Abra Pressler

Professor Stephen Garton elected as Australian Academy of the Humanities President

“It is an immense privilege to serve as the Academy’s 20th President. The world is experiencing rapid and far-reaching social and technological change, and the humanities empower us to think and act creatively, and in managing and adapting to change, we think critically about ways to ensure that innovation can be shaped to improve the …

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Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Centres of Excellence Workshop

Join us in Canberra or online for insights on the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) premier Centres of Excellence program. There are major opportunities for aspiring researchers in the humanities, arts and social sciences to design transformational research programs and strategic partnerships with enduring impact in the leadup to the 2026 CoE round and beyond. This …

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Filipino migrants as agents of change

Fifty years ago President Ferdinand Marcos signed the labour code that sent Filipino workers all over the world as domestics workers, seafarers, construction workers, nurses (both male and female), caregivers, professionals in the IT and hospitality industries, to name a few. Today, 10 million or ten percent of the Philippine’s population are migrants. Both popular …

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A black and white image of an international exhibition, showing a piano beside a marble statue inside a large hall, dated in the late 19th century.

Musical technology & Melbourne’s International Exhibitions

Melbourne’s new Now or Never festival—a replacement for the city’s previous Music Week and Knowledge Week—recently saw the Royal Exhibition Building filled with a number of large-scale musical events, with many focusing on the intersection between music and science. But this is not the first time the Exhibition Building has played host to a major …

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How do we make AI more human – and get it to tell the truth?

In May, I began an experiment. For the past three months, I have been trying to teach the AI application ChatGPT some basic facts about Australian media history. Unfortunately, it has proven to be a very poor student. My experiment confirmed a widely reported problem – ChatGPT ‘hallucinates’ wrong answers but expresses them with such …

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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.