This year’s edition of Humanities Australia again demonstrates the ability and effectiveness of the humanities in addressing current challenges, with articles covering a wide range of topics: from the value of the arts in times of crisis, to conceptions of loneliness in the past and present, to the ongoing legacy of frontier violence, colonisation, and Indigenous dispossession.
As in previous years, it also features an edited version of our annual Trendall lecture, and work by our Crawford Medal recipient, providing a platform for readers to engage with research from across the humanities community.
We hope that you enjoy reading the wonderful research on display in this edition and that it can begin to convey the excitement we feel about the humanities disciplines and their potential to address important issues facing our nation, both directly and through reflections on the past.
In this issue:
Editor’s Introduction by Graham Tulloch FAHA
#ArtsforSurvival by Libby Robin FAHA
Were the Ancient Athenians Ever lonely? by Alastair Blanshard FAHA
Letters to Maggie, Roy and H.G. by Bridget Griffen-Foley FAHA
A Colonial Surface Scatter: Deepening Histories at Jiigurru|Walmbaar (Lizard Island) by Billy Griffiths
Beer Lines by Nicholas Shakespeare FAHA
Maralinga: Thunder Raining Poison by Catherine Speck FAHA
