Connecting Asia-Pacific Literary Cultures: Grounds for Encounter and Exchange is a research project that looks to define and test a new model for ethical literary encounter and exchange in the Asia-Pacific region.

The project is led by Professor David Carlin, Professor Francesca Rendle-Short, Dr Melody Ellis, Dr Michelle Aung Thin and Emma Cupitt, from RMIT University, Australia, in partnership with Professor Lily Rose Topé from University of the Philippines, and Artist Fellows Adjunct Professor Ali Cobby Eckermann (Yankunytjatjara/Kokatha) and Dicky Senda (Mollo, West Timor). Funded by the Australian Research Council, it runs from 2021 through 2024.