Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers: This story contains references to a deceased person. Emeritus Professor Linda Barwick AM FAHA was recognised as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for her significant service to the preservation and digitisation of cultural heritage recordings. Read more about Professor Barwick’s quest […]
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After nearly 20 years working in and consulting to the higher education sector, Inga Davis will take up the role of Executive Director on 1 February. “Inga brings enthusiasm, drive and strategic experience to our ambitious program for 2023 and beyond,” says Professor Head. Inga has held senior appointments at the University of Adelaide (Chief
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Emeritus Professor Lesley Head FASA, FAHA: Tina is a totally reliable source of wisdom and insight on all matters related to the Academy. Most of our close working has been on phone and Zoom rather than in person, but her warmth and kindness shines down the line. Her outstanding achievement: Building trusted and valued relationships
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We live in an age of anxiety about the death of democracy. Perhaps it has always been thus. Worries about the fragility of democracy are as old as democracy itself. It might seem perverse then, that my central claim is that we should see the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and its call for a
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The Annual Book List covers the full spectrum of humanities disciplines and is divided into four categories: authored and co-authored books edited collections books by our grants and awards alumni, and books that have been shortlisted for or have won prizes, including the Academy’s Medal for Excellence in Translation. 2021 Academy Book List Showcasing our
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When an Academy Fellow dies, we honour their impact by publishing an obituary by another Fellow who has had a long and close association with them. Since 2020, we have published vale notices in our Newsroom’s ‘Our community’ section on a rolling basis. A ACKROYD, Joyce Irene (1918–91) by J.V. Neustupný [Australian Dictionary of Biography entry]
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The AAH is working with Australia’s other Learned Academies to address climate change. Through collaboration and leadership, we can ensure our experts are at the forefront of providing advice to limit global warming and drive decarbonisation. The AAH’s President, Professor Lesley Head FASSA FAHA, joined with the other Academy Presidents to issue a statement in
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The purpose of the ‘SHAPE Futures Network’ is to ensure SHAPE disciplines (Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People and the Environment) thrive and excel in Australia, by fostering an inclusive and diverse community that supports, empowers and promotes early and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) in Australia, within and beyond academia. The Executive was formed in
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Confronting a long-held myth It was the foundational myth, used to justify “terra nullius” and dispossession: before European settlement, Australia was an unoccupied and untouched wilderness; and the shadowy figures who were seen on the landscape were cast as uncivilised – even lacking agriculture. It is thanks to archaeological and historical research by scholars such as John Mulvaney, Sylvia Hallam, Rhys Jones, Harry Lourandos and others, and recent popularisation of such ideas by Bill Gammage and
Land, resource & fire managers: Australia’s First Peoples Read More »
Climate change threatens many-valued parts of Australia’s heritage estate – both cultural and natural – from the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu and alpine regions to thousands of historical places and cultural records housed around the country. At the same time, there are many other threats to heritage: mining activity, land-use change, trammelling of Indigenous rights,
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Even though it may not seem the most obvious choice for humanities research, the word ‘discovering’ has been deliberately chosen. ‘Discovering’, like no other term, conveys the excitement of new findings, new ideas and new views of the world. Humanities research is discovering things all the time. At the same time, we hope that this
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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.
