Research stories
New book reveals the challenges of documenting collections in the digital era
A new book by Dr Mike Jones, a postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ANU School of History provides the first interdisciplinary study of the digital documentation of artefacts and archives. When we think about computers and institutional collections, we might think of how services like Trove…
The Bible in Buffalo Country wins NT Book Award
A book co-authored by ANU Historian Laura Rademaker revealing the fascinating and tumultuous early years of the Oenpelli Mission has won the Northern Territory Chief Minister’s History Award. The Bible in Buffalo Country, authored by Sally K May, Donna Nadjamerrek, Julie Narndal Gumurdul and Dr…
Meet our 2022 DECRA recipients
We’re so proud of our 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) recipients. Dr Laura Rademaker and Dr Maria Dahm are working on important projects that will engage with people in our communities and professions, inform decision makers, and help make a…
Music student gives forgotten composer new digital life
In classical music, women composers’ voices are few and too often unheard. That’s in present day. Historically, the situation was even worse. Enter ANU music student Ronan Apcar. He has recently released a digital album of four pieces by the late Dulcie Holland (1913-2000). If you’ve…
From microscopic things, big ideas grow
Using a new technique that she and her thesis supervisor pioneered, Aleese Barron has discovered that sorghum and pearl millet were domesticated several hundred years earlier than previously determined. Sorghum is one of the most important cereal crops in the world behind rice, wheat, and barley…
ANU archaeologist awarded top honour for life's work
An Emeritus Professor with the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology whose work has changed the way we think about early human life has been honoured with a prestigious science prize. Archaeologist Peter Bellwood's research explored how farming spread around the globe, the formation…
Girl power: Celebrating and reclaiming girlhood
Combatting misogyny is a long and complex project. It begins, Ashley Remer says, with girlhood. The PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research program at the Australian National University is the founder of Girl Museum, the first and only museum in the world dedicated to…