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Message from Mungo wins UN film award
A film co-produced by Professor Ann McGrath has won the 2014 United Nations Association of Australia media award for promotion of Indigenous recognition. Message from Mungo, produced by Professor McGrath from the ANU Centre for Indigenous History and Andrew Pike from Ronin Films (also an…
ANU experts on Brazil’s presidential elections
Around 100 million Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday 26 October as the world’s fourth largest democracy decides on its next president. In the final round of voting, contenders are incumbent Dilma Rousseff of the centre-left Worker’s Party (PT) and Aécio Neves, candidate for the centre-right…
US-led intervention in Iraq not likely to work
The US-led military action against IS was unlikely to work and could have been avoided if the main regional actors had confronted the extremist group, according to one of Australia’s leading experts on the Middle East. “I personally do not think the current US-led strategy is likely to work,…
JamFactory brings 40th birthday exhibition to ANU
What happens when some of Australia’s most talented craft and design artists come together for an exhibition? A collaborative show featuring exquisite jewellery, functional design pieces and installations. These pieces and more are on display at the ANU School of Art Gallery as part of…
Comic book aids cultural preservation in Cambodia
ANU Archaeology lecturer Dr Dougald O’Reilly knows how to tell a story. Dougald has released Wrath of the Phantom Army as a digital comic book on iTunes. The action-packed story has an important message—that looting is destroying Cambodia’s great past and risking its future. Set in provincial…
John Bercow on democracy in the digital age
The Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom (UK), Right Honourable John Bercow MP, spoke at Australian Parliament House last month to address some of the challenges faced by modern governments in the era of the digital revolution and 'disruptive' technology. Mr Bercow said that…
Dr Ioannis Ziogas to deliver 2014 Last Lecture
The themes of Greek Mythology and the Classics resonate with today’s society, 2014 Last Lecturer Ioannis Ziogas says. Classics expert Dr Ziogas has won the prestigious honour of delivering the University’s Last Lecture on Thursday 30 October at The Hall, University House. “It’s a great…