Professor Woollacott's new book launched: Race and the Modern Exotic Three ‘Australian’ Women on Global Display
On the evening of Thursday 6th October, Professor Angela Woollacott's new book was launched to an eager audience at the ANU Co-op Bookshop. Professor Desley Deacon officially headed the launch,…
Working for Women Symposium a success
On Saturday 20 August, ANU hosted a highly successful symposium on the theme of ‘Working for Women: experiences, relationships, and cultural representation in pre-modern Europe’, which attracted over…
The Many Worlds of R H Mathews shortlisted for prestigous awards
The Many Worlds of RH Mathews: In search of an Australian anthropologist by Dr Martin Thomas of ACIH, published earlier this year by Allen & Unwin, was shortlisted for three awards: - The Age…
Publication news: Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition
Exploring the Legacy of the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, co-edited by Martin Thomas and Margo Neale, was launched at the National Museum of Australia in June. The book was developed from a symposium…
Documentary film about repatriation of Arnhem Land human remains
Martin Thomas of ACIH is working with the Arnhem Land community of Gunbalanya, making a documentary film about the theft of human remains during the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to…
Report on the Aboriginal Embassy Symposium 20-22 June 2011
An ACIH-sponsored symposium on the Aboriginal Embassy was held on 20-22 June in association with the National Film and Sound Archive and the Museum of Australian Democracy. The symposium brought…
Gippsland Environments and Human Interaction: Past, Present and Future
The Centre for Gippsland Studies, Monash University Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November 2011 The Auditorium (Building 3E) Monash University, Gippsland Campus Northways Road, Churchill Victoria 3842…