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Indigenous Australian collections focus of Harvard fellowship
Dr Louise Hamby has been awarded a three-year Peabody Fellowship from Harvard University. It’s the first time Harvard has offered the Indigenous Australia curatorial fellowship. “I guess in some ways I’m the guinea pig,” says Dr Hamby who starts the Fellowship on April 1. Dr Hamby, an Adjunct…
CASS students win prizes for Excellence in Gender Research
On the Second Anniversary of the Gender Institute the following CASS students were recognised for undergraduate and graduate work completed in 2012. Below are the details of the CASS recipients and the comments from the judging pannel on their awards, provided by the Gender Institute:Equal winner’…
Celebrating 40 years of the Canberra Model
A free public conference to mark the 40th anniversary of Sir David Butler’s pioneering bookThe Canberra Model (1973) on Australia politics and government. Date: Tuesday 9 AprilTime: 9am-12pmLocation: University House Common Room, ANUChair: Professor John Uhr, Director, Centre for the Study of…
Fellowship awarded for research on: 'Most dangerous man in England'
Professor Paul Pickering, Deputy Director at the Research School of Humanities and the Arts has been awarded a prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship to study at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Professor Pickering will take up the Fellowship early in 2014. While at…
Professor selected for new human services task force
ANU Professor Adam Graycar has been recruited for a task force that will help shape the future delivery of Medicare and Centrelink. The Director of the Research School of Social Sciences in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is one of 17 health, welfare or digital experts appointed to…
CASS Alumni recognised at inaugural Alumni Awards
CASS Alumni were recognised at the inaugural Alumni Awards ceremony held at University House on Saturday 9 March. The awards recognised nine recipients and three finalists for their contributions to society. Katrina Marson, Student of the Year joint winner, BA/LLB (Hons) '12, GDLP (expected 2013…
Bill Gammage's The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
This one day professional update explores the many issues and challenges raised by historian, Bill Gammage, in his recently-released book, The Biggest Estate on Earth. How Aborigines made Australia. In 2011-12, the book won several prizes for history and literature. Drawing on a vast amount of…