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Australian smokers feel marginalised
A 10-year anthropological study into smoking in Australia has found that strict legislation has led to many smokers feeling marginalised from society. Researcher Associate Professor Simone Dennis of The Australian National University (ANU) School of Archaeology and Anthropology, said that…
Alumni Morrison still setting the gender agenda
In 2013. as Chief of Army, David Morrison famously declared, "the standard you walk past is the standard you accept." He was speaking on the treatment of women in the Australian Army, and of the need to make the military an inclusive force. "If that does not suit you," he said, "then get out!" In…
ANU Arts and Law alumnus appointed to nation’s Competition Tribunal
A former ANU Bachelor of Arts student who fell in love with English and the law as a young man was in May 2016 appointed to the Australian Competition Tribunal. Alan Robertson graduated from the Australian National University twice – first with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 1972 and then a Bachelor…
More than 350 secondary school students explore languages at ANU
More than 350 secondary school students from across the ACT have visited campus to explore the largest offering of languages of any Australian university. Sixteen languages were showcased at the ANU Languages Showcase on 31 May, jointly facilitated by the College of Arts and Social Sciences…
New Indigenous community approach to archaeology
A small archaeology project in the ACT suburb of Griffith is helping flip the way The Australian National University (ANU) School of Archaeology and Anthropology thinks about their archaeological digs. The dig is the first step in a new ANU project initiated in partnership with Aboriginal…
Human rights on the big screen
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is back for its ninth year, and the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to be a supporting partner. The festival is hitting seven cities this year, and will be touring Canberra from 3 – 5 June. HRAFF Program Manager Lauren Valmadre…
Microfinance could wind up being the new subprime
By Caroline Schuster, Lecturer, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University Microfinance has been celebrated as a way to get money into the hands of poor people, and most famously women, so they can jump start small businesses. These tiny loans with…