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26
Sep
2011

ANU graduate wins Portia Geach Memorial Award

A graduate of the ANU School of Art, Kate Stevens, has won the $18,000 Portia Geach Memorial Award. The award, which this year was based on the the theme of "painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters and Sciences", is recognised as Australia's most presitgious female…

21
Sep
2011

APSA Conference 2011: Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy

Next week the School of Politics and International Relations will host the 2011 APSA Conference. The theme of the conference is Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy.  The theme builds on the current situation in Australian politics as well as world affairs such as the Arab Springs. Professor…

16
Sep
2011

The history and future of ice: science, humanities and climate change

W K Hancock Professor of History Inaugural Lecture. Keith Hancock championed a rapprochement of science and the humanities and was a pioneering environmental historian of the Australian high country, the Monaro. He was also an eminent historian of the Commonwealth and applied his historical…

15
Sep
2011

Taiwanese art on show at the School of Art Gallery

A reception for the Da Dun fine arts exhibition was held at the ANU School of Art yesterday. Gordon Bull, Head of the ANU School of Art, said that the School is delighted to be part of this celebration of Taiwanese art. “The School has worked closely with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office…

14
Sep
2011

A decade of disappointment in Afghanistan

Ten years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, a new book launched on Monday at The Australian National University gives key insight into Australia’s part in the war and the impact of the decade-long conflict. Launched by Mr Dennis Richardson AO, Secretary of the Department of Foreign…

12
Sep
2011

The Harvard-ANU symposium on the progress of philosophy

Can there be progress in philosophy? It is often said that philosophical problems are perennials for which it is pointless to expect a solution. On the other hand, professional philosophy seems to have organised itself, perhaps unconsciously, around the opposite view: how else to explain the…

08
Sep
2011

Helen Ennis awarded 2012 Peter Blazey Fellowship

Associate Professor Helen Ennis from the ANU School of Art has been awarded the 2012 Peter Blazey Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded for a work in progress in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life-writing. The judges were unanimous in their choice of Helen Ennis as the…