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Student Scholarships for ANU Asia Pacific Week
ANU is offering scholarships for 100 undergraduate, masters and doctoral students to attend Asia Pacific Week from 10-14 July 2011. This year’s ANU Asia Pacific Week will bring together leading regional experts and 100 of the world's top students for a series of academic and networking events…
New program for 2012: Bachelor of Latin American Studies
The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is very excited to announce some new programs for 2012. One such program is the Bachelor of Latin American Studies.This program will draw on the teaching and research excellence of the ANU Australian National Centre for Latin American…
Alice Giles returns from Antarctica
Alice Giles has recently returned from a fabulous experience in Antarctica. Alice, Harpist and Head of Harp Area at the ANU, received an Australian Antarctic Division Arts Fellowship to travel on the ‘Aurora’ to the Mawson Base in February and March 2011. Alice was accompanied on her…
Japanese Design Today 100
The ANU School of Art is hosting an exhibition that explores the vast range of designs that have come out of Japan since WWII. On display are 90 designs for household items produced during the 1990s and 13 others from 1950s post-war Japan which highlight the roots of contemporary…
Canada's experience reminds us of the power of parliament
On the face of it, this weekend’s Canadian election is interesting yet unremarkable but Dr Andrew Banfield from the ANU’s Australian National Internship Program (ANIP) suggests, on closer inspection, the reason for the election merits some attention: a contempt of parliament charge. Quietly over…
New HDR student induction
On Monday 11 April the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences is holding an induction for new HDR students. Professor Toni Makkai, Dean and Director, College of Arts & Social Sciences, will introduce the College’s aims, scope, and vision in relation to research students and more…
Vale Professor Harry Rigby
Professor Emeritus Harry Rigby passed away in Canberra on Monday 21 March. Professor Rigby was the founding father and former President of the Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies and was an Academy Fellow at the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.…