Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve
This project combines a book, art exhibitions and web-based materials in an exploration of the understandings of the distinctive Desert Channels country of south-western Queensland. The region…
Antarctic history and policy
This ARC-funded Discovery Project (2010-12) into the environmental and political history of Australia’s involvement in the Antarctic Treaty System involves the ANU, the University of Tasmania and the…
The Victorian Bushfire Research Project
On the morning of 7th February, 2009, after a protracted drought and weeks of record temperatures, the state of Victoria faced warnings of extreme fire danger. The state’s Premier made public…
Indigenous fieldwork scholarship - Applications now open
The Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship has been established in honour of the pathbreaking scholar and inspiring colleague, Minoru Hokari (1971-2004) who made outstanding contributions towards ‘cross-…
New publication
Tiffany Shellam, Shaking Hands on the Fringe, Negotiating the Aboriginal World of King George's Sound available from University of Western Australia Press.
2009 Seymour Lecture in Biography
Eminent historian, Dr David Day, will discuss 'Writing Political Lives' at the fifth annual Seymour Lecture in Biography at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, at 6pm on Wednesday, 9…
History Honours Workshop at ANU, 29-31 May 2009
History Honours students who have a particular interest in biography, are invited to attend the History Honours Workshop at the ANU on 29-31 May 2009. The course is free and interstate students…