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07
Apr
2025

Hail Caesar or heil Hitler? Why politicians hijack classical culture

Pictures are worth a thousand words – our leaders know it. But how much of their visual identity is 'borrowed' from the Roman Empire? By Luis Perez, originally published in ANU Reporter.  Elon Musk, the world’s most talked-about billionaire, shocked audiences in January with a…

04
Apr
2025

Within seconds there was a dolphin right underneath me

Article by Joseph Carbone. When Canberra flautist Sally Walker was 25 she went on a dolphin dive organised by a friend. “She said ‘next time bring your flute, they love music’,” Walker says. “So, 30 years later I finally got around to it.” During the pandemic in 2021, soon after…

27
Mar
2025

From Colombia to Australia: A Global South Fellowship Story

By Erika McGown. What happens when your job doesn’t just exhaust your time – but your body, your health, even your future? That’s the urgent question driving the research of Associate Professor Oscar Javier Maldonado Castañeda, a sociologist from Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá,…

21
Mar
2025

The secret lives of brown snakes: how a university vet supports wildlife research

Written by Phillis Zeng. It’s peak snake season between September and April each year. Among the species inhabiting the region, brown snakes are the most commonly found in Canberra – exceptionally well adapted to urban ecosystems – and highly feared and maligned due to their proximity to…

19
Mar
2025

CASS study finds strong link between place, language and wellbeing for First Nations communities

The combination of languages spoken in a given place, known as language ecology, matters for the wellbeing of Indigenous language speakers, according to a new study from the Australian National University (ANU). This article was originally published in ANU Research. The different…

26
Feb
2025

Long live the king: why monarchy is still popular in the 21st century

Our love affair with monarchy has endured for millennia. ANU Professor Caillan Davenport explains the appeal of sole rulers. This article was originally published in ANU Reporter by Luis Perez. In a world where 700 million people live in extreme poverty, 43 countries still bow…

18
Feb
2025

Global Humanities Institute on Inclusive Collaboration comes to ANU

Report by Professor Kylie Message-Jones, Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre. The ANU Humanities Research Centre in partnership with the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Minnesota, the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, the University of California San Diego, the…