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Human Rights Arts and Film Festival returns to Canberra
Confronting and uplifting films will screen this month when the annual Human Rights Arts and Film Festival comes to Canberra. Most of the festival occurs in Melbourne, with the films then touring nationally, including four days in NewActon from Friday 22 May to Monday 25 May. Although the ANU…
Australia must review asylum policies: expert
A leading international relations expert has called for major reform of Australia's asylum seeker policies saying the nation leads the world in cruel and inhumane treatment of refugees.Speaking at a public lecture, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations John Minns said…
CASS Alumni Engagement - Singapore and Malaysia in focus
In focus in May 2015 - CASS Alumni Engagement in Singapore and Malaysia The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS) is keen to strengthen links with our alumni and to highlight developments in our research and education programs. The focus this month is on our alumni in Singapore…
Celebrating half a century of creativity
What do painter Sidney Nolan, writer Robyn Davidson and musician Andrew Farriss have in common? Aside from being exceptional in their respective fields, they have all visited ANU throughout the half- century of the HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellowship. On Friday, the ANU community celebrated Fellows…
CAIS students commended at Qatar’s Arabic debating tournament
Four Centre of Arabic and Islamic Studies (CAIS) students representing Australia have been commended by the organisers of an international universities Arabic debating championship in Doha, Qatar. The ANU students performed strongly at the gathering in April and beat a team of native Arabic…
Indigenous culture takes the spotlight at the British Museum
Never-seen before Aboriginal artefacts have gone on display at the British Museum in London as part of a new exhibition, Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisations.The exhibition was officially opened by patron Prince Charles last week, with many Australians, both Indigenous and non-…
Exhibition celebrates Australia-Southeast Asia ties
The ANU School of Art will host a new exhibition celebrating art connections between the University and Australia's Southeast Asian neighbours Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The exhibition, Making Connections: Southeast Asian Art @ ANU, coincides with the 60th…