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For the Five-Minute Friday Read and on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Julia Gillard’s ‘Misogyny Speech’, Joy Damousi, Professor of History, Dean of Arts and Director of the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Australian Catholic University and immediate past President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, discusses the speech’s legacy and what it might mean for the future of women in politics and society.
In today’s Five-Minute Friday Read, Shurlee Swain, Emeritus Professor in the National School of Arts at Australian Catholic University, examines the terrible history of child removal in Australia and its lasting impacts across communities.
To mark the UN’s International Translation Day, the Australian Academy of the Humanities has awarded the 2022 Medal for Excellence in Translation to Robert Savage.
In today’s Five-Minute Friday Read, Mark Andrejevic, Professor in Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University, explores the robodebt controversy and the nature of automated systems to exacerbate pre-existing imbalances of power.
In today’s Five-Minute Friday Read, Marilyn Lake FAHA FASSA AO, Professorial Fellow in History at The University of Melbourne, writes about the gender pay gap, the burden of care work placed on women and the vision of historical feminists for a more equal Australia.
The Academy is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2022 Medal for Excellence in Translation. The Medal is a major national award that recognises outstanding translation achievements and celebrates the vital role of translators and translation in Australian culture and scholarly discourse.
The Australian Academy of the Humanities is delighted to announce Dr Laura Smith-Khan has been awarded the 2022 Max Crawford Medal, Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities.
With sadness, the Australian Academy of the Humanities acknowledges the death of Emeritus Professor Virginia Spate AC FAHA CIHA, one of Australia’s most eminent art historians and academics. She was elected to the Academy in 1981.
In today’s Five-Minute Friday Read, Purnendra Jain FAHA, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide, examines Okinawa’s strategic and political importance in the Pacific while considering the impacts on the citizens of the islands.
In our new series, the Five-Minute Friday Read, we’re publishing essays by our Fellows on a range of important and timely topics in the humanities. Today, Kane Race FAHA, Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney, explores the public health response to the current monkeypox outbreak and its relationship to the responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis.
In our new series, the Five-Minute Friday Read, we’re publishing essays by our Fellows on a range of important and timely topics in the humanities. Today, William (Bill) Loader FAHA, Emeritus Professor at Murdoch University, examines Biblical writings on same-sex relations and their implications for the modern-day Anglican Church.
In our new series, the Five-Minute Friday Read, we’re publishing essays by our Fellows on a range of important and timely topics in the humanities. Today, Helen Groth FAHA, Professor in the English and Creative Writing program in the School of Arts and Media, UNSW, writes about the significance and provenance of the attack on Sir Salman Rushdie.