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Reading the bones
The discovery of an ancient cemetery full of headless skeletons and giant tortoises in Vanuatu is digging up the dirt on the life, death and eating habits of the Pacific’s first settlers. Three thousand years ago something new washed up on the shores of the unspoilt islands dotting the blue…
Dr Roger Hillman elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Congratulations to Dr Roger Hillman who was elected as a Fellow at the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Academy of the Humanities.Dr Hillman is a Reader and Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He began his academic career as a Germanist, publishing a study of the…
Dr Geoffrey Lancaster AM elected Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Dr Geoffrey Lancaster AM has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. A former Head of Keyboard at the ANU School of Music, and currently Associate Professor in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, Dr…
Music teacher hits a high note with national award
Dr Jolanta Kalandyk-Gallagher, Convenor of the Early Childhood Music Program in the ANU School of Music, has won a teaching award for promoting musical ability in youngsters. Dr Gallagher has won a National Excellence in Teaching Award (NEiTA) for creating an outstanding music teaching…
New strings bring the 'bling' to University's harp collection
The ANU School of Music is strumming and humming with the sweet serenade of strings after recently acquiring two ornate, hand-crafted harps. The School has purchased a reproduction 18th century Louis XVI-style harp as well as a contemporary concert harp in the Art Deco style. Both harps will be…
CASS researchers successful in latest round of grants
The latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) were announced yesterday. There were nine College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) researchers who were successful in their applications. Such a strong showing from…
PhD candidate Tristan Moss wins Australian Army History Research Grant
Congratulations to Tristan Moss, a PhD candidate in the School of Cultural Inquiry, who has been awarded an Australian Army History Research Grant. The grant will allow Moss to travel to Papua New Guinea and around Australia as part of his doctoral research on Australian military assistance to…