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Endangered Australian words
When was the last time you ate a cream between while riding a hill trolley in your finest sandshoes? Or did you spot a sticker licker during your little lunch and flick a lacker band at them? If these words sound archaic or completely foreign to you, chances are you’re a young urbanite.…
AES: Trust in government hits all time low
Trust in government has reached its lowest level on record, with just one-in-four Australians saying they had confidence in their political leaders and institutions, according to a major study of the 2019 Federal Election. The latest Australian Election Study, conducted by The Australian National…
2020 ARC Discovery projects announced
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has released the outcomes of the 2020 Discovery Research projects, with several researchers from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences awarded funding under the scheme. Dr Ben Mercer from School of History has received funding for a project looking at…
CASS early career talent earn 2020 DECRAs
Dr Katrine Beauregard from the School of Politics and International Relations, and Dr Elisa deCourcy from the Australian Studies Institute and have been successful in the most recent ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) round. Dr Beauregard has received an award of over $400,…
Soundtracks to revolutions get airing at ANU
The power of music to inspire politics as well as the beats revolutions march to will be in sharp focus during a conference hosted by the ANU School of Music next week. Some of the world's most prominent music historians and researchers will come together to discuss the role popular…
More mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos
ANU archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used for the dead. The jars of Laos are one of archaeology's enduring mysteries. Experts believe they were related to disposal of the dead, but nothing is known about…
ANU sociologist's new book examines social mechanisms of self-harming
Content warning: Discussions of self-harm and mental health Almost a quarter of Australian youth have self-harmed at least once in their life, a 2010 survey in the Medical Journal of Australia estimated1. This behaviour reflects a reaction to social expectations such as family pressures to be…