had adopted Japanese names before 1945. I gave an online presentation on this name-recovery campaign, which serves as a window to understanding decolonization and postcolonialism in Taiwan.

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  • Australia’s Asian Garrisons and Regional Engagement: Overseas military communities and regional engagement, 1945-1988

    2016.3 - 2018.2

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    Authorship:Coinvestigator(s)  Grant type:Other funds from industry-academia collaboration

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Educational Activities

  • 大学院教育では地球社会統合科学府において主に「近現代日本と東アジア関係史研究」、"Modern Japan in East Asian History" (国際コース)等を担当している他、人文科学府と共同で「東アジア近代史領域横断ゼミ」を担当している。
    学部の教育では共創学部科目として"Historical Perspectives for Understanding the World"と"Comparative History"を担当している他、基幹教育科目として「現代史」、「基幹教育セミナー」、「課題協学」を担当している。

Class subject

  • 現代史Ⅱ

    2025.10 - 2026.2   Second semester

  • 地球社会統合科学(国際コース)

    2025.10 - 2025.12   Fall quarter

  • Transnational History

    2025.10 - 2025.12   Fall quarter

  • Comparative History

    2025.10 - 2025.12   Fall quarter

  • 東アジア近代史領域横断ゼミ

    2025.4 - 2026.3   Full year

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FD Participation

  • 2024.11   Role:Participation   Title:Toward Bilingualization at Kyushu University

    Organizer:University-wide

  • 2024.8   Role:Participation   Title:FD 「留学生のための出願前支援について」

    Organizer:University-wide

  • 2023.11   Role:Participation   Title:ハラスメント防止研修

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2023.3   Role:Participation   Title:授業評価と学習到達度評価

    Organizer:[Undergraduate school/graduate school/graduate faculty]

  • 2022.5   Role:Participation   Title:基幹教育ゼミFD

    Organizer:Undergraduate school department

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Visiting, concurrent, or part-time lecturers at other universities, institutions, etc.

  • 2025  西南学院大学・留学生別科   Classification:Part-time lecturer  Domestic/International Classification:Japan 

  • 2024  西南学院大学・留学生別科  Classification:Part-time lecturer  Domestic/International Classification:Japan 

    Semester, Day Time or Duration:後期1月から5月まで

  • 2023  西南学院大学・留学生別科  Classification:Part-time lecturer  Domestic/International Classification:Japan 

    Semester, Day Time or Duration:後期1月から5月まで

  • 2022  国立政治大学  Classification:Intensive course  Domestic/International Classification:Overseas 

    Semester, Day Time or Duration:6月8日に特別講義

  • 2019  西南学院大学・留学生別科  Classification:Part-time lecturer  Domestic/International Classification:Japan 

    Semester, Day Time or Duration:後期1月から5月まで

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Participation in international educational events, etc.

  • 2021.5

    Shanghai Jiaotung University

    International Master's Program in Modern Chinese Studies

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    Venue:中国・上海

    Number of participants:10

  • 2019.7

    上海交通大学人文学院歴史係

    International Summer School on East Asian International Relations in Maritime History

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    Venue:中国・上海

    Number of participants:45

  • 2018.12

    九州大学大学院 地球社会統合科学府

    「統合的学際教育を基盤とする高度グローバル人材養成プロジェクト」 最終評価国際委員会

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    Venue:日本・福岡市

  • 2018.9

    国立政治大学

    アジア太平洋カレッジ台北プログラム最終発表会

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    Venue:台湾・台北

  • 2013.6

    European Forum on Korean-Japanese History

    The State, Violence and the Rule of Law in Korean-Japanese History

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    Venue:オランダ・ライデン

Other educational activity and Special note

  • 2025  Special Affairs  未来共創リーダー育成プログラム

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    チュートリアル教員

  • 2024  Coaching of Students' Association  未来共創リーダー育成プログラム

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    プログラム教員

  • 2023  Coaching of Students' Association  未来共創リーダー育成プログラム

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  • 2022  Coaching of Students' Association  未来共創リーダー育成プログラム

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    プログラム教員

  • 2021  Coaching of Students' Association  未来共創リーダー育成プログラム

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    プログラム教員

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Outline of Social Contribution and International Cooperation activities

  • I have represented Kyushu University in negotiations involving academic exchange programs with Monash University and the National Chengchi University, as well as given guest lectures at the Asahi Cultural Center, etc.

Social Activities

  • 講座シリーズ「知られざる琉球沖縄の世界」第4回で「アメリカ史のなかの琉球沖縄像」という題名の講義を行った。

    朝日カルチャー福岡教室  オンライン講義  2020.7

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    Audience:General, Scientific, Company, Civic organization, Governmental agency

    Type:Lecture

  • 一般公開シンポジウム 「浅海底の戦争遺跡 その記録と伝承」で「太平洋戦争の歴史と記憶のあり方」と題する講演を行った。

    九州大学 扇動的学術研究拠点 浅海底フロンティア研究センター  九州大学 椎木講堂 大ホール  2019.1

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    Audience:General, Scientific, Company, Civic organization, Governmental agency

    Type:Lecture

  • 研究報告「占領期日本における渡航と国境管理」

    九州大学・歴史教育セミナー  九州大学箱崎文系キャンパス  2011.8

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    Audience:General, Scientific, Company, Civic organization, Governmental agency

    Type:Seminar, workshop

Media Coverage

  • "WEAI Studies Author Matthew R. Augustine a Nominee for History Book Prize" Internet

    Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asia Instituteersit  weai.columbia.edu  2025.1

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  • 地球社会統合科学府広報誌『Crossover』(No. 49)の項目「自著を語る」で、2023年2月に出版された From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony と題する研究書の内容について紹介した。 Newspaper, magazine

    Crossover  2024.3

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    地球社会統合科学府広報誌『Crossover』(No. 49)の項目「自著を語る」で、2023年2月に出版された From Japanese Empire to American Hegemony と題する研究書の内容について紹介した。

  • 明治維新史学会の研究雑誌第19号に新刊紹介として編著『明治維新を問い直す:日本とアジアの近現代』が紹介された。 Newspaper, magazine

    明治維新史研究  2021.3

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    明治維新史学会の研究雑誌第19号に新刊紹介として編著『明治維新を問い直す:日本とアジアの近現代』が紹介された。

  • 「海底の米軍艦活用を」と題する写真付きの記事(1月16日)に、学生や市民ら400人以上が集まった九大のシンポでの講演内容の一部が引用された。 Newspaper, magazine

    西日本新聞  2019.1

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    「海底の米軍艦活用を」と題する写真付きの記事(1月16日)に、学生や市民ら400人以上が集まった九大のシンポでの講演内容の一部が引用された。

  • 韓国学研究者紹介でアメリカの大学におけるコリアンスタディーズの発展、九州大学韓国研究センターへの期待、そして今後の研究課題などについて、インタビューに答えた。 Newspaper, magazine

    韓国研究センター年報第18号  2018.3

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    韓国学研究者紹介でアメリカの大学におけるコリアンスタディーズの発展、九州大学韓国研究センターへの期待、そして今後の研究課題などについて、インタビューに答えた。

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Educational Activities for Highly-Specialized Professionals in Other Countries

  • 2014.4 - 2018.3   「統合的学際教育を基盤とする高度グローバル人材養成プロジェクト」

    Main countries of student/trainee affiliation:Japan

    Other countries of student/trainee affiliation:アメリカ、イギリス、ドイツ、オーストラリア、中国、韓国、フィリピン、タイ、インドネシア、スリランカ

Acceptance of Foreign Researchers, etc.

  • Oxford University

    Acceptance period: 2022.12 - 2023.1   (Period):1 month or more

    Nationality:United Kingdom

  • Columbia University

    Acceptance period: 2018.11   (Period):Less than 2 weeks

    Nationality:United States

    Business entity:On-campus funds

  • New York University

    Acceptance period: 2018.11   (Period):Less than 2 weeks

    Nationality:Russian Federation

    Business entity:On-campus funds

  • Ohio State University

    Acceptance period: 2017.8 - 2018.1   (Period):1 month or more

    Nationality:United States

    Business entity:On-campus funds

  • Monash University

    Acceptance period: 2017.1   (Period):Less than 2 weeks

    Nationality:Australia

    Business entity:On-campus funds

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Travel Abroad

  • 2019.7

    Staying countory name 1:China   Staying institution name 1:上海交通大学

  • 2018.3

    Staying countory name 1:China   Staying institution name 1:北京外国語大学

    Staying institution name 2:日本研究センター

  • 2016.8 - 2017.7

    Staying countory name 1:Taiwan, Province of China   Staying institution name 1:中央研究院 近代史研究所

  • 2015.3

    Staying countory name 1:Korea, Republic of   Staying institution name 1:梨花女子大学

  • 2014.12

    Staying countory name 1:Australia   Staying institution name 1:Monash University

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