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28
Nov
2025

2025 Grad Show Opening & Awards Night

Event

Please join us for the official opening & awards ceremony for the exceptional graduates of the 2025 ANU School of Art & Design. Date: Friday 28 NovemberTime: 6pm - 8.30pmLocation: ANU School of Art & Design, Building 105, Childers Street, ActonLive music by local DJs Micah…

27
Nov
2025

Exploring the Craft of Historical Fiction: Alison Goodman, Sue Williams and Professor Kate Mitchell in conversation.

Other

The Friends of the National Library present two multi-talented award-winning authors in conversation – Alison Goodman and Sue Williams.Alison and Sue will be joined by Professor Kate Mitchell from the Australian National University to explore the craft of historical fiction writing. Together they…

27
Nov
2025

Lebanon Days to Les Murray: The Memoirist Turned Biographer

Seminar

How do we ensure that writing about the personal past illustrates something beyond the person? How do we emphasise the salient fact in a tangle of intimately recorded details? And how do we achieve this when writing from memory, as opposed to when writing from evidence? This discussion will…

22
Nov
2025

Jazmourian Ensemble: The Alchemy of Ancient Song Roads

Concert

Don’t miss this intimate concert, in the beautiful resonance of the ANU Drill Hall, of the Jazmourian Ensemble (Malek Mohammadi Nejad – Iranian setar, shurangiz, voice. Anna McDonald – Iranian kamancheh), ANU’s Ensemble in Residence. They will be playing their music inspired by ancient Persia and…

20
Nov
2025

Book Launch: Early Photography in Colonial Australia by Dr Elisa deCourcy

Book launch

Early Photography in Colonial Australia (Miegunyah/Melbourne University Press) explores the origins of the photographic culture that continues to shape how we see the world.  From its mid-nineteenth-century beginnings photography was more than just a new technology – it was deeply…

19
Nov
2025

Postgraduate: Art History and Curatorial Studies

Event

Join our course convenor for the upcoming Art History and Curatorial Studies webinar. Where better to study art history and curatorship than surrounded by Australia’s national cultural and collecting institutions? What’s more, where better to study Art History than in Australia’s premier…

18
Nov
2025

Postgraduate Study Options: Applied Criminology Webinar

Webinar/Online

Join us to hear directly from the convenor of the Master of Applied Criminology. This program is an advanced qualification for those working in, or planning to enter, criminal justice related professions that seek to mitigate and prevent crime and illegal activity across Australia, Aotearoa New…