National History Honours Workshop @ANU
Writing an honours thesis in the field of History? Want to meet honours students from other universities and discuss how to research and write your thesis? The School of History of the…
The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts
Mike Smith National Museum of Australia, Canberra Cambridge World Archaeology, ISBN-13: 9780521407458. This is the first book-length study of the archaeology of Australia's deserts, one of the…
Job: Head of Research, NMA
Position title Head of Research Section Curatorial and Research Classification EL2 Immediate Supervisor Assistant Director of Collections, Content and Exhibitions Status Ongoing Fulltime…
Mike Smith Prize 2013
The 2013 Mike Smith prize winners: (left to right) Sonya Duus, Alessandro Antonello and Christina Dyson. Photo: George Serras. Previously known as the Student Prize for Australian…
Australia Day Honours
Dr Mike Smith was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2013 Australia Day honours. The citation reads, 'For significant service to archaeological scholarship, particularly of the…
'The Compleat Archaeologist': Mike Smith, desert archaeology and museums
Dr Mike Smith is a pioneering desert archaeologist, author and senior research fellow at the Research Centre at the National Museum of Australia. On Friday 8 February 2013, Mike and other…
Aeon Magazine: Queen of Tides
Once a route to riches and empire, the sea is now lapping at the future of Venice and other great maritime cities: When I emerged for breakfast in my Venice hotel, a stylish establishment with fine…