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Government intervention strips $4M from humanities researchers

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During the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee estimates hearing yesterday, under questioning by Senator Kim Carr, it was confirmed that the former Education Minister intervened by rejecting 11 humanities Australian Research Council grant applications. “The Australian research funding system is highly respected around the world for its rigour and integrity” said Academy President Professor […]

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Humanities must step up to the next platform of scholarship

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The HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey by JohnnySlowhandWe are living, it seems, in a parallel universe. On the one hand, we are told the skills of a humanities education are needed more than ever. On the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution, with artificial intelligence set to transform the workforce, major employers are

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Gendered Violence in Cultural Texts of the Global South

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This article reflects on a recent workshop convened by Professor Sue Kossew FAHA from Monash University and Associate Professor Anne Brewster from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) entitled, Gendered Violence in Cultural Texts of the Global South. The workshop built on the convenors’ ARC Discovery Grant, “Rethinking the Victim: Gendered Violence in Australian

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detail of ‘Chaos and Order’ by Australian sculptor and painter Barbara Licha

Institutional Transformation: Imagination, Affect, and Embodiment

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The prevalence of emotive media images for example (such as the recent picture of a child survivor in Aleppo whose face is marked with dust, blood, and shock) captures something important about how we experience politics. Such images make us consider how injustice is felt and experienced, and the role of institutions in creating and

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.