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Research School of Humanities & the Arts Restructure
The ANU College of Arts and Social Science announced on 25 September that it will establish a new School through a merger of the School of Language Studies and the School of Cultural Inquiry, it will expand the School of Art to strengthen Art History and Art Theory, and create a Centre of Heritage…
Australia's red centre captivates visiting artist
Well-travelled artist Michael McFalls ranks his recent residency at ANU as one of his favourites. Professor Michael McFalls in the field Michael has been to many art schools all over the world, and says that the strong community at ANU is what made this visit exceptional. “The students…
Canberra's sleepy stereotype to be debunked
Associate Professor Nicholas Brown is on a mission – to change what the outside world thinks of Canberra. Dr Brown, a Senior Fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences, is in the midst of compiling a history of Canberra in a different light that doesn’t involve the stereotypical thought…
Indigenous fibre artists on silver screen
Dr Christiane Keller, visiting academic of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, travelled to Germany last month to present her film Tjanpy Nyawa! Look at the grass! at the Down Under Berlin Film Festival. Dr Keller screened her film, the result of recent research into sensory…
Philosophy: where are all the women?
Why is it that in Philosophy, where first year undergraduate cohorts have a relatively even gender split, that there are so few female academics in the discipline? Why is the ratio of female to male academics in philosophy worse than in physics? These questions and more will be the topics of…
Australian strings to visit ANU
This week the School of Music will host the Australian String Quartet, the first time that the quartet has visited Canberra in many years. Professor Peter Tregear, Head of ANU School of Music, is looking forward to hearing what he says is the country’s leading chamber music ensemble. “…
School of Art ceramic student pop-up
What do birds with forks for legs, bowls that double as acoustic bells and the humble tea cup and saucer all have in common? A lot, if you visit the Product Collective at Lonsdale Street Traders in Braddon over the next few days. Nine students from the School of Art have been…