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Dr Aaron Corn recognised for leadership in research in musicology
Dr Aaron Corn, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology in the ANU School of Music, has been recognised for his contribution to research in musicology through being selected as President of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA). Elected at a recent MSA conference in…
Four CASS students to be part of the Aurora Project
Four students from the College have been selected to undertake internships as part of the prestigious Aurora Native Title Internship Program. The internship program, part of the Aurora Project, was established to provide professional development opportunities for those working in Native Title…
Professor Saikal recognised by Chancellor
Professor Amin Saikal has been recognised for his distinguished service of a high degree and will be awarded the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Contribution to the University at the conferring of degrees at 2pm on Friday 16 December. Staff, students and alumni of the University whose…
Award allows music lecturer to take off on 'celestial journey'
Susanne Powell, senior lecturer in the ANU School of Music, has been awarded a major grant to continue her study of the magical celeste keyboard. Ms Powell has received the artsACT Creative Fellowship for 2012. The $45,000 grant will allow her to broaden and intensify her research on the celeste…
Australian National Dictionary Centre
The Australian National Dictionary Centre was established in 1988 after the publication of the first edition of the Australian National Dictionary. It is jointly funded by ANU and Oxford University Press. The Centre conducts research into all aspects of Australian English, especially the history…
Languages and linguistics on show in Canberra
Over 600 linguists from across the country and overseas will meet in Canberra as part of Canberra Langfest 2011. From 27 November to 9 December a series of events and conferences will be held at ANU and the University of Canberra about language, languages and their relationship with the world. As…
Still life, beating heart
The work of south coast artist Cobi Cockburn graces collections around the world, and now the ANU alumna has had an entire exhibition purchased by a leading gallery. Glass art is, in some ways, as far from the natural world as you can get. It has been shaped, moulded, blown and bashed by human…