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A call for kindness in these dark times
ANU Arts & Social Sciences · Dr Merlinda Bobis reading from The Kindness of Birds It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, with the pandemic bringing out our most self-interested impulses, but also our humanity and selflessness. ANU Honorary Senior Lecturer Dr Merlinda Bobis’…
From microscopic things, big ideas grow
Using a new technique that she and her thesis supervisor pioneered, Aleese Barron has discovered that sorghum and pearl millet were domesticated several hundred years earlier than previously determined. Sorghum is one of the most important cereal crops in the world behind rice, wheat, and barley…
Having a Barry Crocker? ANU wordsmiths want to hear about it
If you know what it means to 'have a Barry Crocker' or 'do the Harold Holt', wordsmiths at The Australian National University want to hear from you. The Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) is looking for new contributions for the Australian National Dictionary, with a focus on…
ANU furniture designer wins $20,000 prize for boundary-pushing work
A leading furniture maker and senior lecturer in the ANU School of Art & Design has won Tasmania’s richest prize for excellence in furniture design. Ms Ashley Eriksmoen was named the winner of the biennial Clarence Prize for her piece Following years of steady decline, we are witnessing a…
Tasmanian author wins 2021 Miles Franklin Award for novel completed at ANU
Acclaimed Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey has won the nation’s most prestigious literary award for the novel she worked on as a visiting fellow at the Australian National University. Amanda’s seventh novel The Labyrinth was announced as this year’s $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner…
ANU archaeologist awarded top honour for life's work
An Emeritus Professor with the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology whose work has changed the way we think about early human life has been honoured with a prestigious science prize. Archaeologist Peter Bellwood's research explored how farming spread around the globe, the formation…
Girl power: Celebrating and reclaiming girlhood
Combatting misogyny is a long and complex project. It begins, Ashley Remer says, with girlhood. The PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research program at the Australian National University is the founder of Girl Museum, the first and only museum in the world dedicated to…