Discover one scholar’s quest to track down lost Bronte works across auction houses, libraries and private collections.
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Australia’s creative economy is far larger and more dynamic than previously thought, and knowing the full extent and rate of growth may help guide recovery after Covid-19.
Take a deep dive into two treasure houses of knowledge about Australian literature, culture and history that illuminate our national story, educating and inspiring us.
For many of us, loneliness has been a by-product of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, research reveals the concept of loneliness only began with nineteenth-century Romantic thinkers (though that doesn’t make it any easier for us today!). Learn how our conceptualisation of emotions has changed over time.
The loss of Aboriginal language and culture continues to be a major challenge facing Australia today. Discover how leading linguist R M W Dixon, along with his First Nations teachers, has helped to recover the “grammatical wonders” of Indigenous languages.
Thanks to the pioneering work of Australian researchers, we now have a greater understanding of how the humanities can tackle urgent environmental issues: from the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef to the bushfires that ravaged our nation. Welcome to the Environmental Humanities.
The excavation of a 3000-year-old cemetery in Vanuatu – the oldest known burial ground in the Pacific – has unlocked the secrets of pre-historic peoples of the Melanesian region.
What role did women play in the beginnings of colonial Australia? Feminist scholars have been reframing and challenging conventional nation-building narratives about white Australia since the 1970s.
Uncover the secrets of Ancient Greek drama and life with A D Trendall’s studies of red figure decorated vases (or what he sometimes called “little horrors”!).
Australia is a country of avid readers and writers, establishing our own publications, imported texts and developing our own literary industry from the 19th century to today.
The history of the human species has taken many twists and turns over millennia, with new discoveries challenging our understanding of migration and evolution. The journey has even included a “hobbit” discovery that shook the science world and triggered intense controversy.
Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation – but how did Islam first arrive across the islands, and how has this informed modern Indonesia?