2011 NMA Student Prize winners
Australian monsoons, coal industry slavery and early Australian agriculture were the winning topics this year for the annual National Museum of Australia Student Essay Prize for the History of…
Applications open for Australian Historical Association Awards 2012
The Australian Historical Society (AHA) is calling for applications for their 2012 round of prizes. The awards open for application are: MAGAREY MEDAL FOR BIOGRAPHY 2012 This biennial $10,000…
Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948
Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948: Intercultural Inquiry in a Trans-National context The Arnhem Land project is motivated by five key questions: How do Western and Indigenous knowledge systems…
Ken Inglis Prize Winner for 2010 - Ms Catherine Bishop
This prize is awarded to the best paper presented by a postgraduate student to the biennial Australian Historical Association conference. The winner receives a two-year subscription to…
ANU School of History ranked 12th in the world
The School of History, College of Arts and Social Sciences ANU has been ranked twelfth in the world in the 2011 QS World University Rankings for History. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has…
PhD Student wins Environmental History Essay Prize
Mr Christian O'Brien, a PhD Student in the School of History has won this year's National Museum of Australia Student Essay Prize for his essay on 'A brief history of the monsoon'. The Australian…
Biography Footnotes, no 8, 2011
The latest edition of the National Centre of Biography’s newsletter, Biography Footnotes, is now available on the web. Read about the launch of the NCB’s new Obituaries Australia…