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The Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA), on behalf of Australia’s five Learned Academies, condemns the Russian drone strike on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv on 28 September.
Dr Simon Luke Robinson Burke has won the 2026 Medal for Excellence in Translation for the first English translation of a 13th-century Arabic text, The Principles of Religion by Syriac Orthodox monk Rabban Daniel Ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb, published by Brill.
What is to be gained from reading—enjoyment, understanding, immersion, and a better appreciation for the process of creating? Tom Griffiths AO FAHA considers reading as a research method in his latest project, which explores the life, philosophies and words of Australian writer, Alice Duncan-Kemp.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has contributed to the Joint Select Committee’s Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence (AI). Download our submission here.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has made a submission to the Australian Tertiary Education Commission’s (ATEC) Review of Research Requirements for the Australian University Category, warning that a more specialised research model must not be allowed to erode the breadth, resilience and depth of Australia’s national knowledge system. Download our full submission here.
Distinguished Professor Lynette Russell AM FAHA FASSA is one of Australia’s most celebrated historians. Her current research on pre-settlement Australia brings together researchers across various disciplines and Indigenous knowledge holders to reframe and reconsider what we think we “know” about Australia’s past. She sat down with the Academy to talk about why this kind of transdisciplinary research is so important.
Four Australian translators have been shortlisted for the 2026 Medal for Excellence in Translation, for works spanning a major Scandinavian classic, a landmark cultural history by one of Japan’s leading postwar intellectuals, and a 13th-century religious book.
The visit recent visit of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand to Australia was dominated by talks of trade. Associate Professor Patrick Jory FAHA, an expert in Thai history and culture, examines the history of Thailand’s trade and diplomacy with its large and powerful neighbour, China.
The Academy’s Languages and Cultures Committee will unite some of Australia’s foremost experts in languages, cultures and language education, to help address a decline that has been decades in the making.
As Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used in decision-making processes, Emeritus Professor Constant J. Mews FAHA considers the ability of AI to consume and reinterpret our religious and sacred stories—and what the implications are when we accept these interpretations at face value.
Grants awarded under the 2026 Publication Subsidy Scheme will assist the publication of new research in the humanities from 9 early career scholars, exploring topics such as the experience and memories of Tamil refugees, a critical inquiry on dictionaries of ancient Egyptian language, and the history of girlhood in Australia.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has made a submission to the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026, setting out what the Bill gets this right, and where it still falls short.