Art of Time Travel shortlisted for Colin Roderick Award 2017
The shortlist for this year’s Colin Roderick Award and H T Priestley Memorial Medal, administered by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University, has been…
A Century of the Order of the British Empire: This Month in History
One hundred years ago this month the youngest of the British orders of knighthood, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, came into being. Established by Letters Patent of 4 June 1917, the…
50 Years On: Does the ‘67 Referendum Still Matter?
To mark the semicentennial anniversary of the iconic ’67 referendum on Aboriginal rights, Benjamin T. Jones of the School of History sat in conversation with Ann McGrath and Jo Chivers. The panel…
Aboriginal Enlistment During World War I - This Month in History
A century ago in May 1917, the Australian Army issued a Military Order stating that “half castes may be enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force providing that the examining Medical Officers are…
PhD Candidate Annemarie McLaren wins prestigious Hakluyt Society essay prize
School of History PhD candidate Annemarie McLaren has been awarded the prestigious Hakluyt Society Essay Prize 2017 for her submission “‘Neither Middle Ground' nor Native Ground': Reading the life of…
Prof. Tom Griffiths wins the Ernest Scott Prize for History for his book 'The Art of Time Travel: Historians and their Craft'
Congratulations Tom Griffiths on winning the 2017 Ernest Scott Prize for History, supported by the History Program in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne. This…
Honest History book launch at Muse Canberra
On 6 April, ANU History's Prof. Tom Griffiths launched a collection of essay’s published by the redoubtable Honest History coalition at Muse Bookshop, Kingston, Canberra. The 19 essays in David…