Why do so few Aussies speak an Australian language?
'Linguistically speaking, Australia is special. With around 250 languages spoken when Australia was first colonised, Australia was one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. But few…
ARC research on the deep human past inspires a musical response
"In 2018, ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow, Professor Ann McGrath, a historian at The Australian National University (ANU), was contacted by the New York-based composer, Dr Andreia Pinto…
Aileen Marwung Walsh in The Conversation - Friday essay: back to Moore River and finding family
Exercept from Aileen Marwung Walsh, Laureate PhD student's piece titled Friday essay: back to Moore River and finding family: "Untangling the web that is the history of the stolen generations is a…
Researchers join at ANU to explore ways of viewing the past
Speakers from around Australia and the world have recently come together at ANU for the Deep Human Past’s Inaugural International Symposium. The symposium was convened by Professor Ann McGrath and…
Postdoctoral Research Fellow position available
The Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) at ANU provides a dynamic research environment; it undertakes research and education across several disciplines to the highest international levels…
Workshop on Indigenous Histories
Developing new methodologies for researching and recounting histories that reckon with the long duration of Indigenous life on, in, and of this land is at the heart of the ARC Laureate Project…
New book ‘Found in Translation’ launched at ANU
ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt, and University Council Member Mr Peter Yu, have launched Found in Translation, the new book from historian Dr Laura Rademaker. Dr Rademaker, a researcher…