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Saikal: What fate awaits Afghanistan?
Professor Amin Saikal’s latest book Modern Afghanistan: A History of Struggle and Survival will be launched today by Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC at The Australian National University. Modern Afghanistan addresses the evolution of Afghan history and politics from the middle of the 18th…
Location no issue for user-friendly piano
The world’s most advanced remote education keyboard that allows performers to collaborate from any geographical location will be showcased today at The Australian National University. The ANU School of Music will be combining its state-of-the-art video conferencing equipment with the Yamaha…
Thomas Pogge wins Gregory Kavka Prize
Professor Thomas Pogge, from the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, has been awarded the Gregory Kavka Prize. Professor Pogge's paper, "Are We Violating the Human Rights of the World’s Poor?,” published in Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal in 2011, won the Political…
Greenaway's adult take on The Little Mermaid
An adult interpretation of the classic fairy-tale The Little Mermaid from British director Peter Greenaway opens tonight. Mr Greenaway, director of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and The Pillow Book, has collaborated with Istvan Horkay and Irma de Vries to produce a series of Seven…
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at ANU ranked amongst world's best
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at ANU has been recognised amongst the best in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings. Arts and Humanities ranked one in Australia and 13 in the world, and Social Sciences ranked one in Australia and 16 in the world. “I’m delighted to see that…
Setting the stage for Brazil's rise to power
Brazil’s rise onto the world stage and its implications for Latin America and the world will be examined at a two-day conference beginning today. The conference, Regional reactions to the rise of Brazil: Latin America and the shifting sands of global power, will examine what Brazil’s ‘arrival’…
Flint Daggers, Copper Daggers, and Technological Innovation in Late Neolithic Scandinavia
By Dr Catherine Frieman, ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology (as published in the European Journal of Archaeology, September 2012) In films, archaeologists are rapacious treasure hunters, dangerously obsessed with the ancient (and always mystical, dangerous and/or alien) things they…