[1] The ASAA is administered by the Executive, which consists of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Asian Studies Review Editor, and Publications Officer.
[4] The ASAA's flagship blog is Asian Currents, which aims to connect Australia's academic experts on Asia with journalists, policymakers, business people, artists and other educators.
The report proposes a set of recommendations to the government and to universities to renew and strengthen national commitment to Asia literacy.
The John Legge Prize is awarded annually for the best thesis in Asian studies completed at an Australian university.
[10] The following have served as ASAA presidents: 1976–78 John Legge; 1979–80 Wang Gungwu; 1981-2 Anthony Low; 1983-4 Stephen FitzGerald; 1985-6Jamie Mackie; 1987-8 & 1989–90: Elaine McKay; 1991–92 John Ingleson; 1993–94 Colin Mackerras; 1995–96 Beverly Hooper; 1997–98 Anthony Reid; 1999–2000 Robert Elson; 2001–02 Tessa Morris-Suzuki; 2003–04 Robin Jeffrey; 2005–06 Robert Cribb; 2007–08 Michael Leigh, replaced by Robert Cribb; 2009–10 Kathryn Robinson; 2011–12 Purnendra Jain; 2013–14 Louise Edwards; 2017–18 Kent Anderson; 2019–20 Edward Aspinall; 2021–22 Kate McGregor; 2023– Melissa Crouch.