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 Left to right Sam Tomkins, Nellie Peoples, Avi Amesbury and Bob Fenderson.
26
Nov
2014

School of Art shines at inaugural DESIGN Canberra Festival

In addition to a huge array of exhibitions and events during this year’s inaugural DESIGN Canberra Festival, ANU students and graduates won a number of prestigious awards during the four day festival. Nellie Peoples, a recent graduate and current graduate in residence in the Gold &…

 Professor Helen Ennis is one of two ANU scholars elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Image: Aaron Walker, ANU.
26
Nov
2014

CASS scholars elected Fellows of Australian Academy of the Humanities

Two scholars from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, one of the highest honours in Australia for achievement in humanities. Professor Angela Woollacott of the ANU School of History and Professor Helen Ennis of the…

24
Nov
2014

New Research Centre to investigate how language works

A new national research centre launched on Monday will investigate how language works and how it makes us who we are. Based at The Australian National University (ANU), the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language is drawing together the nation’s top linguists, philosophers,…

 ACT Minister for the Arts Joy Burch and Reuben Bokaba at the exhibition opening. Photographer: Martin Olman
21
Nov
2014

Reuben Bokaba wins Chief Minister’s Prize

Reuben Bokaba, a second-year student in the ANU Textiles Workshop has won the Chief Minister’s Prize, announced at the opening of ‘Flagging our Future’ by Minister for Arts, Joy Burch. Bokaba created beautifully executed garments which will go on display in the Legislative Assembly for a year. The…

 (L-R) Professor Alan Hajek and Professor Frank Jackson. 
20
Nov
2014

Celebrating Professor Frank Jackson’s career

The School of Philosophy hosted a public lecture in late October to celebrate the illustrious career of Professor Frank Jackson as he moves to the University’s emeritus faculty. He was introduced by the Head of the School of Philosophy, Professor Alan Hájek, who said that “an event of this…

 Professor Fred Myers, Marlene Nampitjinpa and Pip Deveson at the Margaret Mead Film Festival in October 2014.
20
Nov
2014

‘Remembering Yayayi’ makes international film debut

Professor Nicolas Peterson on the launch of a film documenting the Pintupi people’s struggle to take control of their destiny during a critical time in their history. Pip Deveson, Visiting Fellow at the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology, attended the Margaret Mead Film Festival in New…

 Lucy Neave. Photo by Jay Cronan.
20
Nov
2014

Cold War drama shortlisted for ACT book prize

Dr Lucy Neave’s novel Who We Were has been shortlisted for this year’s ACT Book of the Year. Neave, a lecturer in creative writing at the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, worked on the novel for more than ten years in between her academic work and writing short fiction. Who We…