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Erin Helyard joins School of Music
The School of Music announced this week that conductor and harpsichordist Dr Erin Helyard will join its staff as a Lecturer in Music from July 2014. Dr Helyard is at the forefront of a new generation of young musicians who combine the latest musicological and historical enquiry with a…
Helen Ennis appointed Dobell Art History Chair
Professor Helen Ennis from the ANU School of Art has been appointed to the Sir William Dobell Chair of Art History in recognition of her work and excellence as an art scholar, writer and curator. Professor Helen Ennis Professor Ennis is only the third person appointed to the prestigious…
Drawing takes the spotlight
The sometimes understated art of drawing will be celebrated at a unique event at ANU next week. For the Love of Drawing, a symposium being held on Friday 11 April celebrates the Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing exhibition, showing at the Drill Hall…
Watch The Great Debate - Australian Women's History Forum
A finale event for Women’s History Month, The Great Debate 2014 was held at the Albert Hall, Canberra on 26 March. Before a crowded auditorium, a distinguished line up of debaters addressed the proposition that ‘Australia doesn’t need Women’s History Month’. Debaters for the affirmative were…
Sex Lives of Australians wins ACT Book of the Year
ANU historian Frank Bongiorno has taken out the top honour at this year’s ACT Book of the Year awards. Associate Professor Bongiorno from the School of History said that it was a “lovely surprise” for his book The Sex Lives of Australians: A History to be recognised among a distinguished…
Hayek Medal for Professor Geoff Brennan
Geoff Brennan, Professor of Philosophy in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Hayek Medal. The medal is awarded by the German Hayek Society for academic distinction in fields of study connected to the work of Nobel Laureate economist and philosopher…
Women's history up for debate
Professor Angela Woollacott knows you “wouldn’t have a clue” who Australia’s first female federal politicians were. “We have this interesting fact in Australian history that we were the first country in the world to give women full political rights, including not just the right to vote, but the…