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Joint conference on Population and the Asian Century
Professor Peter McDonald, Director, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI) along with five ADSRI staff - Professor Zhongwei Zhao, Dr Siew-Ean Khoo, Dr Iwu Utomo, Associate Professor (adjunct) Dr Helen James, and Professor Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi - presented 15 papers on…
Undesirable: Captain Zuzenko and the Workers of Australia and the World
Dr Kevin Windle, from the School of Language Studies has released a new book titled Undesirable: Captain Zuzenko and the Workers of Australia and the World. Alexander Zuzenko, a sailor and veteran of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia, arrived in Australia in 1911 and embarked upon a career of…
Public lecture: Des Manderson's Keywords: Blind Justice
Where: School of Cultural Inquiry Conference Room, A.D. Hope Building (14), ANUWhen: Monday 4 March 5:00pm-6.30pm Brant, Sebastian. Stultifera navis (Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 1497). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,…
2013 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship
UK Environmental Artist Chris Drury has been invited to be the ANU 2013 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellow. He will be an Artist in Residence hosted by the School of Art and HRC at the Research School of Humanities and the Arts. The School of Art Sculpture Workshop has agreed to provide access to…
Women with clever hands exhibition
The Women with Clever Hands: Gapuwiyak Miyalkurruwuy Gong Djambatjmala exhibition developed by curator Dr Louise Hamby and assistant curator Lucy Malirrimurruway Wanapyngu features elaborate fibre work pieces created by women artists from Gapuwiyak in northeast Arnhem Land. Featuring a variety of…
Desmond Manderson recognised with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Professor Desmond Manderson, of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Group, has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. The objective of this medal is ‘to honour in a visible and tangible way, those who have contributed to build our society’ with…
Australia Arab Women's Dialogue
Date: Monday 18 - Tuesday 26 March Since early 2011, the world has been transfixed by the momentous changes taking part in the Middle East as a result of what has become known as the ‘Arab Spring’. Women have played prominent roles in the Arab Spring and historical efforts to secure basic…