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ANU composer's work to debut in Detroit
A composer from The Australian National University (ANU) School of Music has teamed up with an award-winning poet from the United States to create a new work about growing up in Detroit and the city’s decline as the centre of the US auto industry. The work, titled Hum, will premiere in…
NSW Liberals' factional battles stand in way of reform, but changes in participation demand it
By Marija Taflaga, PhD candidate, ANU School of Politics and International Relations A recent ABC Four Corners program once again put the spotlight on the “cold war” in the New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party over internal party democracy. The conflict is not just a dispute over…
Partnerships the way to determine Indigenous community's wellbeing
Fishing in the scenic waters off Broome, Western Australian, wasn’t part of Australian National University PhD candidate Mandy Yap’s research proposal. But Mandy, who’s based in the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), says that adventure with local Yawuru women was one of…
Art students showcase works inspired by historic Indigenous trail
The works from a group of students, who returned from a field trip to discover the cultural links between Indigenous communities and their local environment along the New South Wales south coast, have gone on exhibition at the ANU School of Art. The 12 students attended a week-long field…
Bachelor of Arts skills helped ANU alumna negotiate Model UN debates
An arts and music alumna of The Australian National University (ANU) has applied her critical thinking and consensus-building skills to negotiations at the Model United Nations Conference in Canada. Jacqui Douglas, who graduated in December 2015 with Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Music, was…
ANU PhD student visits Iraq for study trip, plans second visit
A postgraduate student at The Australian National University (ANU) has spent two weeks in Iraq assessing the feasibility of researching the war-torn country’s social movements, and is planning his return. Damian Doyle, who works full-time and pursues a PhD part-time in the Centre for Arab and…
Professor Laurajane Smith chosen for ANU-Indiana University Faculty Exchange
The Head of the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Professor Laurajane Smith, has been selected as the next academic for the ANU-Indiana University’s Faculty Exchange program. There have been three faculty exchanges between the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the IU…