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Deep History and Compulsive Hoarding
Professor Daniel Lord Smail is looking into the past to understand our present day obsession with things “It seems silly to write history as if it started 200 or even 600 years ago.” Visiting Professor Daniel Lord Smail takes a longer term view of human history, that really we should…
PhD candidate earns top award at conference
Melissa Jogie, a PhD candidate from the Centre for European Studies, has been awarded the Best Conference Presentation at the University of Hong Kong's 13th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference. At the conference, Melissa spoke about her PhD research which investigates how secondary school…
Nonverbal cues exhibition
When: Tuesday 4 June - Saturday 15 JuneWhere: ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery, Ellery Crescent Michele Marti is a Furniture Designer/Maker from Oakland Ca, Who studied at California College of the Arts. Furniture is a cradle for the body, and this interaction between the body and furniture is…
First novel packed with political intrigue, science and love
Creative Writing lecturer Lucy Neave has published her first novel, Who We Were. The book tells the story of two newly married scientists who move from Melbourne to New York during the 1950s when the Cold War is in full swing. In New York, they become fast friends with an ex-Communist and his…
Women in academia seminar
When: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Monday 3 JuneWhere: Seminar Room 1 (upstairs), Sir Roland Wilson Building (Bld 120), ANU Are women in academia affected by subtle micro-inequities, which accumulate over time and eventually form powerful barriers to their career advancement? Is the academic workplace of the…
Student to represent Australia at international summit
First year student Linda Ma has been selected to represent Australia at an international summit in Russia with a focus on improving the lives of young women. Linda, who is studying towards a Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) majoring in Development Studies, will attend The G(irls) 20 Summit in…
ANU researcher awarded US Peace grant
Dr Maria Rost Rublee is the first researcher from the College of Art and Social Sciences to be granted a United States Institute for Peace (USIP) grant. The $119,000 grant will fund a research project, led by Dr Rublee from the School of Politics and International Relations, on nuclear norms in…