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A renewed archaeological dig in Arnhem Land is searching for more clues about early contact between Indigenous Australians and Asian fishermen. In the process, researchers hope to improve the livelihoods of Aboriginal communities today... Read the full article in ANU Reporter
CASS academic awarded prestigious international fellowship
Dr Kylie Message from the School of Archaeology & Anthropology (Research School of Humanities and the Arts) has been selected as a Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of American History. Dr Message…
ANU Archaeology student wins leading Association of Consulting Archaeologists Award
Melissa Hetherington, who is completing her Honours year at the ANU, has been awarded the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists (AACAI) Student Award in 2010. Melissa transferred her tuition, and the shell midden she is studying, from WA to Canberra in February. This is the…
Social Research Prize for PhD student
Jiaying Zhao, a PhD candidate from the Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute, was awarded the Lado T Ruzicka Prize in Social Research for the best overall result in the Master of Social Research/Master of Population Research. For more information on on Demography and…
PhD student wins W.D. Borrie Prize
Kim Johnstone, a PhD student from the Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute, has won the nationally competitive 2009 Postgraduate Borrie Prize for her paper Indigenous fertility in the Northern Territory - What do we know? (and what can we know?). Two students of ADSRI,…
Language policy and language education in Australian schooling
Professor Anthony J. Liddicoat from the University of South Australia is presenting ‘‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose…Language policy and language education in Australian schooling”. Liddicoat is a Professor in Applied Linguistics at the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures…
What's wrong with ANZAC?
Professor Joan Beaumont (Dean of Education, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences) will chair the public debate between controversial book author Mark McKenna and Ian Hodges of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. This debate will be held on Monday 19 April, 8-9pm, Ursula Hall…