Winning essays from the 2024 Swiss Prize
The Swiss Prize is a trilingual essay competition held annually since 1998 by the Swiss Embassy in Australia in collaboration with the ANU. This year's topic challenged students to explore the…
Australia in 100 Words by Dr Amanda Laugesen
A new book, “Australia in 100 Words,” by Amanda Laugesen, Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) has just hit the shelves. This unique work takes readers on a chronological…
Celebrating First Nations Composers: Ensemble Offspring Live at The Street Theatre
On 1 November 2024, Ensemble Offspring returns to Canberra for a special concert featuring a selection of First Nations compositions at The Street Theatre. The performance will include works by…
Understanding ancient migrations from the bottom up in a new book by Dr Cate Frieman
New book by Dr Catherine Frieman, Negotiating Migrations: The Archaeology and Politics of Mobility Daniela Hofmann (Author) , Catherine J. Frieman (Author) , Martin…
Sir William Dobell Chair and Fellows for 2025 announced
In 2023 the Centre for Art History and Art Theory in the ANU School of Art & Design established a new fellowship scheme to increase the impact of the Dobell endowment to support the research of…
The Project Making Sign Language Cinema More Accessible
Sign language cinema has been booming in recent years. More films and series in sign language have now been released since 2010 than in the century of film history before it. There have never been…
Julie Gough on history’s many afterlives by Briony Downes
Feature Published on 15 October 2024 in Art Guide Australia Words by Briony Downes Trawlwoolway artist Julie Gough spends much time researching her ancestry and the histories of…