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18
Mar
2024

Diplomacy and resistance: how Dune shows us the power of language – including sign language

It may be a language based in science fiction, but the use of sign language in Dune can teach us its real-world value. In Dune’s sandswept colonialist dystopia of the distant future, power is a force best handled — and transferred — surreptitiously. In a world of ultra-wealthy spice barons and…

18
Mar
2024

ANU Arts-Law student Archie Horneman-Wren wins national 2023 Australian Legal History Essay Competition

'The Mabo decision proved that Australian law and history are mutually inclusive. If it were not for history’s proper understanding of Australian settlement, Mabo would never have overturned terra nullius. And, if it were not for Mabo, neither legal nor historical scholarship would have possessed…

08
Mar
2024

International Women’s Day 2024

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity, a goal that is reflected in this year’s theme: Inspire Inclusion.The College of Arts and Social…

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08
Mar
2024

Professor Fiona Jenkins

International Women's Day Profile Please summarise your career journey and explain what you’re currently working on.“I was first inspired with a sense of philosophy’s relevance through a course on feminist philosophy. Although, I ended up studying Nietzsche for my doctorate at Oxford, I kept…

08
Mar
2024

Professor Bronwyn Parry

International Women's Day Please summarise your career journey and explain what you’re currently working on.“I guess I've had an unconventional career in some ways. I grew up in Queensland, moved to what’s now known as Canberra College and then enrolled in university at the ANU.After my first…

08
Mar
2024

Associate Professor Julieanne Lamond

International Women's Day Please summarise your career journey and explain what you’re currently working on.I finished my honours in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney and worked in the media (for ABC radio) and politics (as a policy advisor for a federal senator) before…

08
Mar
2024

Professor Lorana Bartels

International Women's Day Please summarise your career journey and explain what you’re currently working on.“I have had a bit of a non-traditional career path. I worked in State and Commonwealth government for over a decade, in research and policy roles, as a criminal lawyer and criminologist…