‘Food is one of those things that connects us all as people,’ says Dr Lauren Samuelsson, a cultural historian who researches the history of food and drink — and particularly the Australian Women’s Weekly magazine — from the University of Wollongong. ‘I always loved history, and I always wondered why we eat and drink the […]
The Australian Academy of the Humanities is thrilled to announce shortlisted translators for the 2024 Medal for Excellence in Translation. The Medal for Excellence in Translation recognises outstanding achievement in translation and the vital role of translators and translation in Australian culture and scholarly discourse. Established in 2016, it is awarded biennially for a book-length
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Having supported hundreds of scholars over more than five decades, the Publication Subsidy Scheme is one of the Australian Academy of the Humanities’ (AAH) longest running awards programs. The Australian Academy of the Humanities is pleased to announce the successful applicants who will receive a grant under the 2024 Publication Subsidy scheme. The successful applicants
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Rhoda Tjitayi, Piltati Tjukurpa, 2023 © Rhoda Tjitayi/Copyright Agency, 2024 This event took place from 13-15 November 2024. Online recordings will be made available in due course. The 60th anniversary of Donald Horne’s landmark book, The Lucky Country, prompts us to think afresh about Australian culture and social changes, and ask: are ordinary Australians fulfilling
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When: Wednesday 13 November, 5.30-7.30pm Where: Louie Louie, Verity Lane Market, Canberra Price: $20 (student), $45 (theatre seating), $65 (cabaret) per ticket (concessions available) Details: Light food is included in the ticket price and there will be a cash bar onsite. Held in the hub of Verity Lane Market – ticket holders can stay on for
A Big Dialogue: The State of the Arts in The Lucky Country – Who Cares? Why Bother? Read More »
Friday 15 November, 1.30-3.00pm Culture has long been integral to national community, and this relationship was being reshaped and reinvigorated at the time Donald Horne wrote The Lucky Country. Horne celebrated the culture and lifestyle of ordinary Australians while bemoaning the quality of Australia’s elite, and the 1970s and 1980s witnessed greater investment in the
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Friday 15 November, 9.00-10.10am Australia of The Lucky Country era has often been recalled as a closed society, in view of the tariff wall intended to protect Australian industry and the still prevailing notion of Australia as a ‘white nation’. It was also popularly imagined as a ‘man’s country’, its social policy underpinned by the
Thursday 14 November, 2.00-3.30pm Debate about the nation occurs through language, but the impacts of Australia’s changing demographic profile, multicultural ideology and policy, and the reinvigoration of Indigenous languages, have shifted the meaning of Australia as one of ‘the English-speaking peoples’, a still common formulation when Horne was writing The Lucky Country. This session will
Thursday 14 November, 11.45am-1.15pm The defeat of the Voice referendum on 14 October 2024 has been the cause of grief among many First Nations peoples and millions of others who voted Yes. The referendum result is already widely recognised as a landmark in the history of Australia. At the same time, the Voice emerged out
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Thursday 14 November, 9.45 – 11.15am Donald Horne published The Lucky Country at a time when that era’s version of the culture wars – the cold war confrontation between the West and the Communist world – was beginning to give way to concepts such as the ‘quality of life’ and causes and issues such as
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In 2023, the founder of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), David Walsh AO acquired one of the first editions of Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, referred as a ‘First Folio’ by scholars. Walsh’s First Folio is the second known copy in the Southern Hemisphere and is currently on public display
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The Chief Scientist’s consultation showed that Australians want our national spend on research to deliver a cohesive, healthy and resilient society, that is transformation-ready and in tune with our environment. While we would have liked the vision for social and cultural research to be explicit, as it is for science in the National Science Statement,
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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.