News
15
Feb
‘12
School of History Seminar Series 2012
The School of History Seminar Series 2012 will be held each Wednesday afternoon during Semester 1, from 4.15pm to 5.30pm in the McDonald Room, Menzies Library, Fellows Road, ANU.
A list of dates and speakers is below, alternatively download the...
16
May
‘12
ANU Postdocs go head to head in the 2012 Serle Award
Dr Marie Kawaja and Dr Cameron Muir have both been shortlisted for the Australian Historical Association's 2012 Searle Award.
The Serle Award is a biennial prize to commemorate the contribution to Australian History of Geoffrey Serle...
16
May
‘12
Dr Carolyn Strange awarded 2012 Larry J. Hackman Research Fellowship
Dr Carolyn Strange, Senior Fellow at ANU's School of History has been awarded the Larry J. Hackman Research Fellowship by the New York State Archives and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust.
Strange's research project...
16
May
‘12
Doctor Do-Good shortlisted for the 2012 Magarey Medal for Biography
A biography by the School of History's Dr Rani Kerin has been shortlisted for the 2012 Magarey Medal.
Doctor Do-Good: Charles Duguid and Aboriginal Advancement, 1930s-1960s (Australian Scholarly Publishing) is a study of Charles Duguid and his...
14
May
‘12
Dr Martin Thomas wins 2012 National Biography Award
Dr Martin Thomas, ARC Future Fellow at ANU's School of History has won the $25,000 National Biography Award for 2012, Australia's richest prize for biographical writing and memoir.
The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: In Search...
04
May
‘12
Purple Threads shortlisted for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize
A novel by the School of History's Dr Jeanine Leane has been shortlisted for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize.
Purple Threads includes 11 stories about strong Aboriginal women living in a white community. The stories are based on Leane...
02
May
‘12
Goeschel's "Suicide in Nazi Germany" receives rave reviews
Christian Goeschel, a recent appointment to the School of History, recently had his monograph Suicide in Nazi Germany (Oxford University Press, 2009) published in German by the prestigious Suhrkamp Verlag. His book is about the suicides of ordinary...
01
May
‘12
2012 Minoru Hokari Scholarship Recipient Announced
The 2012 Minoru Hokari Scholarship has been awarded to Ms Shannyn Palmer.
Ms Palmer is a doctoral student in the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at the Australian National University. The award will support fieldwork for Ms Palmer’s...
30
Mar
‘12
Dr Gemma Betros wins Ernst Keller European Humanities Travelling Fellowship and a Visting Fellowship at Chawton House Library
Gemma has been awarded a prestigious Ernst Keller European Humanities Travelling Fellowship by the Australian Academy of the Humanities from a very competitive field of early career researchers.
The Fellowship allows Gemma to undertake archival...
22
Feb
‘12
Dr Christian Goeschel interview on German television: Suicide in Nazi Germany
Dr Christian Goeschel was interviewed for the German television program artour, a prominent weekly cultural program, about his book "Suicide in Nazi Germany", published by Oxford University Press. The book has recently been translated into...
