The history and future of ice: science, humanities and climate change
W K Hancock Professor of History Inaugural Lecture Tom Griffiths introduced by Emeritus Professor D.A. Low Tuesday 20 September 2011 5pm, followed by a reception in the foyer Hedley Bull Theatre…
CFP: 'What is an Expedition?'
George French Angas, North-West of Stuart's Creek. From John McDouall Stuart, Explorations in Australia, 1865. Call for Papers Expeditions have shaped the world as we know it. So not…
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…
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…
The Diplomacy of Krill: negotiating the exploitation of Antarctic resources in the 1970s
Alessandro Antonello, School of History, ANU School of History Seminar Series Wednesday 18 May 2011, 4.15-5.30pm, Seminar Room A, Coombs Building, ANU In May 1980, after six years of discussions…
Desert Channels paperback launch
The paperback version of Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve will be launched on Tuesday 17 May in Sydney as part of the the opening of Mandy Martin’s new exhibition Wanderers in…
Revised closing date: NMA Student Prize 2011
The National Museum of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science through its National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science invite submissions for the 2011 National Museum of…