Max Crawford Award

What do you do when someone points a camera at you? Do you smile or hide? Perhaps you strike a pose or attempt to blend into the background. As a photojournalist with a mission to present the world as accurately and authentically as possible, the tension TJ sensed between people and his camera was too

The Medal is Australia’s most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities, and it is awarded to an Australia-based early-career scholar for outstanding achievement. Dr Brett, who refuses to be pigeon-holed in his research work, said he was ‘absolutely stunned’ and ‘still can’t believe it’ on being told about his award. ‘I have

Dr Griffiths is a lecturer in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Melbourne’s Deakin University. His research focusses on cultural heritage, Indigenous history, political history, archaeology and seascapes.The award of the Crawford Medal recognises his outstanding ability to bridge the disciplines of history, literature and archaeology, and

Dr Power is currently Associate Professor of Bioarcheology in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University, and is recognised as an emerging global leader in her field. Her research focuses on cultural responses to human health and disease, climate change, mass migrations and violence, particularly pertaining to prehistoric periods across Africa and the Mediterranean.