ANU History scholar recognised as one of Australia's top thinkers by The Conversation
Dr Chris Wallace of the National Centre of Biography at ANU History has been recognised by academic and research media outlet The Conversation for her essay 'Note to Liberals: on the leadership front…
Related Histories: Studying the Family conference program
The full program for the National Centre of Biography’s Related Histories: Studying the Family conference, 28-29 November, to be held at the National Library of Australia is now available on the NCB'…
Armistice Day, 11/11/1918
As Australia’s first Minister for Repatriation, Edward Millen was responsible for overseeing the successful return of 160,000 fighting men to Australia after the Armistice on 11 November 1918, making…
New paper: Stratigraphy for the Renaissance: Questions of expertise for ‘the environment’ and ‘the Anthropocene’
The Anthropocene Review Paul Warde, Libby Robin, Sverker Sörlin First Published November 7, 2017 This article examines the short history of scientific decision-…
ACIH Members to attend Mungo Man Return to Country Ceremony
Professor Ann McGrath and Alycia Nevalainen are very proud to have been invited to attend several events related to the return of Mungo Man to the Mungo National Park, including next week's Return to…
In celebration of 40 years of Aboriginal History journal
In celebration of 40 years of Aboriginal History journal Aboriginal History Inc. and the School of History, College of Arts and Social Sciences recently celebrated 40 years of the Aboriginal History…
Melbourne Cup
You can read an essay about the running of the first Melbourne Cup, as well as entries on Etienne de Mestre whose horse Archer won the race, and Victorian governor Sir Henry Barkly who presented de…