Audio: Celebrating Douglas Mawson in Antarctica
Tom Griffiths' address to the Australian Academy of Science On Saturday 9 June 2012, ABC National Radio's The Science Show broadcast Tom Griffiths' address to the Australian Academy of Science…
Rediscovering the foundation of the Australian Antarctic Territory
On Sunday 13 May at the National Archives of Australia, The School of History's Dr Marie Kawaja shared the foundation story of the Australian Antarctic Territory, which resulted from her journey…
'Voices from the West End' wins 2012 WA Local History Award
Described at its launch last week 'as the most significant contribution to Fremantle history for 60 years', Voices from the West End has received the 2012 WA Local History Award 2012 - Fremantle.…
Recording of Sverker Sörlin's lecture
Global Change, History and Planetary Futures: Stories from Sweden’s far northern edge On Tuesday 29 May Professor Sverker Sörlin gave a public lecture to a packed theatre at the Australian…
Is Mein Kampf still too dangerous?
School of History lecturer and author of "Suicide in Nazi Germany", Dr Christian Goeschel, reignites the debate surrounding the release of Hitler’s "Mein Kampf", the autobiography he dictated to…
Dr Alex Cook takes to the seas to recount Captain James Cook’s first Pacific voyage
The School of History's Dr Alex Cook will be voyaging to Lord Howe Island aboard the Endeavour Replica to observe the Transit of Venus. Organised by the Australian National Maritime Museum, the…
Professor Tom Griffiths at TEDx Sydney 2012
On Saturday 26 May, ANU School of History's Professor Tom Griffiths will share the stage with some of Australia's most innovative thinkers at TEDx Sydney. Tom's presentation, 'One…