Ken Inglis Post Graduate Prize Awarded to PhD Candidate
Recent recipient of the Endeavour Research Fellowship, History PhD student Anne Rees has been awarded the 2012 Ken Inglis Post Graduate Prize. The prize is awarded by the journal Australian…
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…
School of History PhD candidate awarded Endeavour Research Fellowship
School of History PhD student Anne Rees has been awarded an Endeavour Research Fellowship to support her forthcoming fieldwork in the United States. The Fellowship, worth up to $23,500, will allow…
‘Black’ days of bushfire
February is the height of the bushfire season in southern Australia and a month that haunts us with the threat and memory of great fires. Canberrans have just reflected on the ten years since…
'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…