Superficially, the architecture of EU Studies in the Asia-Pacific can appear complex, occasionally overlapping and subject to changing contexts. However, the construction of five separate identities over the last quarter-century reflects local demands...
Superficially, the architecture of EU Studies in the Asia-Pacific can appear complex, occasionally overlapping and subject to changing contexts. However, the construction of five separate identities over the last quarter-century reflects local demands and opportunities rather than any incoherence or implied competition between actors. The glue linking all of these initiatives together has been the University of Canterbury’s management of five distinct EU Studies personalities: EUSANZ; NCRE; EUSAAP; EUCN; and latterly ESAANZ. The separate functions, linkages and membership of each of these are discussed and the fundamental role played by EU funding support underlined.