Stephen Wilks, ‘This extraordinary synthesis of ideas for the Australian nation’ Earle Page
Long time Country Party Leader Earle Page was possibly the most important side character in Australian political history. He engineered the fall of Billy Hughes, won a coalition on generous terms…
Biography Footnotes, no 23
The latest issue of National Centre of Biography's newsletter, Biography Footnotes is out now! Click here to read issue 23. Inside we farewell esteemed ADB colleagues, John Nethercote and…
Gold Medalist Matilda Hatcher to join School's HDR program
Matilda greatly enjoyed her undergraduate study at the ANU, which allowed her to pursue her passion for History and Art History whilst allowing her to explore some unexpected paths in the fields of…
Outstanding research in History
Congratulations to Dr Mark Dawson and Professor Angela Woollacott for leading two outstanding history projects that were successful in the 2023 round of ARC Discovery projects. The two successful…
Professor Carolyn Strange elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Congratulations to Professor Carolyn Strange who has been elected to the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. This honour is a much deserved recognition of Carolyn's standing as a…
Joshua Black: New publication in the Australian Historical Studies Journal
Congratulations to HDR student, Josh Black, who has just published an article in Australian Historical Studies: "Unemployed Breadwinners’ and ‘Working Mothers’: Male Breadwinner Nostalgia and the…
PhD student awarded 2021-22 Mike Smith Student Prize
Congratulations to Jessica Urwin, School of History PhD candidate, who was recently awarded the 2021–22 Mike Smith Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History…