Professor Roger Benjamin FAHA (The University of Sydney) reflects on the legacy of Virginia Spate AC FAHA CIHA, one of Australia’s most eminent art historians and academics. Download a PDF version here.
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With the death on 22 July 2022 of Lorenzo Polizzotto, Australia lost one of its preeminent scholars of Renaissance Italy. Download a PDF version.
We are delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s Humanities Travelling Fellowship.
These Fellowships enable early career researchers to undertake research overseas, including accessing archives and other research materials and connecting with international researchers and networks.
Having supported hundreds of scholars over more than five decades, the Publication Subsidy Scheme is one of the Academy’s longest running awards programs.
Our Publication Subsidy Scheme supports quality publication in the humanities, with funding awarded to early career researchers to support costs associated with publication, such as illustrations, maps, and copyright fees.
Andrew Milner (Monash University) reflects on the legacy of Emeritus Professor Philip Thomson FAHA, an eminent literary theorist and critic. Download a PDF version here.
Professor Robert Young FAHA (La Trobe University) reflects on the legacy of Professor Janna Thompson FASSA FAHA, one of Australia’s most eminent philosophers with expertise in environmental ethics, feminism and global justice. Download a PDF version here.
Professor Tim Mehigan FAHA (The University of Queensland) reflects on the legacy of Emeritus Professor Gerhard Schulz FAHA, a renowned scholar of German literature and former Academy President. Download a PDF version.
With sadness, the Australian Academy of the Humanities acknowledges the passing of Emeritus Professor Trevor Wilson AM FAHA, a renowned military historian of World War I. Emeritus Professor Wilson was elected to the Academy in 1973.
It is with sadness that the Academy acknowledges the passing of Professor Anne Cutler FRS FBA FASSA FAHA, a pioneer in the field of psycholinguistics. Professor Cutler was elected to the Academy in 2008.
Two Academy Fellows are among the list of those recognised in the prestigious 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Climate change projections are indicating more droughts and floods in the next few years, but how should we think about risk, variability and change?
For 2022’s first President’s Conversation on 8 June, Academy President Emeritus Professor Lesley Head FASSA FAHA brought together a panel of experts from linguistics, ancient history, legal scholarship, risk perception analysis and environmental management to ask how we might learn from ancient societies, our legal frameworks and people on the ground to manage and mitigate the impacts of climate change on our water systems.