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ANU scholars lead discussions on heritage management in Beijing
Leading scholars from the ANU Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies presented at a sold-out workshop in Beijing on heritage management in Australia and China. The unique workshop, organised by the ANU China Liaison Office in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Beijing, also featured…
Vale Barry McGowen
A respected Canberra historian and valued member of the ANU community, Dr Barry McGowen OAM passed away this month from cancer. Studying economics at the University of Adelaide, Barry worked as an economist before moving to Canberra to join the Australian Public Service, working for the Department…
Passing of ANU historian John Molony
One of the finest historians of his generation, celebrated for a diverse body of work spanning bush rangers, colonial Australia, and ancient Europe, Emeritus Professor John Molony has died at the age of 91. Enjoying a long and successful career in academia, John rose from a research assistant in…
Research shows SE Asian population boom 4,000 years ago
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered a previously unconfirmed population boom across South East Asia that occurred 4,000 years ago, thanks to a new method for measuring prehistoric population growth. Using the new population measurement method, which utilises…
Right to Arrive exhibition underscores the rights of refugees
An exhibition that chronicles the plight of Armenian refugees a hundred years ago has strong contemporary relevance to the treatment of refugees today. Right to Arrive is co-curated by 2017 ANU Humanities Research Centre fellow Dr Vanessa Agnew, who began work on this project during her…
ANU research uncovers bot influence in 2016 US Election
New algorithms developed at The Australian National University have found bots on Twitter were on average two-and-a-half times more influential than humans during the first US Presidential debate in 2016. The team of researchers, co-led by Dr Timothy Graham of ANU School of Sociology and ANU…
ANU History Scholar Awarded Nugget Coombs Scholarship
ANU School of History PhD student Aileen Marwung Walsh has been awarded a Nugget Coombs Scholarship. The Nugget Coombs Indigenous Australian Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate Australian Indigenous students, to support fieldwork and research. Aileen came to ANU in 2018 after…