Day of Ideas – Reinterpretation of Australian Political Stories Around World War One and The Dismissal?
One hundred years ago, World War One, “the war to end all wars” ended. Exactly 57 years later on the 11th November 1975, the Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked Labour Prime Minister Gough Whitlam…
ANU History Student Wins Global Award
ANU History honours student Matthew Barton has been recognised in the 2018 Undergraduate Awards. Matthew has been named the global winner in the History category, for his essay “Pattern of the…
New ANZAC Battlefields and Beyond course in 2019
A new course in 2019 from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences offers students from any discipline, the opportunity to experience history in a unique immersive study tour overseas. Students…
An Honest History symposium: ‘Presenting, choosing, measuring, changing history’
An Honest History symposium in conjunction with the Australian National University, With Frank Bongiorno, Michael Brissenden, Alison Broinowski, Pamela Burton, Michael Cooney, Shaun Crowe, Paul…
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…
ANU School of History Students learning 'in the field'
Students currently studying the ‘War and Society’ course recently went on an excursion to Melbourne and visited some significant memorials. “The Shrine is something of a Melbourne landmark and…
ANU School of History Students Undertook an Internship at the National Museum of Australia
ANU School of History students, Charlotte Ward and Natasha Wykes recently undertook an internship at the National Museum of Australia (NMA). “I just wanted to thank you for this tremendous…