Seven years after he began his science degree at Sydney University, 26-year-old Alexander Pereira is heading to Stanford University for postgraduate studies in philosophy. It’s a journey across the disciplines he didn’t anticipate back in 2014 but one that demonstrates the potential for the renewal rather than the “death” of the Humanities around the globe. […]
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Regrettably, it took a public crowd funding initiative, and a bipartisan advocacy campaign led by historians, to achieve this result. Meanwhile, humanities students at Australian universities now face much higher fees than previously to dissuade them from subjects like politics, history, cultural studies and communications. How do governments and the Australian community see the humanities
The humanities – optional extra, or integral to our economic future? Read More »
Archaeology in Australia initially concentrated on the study of the Mediterranean world, has increasingly had a focus on Australia while maintaining its interest in the wider world. Arguably the most significant Australian archaeological find of this century, the excavation of the Madjedbebe rock shelter by a team of researchers led by Christopher Clarkson, building on
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Global collaboration is at the heart of humanities research and Australia benefits enormously from this approach – not only in terms of the quality and impact of the work we do but also through the benefits it brings in terms of talent and student recruitment, cost sharing, risk reduction, and access to international funding support.
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Until recently, there has been a lack of readily available data in Australia about humanities teaching and research in the Asia region, leaving a knowledge gap when it comes to Australia’s relationships with some our closest neighbours, and the potential for collaboration now and into the future. Our new report released today Australian-Asian Research Collaborations in
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Early years Having fallen in love with music in his formative years, Malcolm was easily attracted to musical studies and a degree in the classics at the Australian National University, and subsequently a further degree in music from the University of Cambridge. He admits, however, that being the son of an economist father and mathematician
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Where it began It was a chance meeting about 20 years ago in Melbourne that started a lasting, creative friendship between Mabel Lee and artist Fu Hong, culminating in his third painting, Professor Mabel Lee, being selected as a finalist for the coveted Archibald Prize in 2021. And as Mabel explains, this brilliant work was
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25th lecture Experiencing Immersion from Antiquity to Modernity Dr Emma Cole, University of Queensland 13 February 2024, Melbourne 24th lecture Why Ovid (and Translation) Matters Professor Stephanie McCarter, The University of the South, Tenessee, USA 10 February 2022, Tasmania 23rd lecture In the Garden of the Fugitives Dr Estelle Lazer, University of Sydney 8 February
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2010-19 Being Humane – A Contested History Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA 14 November 2019, Brisbane Turning the Level of Civilisation Up: The twenty-first century challenge (excerpt | audio recording | video) Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA 15 November 2018, Sydney Not just warriors or victims (audio recording) Professor Kim Scott FAHA 16 November 2017,
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As we enter a new era marked by rapid technological change, major environmental challenges and shifting ideas about what it means to be human we called on several of our Honorary and Corresponding Fellows to offer their view on how the Humanities disciplines have helped deepen our understanding of our past and present, how they
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Tenth lecture Horizons of national responsibility: law and the protection of life on a fossil-rich continent (MP4, 43.5 MB)* (PDF, 335KB) The 10th Hancock Lecture was presented by Dr Frances Flanagan, Sydney Fellow and Lecturer, University of Sydney. The Lecture was held on Tuesday 31 May 2022 at the State Library of New South Wales. *Recording courtesy
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2024 Triebel Lecture, 28 November Secret police files as life writing, or how the Stasi made writers into ‘enemies of the state’Emerita Professor Alison Lewis FAHA With the collapse of Eastern European communism an unlikely new resource emerged from the archives of the Cold War: the classified secret police file. Unlike in Australia where ASIO
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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.