Catherine Horne, School of History PhD candidate wins NAA/AHA postgraduate scholarship.
The School of History is excited to congratulate PhD candidate Catherine Horne on her postgraduate scholarship, awarded by the National Archives of Australia (NAA) and the Australian Historical…
Environmental History PhD workshop 2016
Centre for Environmental History, Australian National University, Canberra 23–27 May, 2016 Are you writing a PhD in some aspect of environmental history? The Centre for Environmental History at…
Fixing the System: A Guardian Live Event
On 23 February, join Dr Chris Wallace; historian, biographer, journalist and visiting fellow at the National Centre of Biography, School of History, ANU; with Anne Tiernan, in conversation with…
El Niños that have shaped us
By Rebecca Jones Three women carting water in South Australia c.1930 (State Library of South Australia) Since May 2015 much of eastern Australia has been gripped by a strong El Niño. Dams,…
Message from Mungo
On the 27th January, NITV is screening 'Message from Mungo’ (Ronin Films) in the prime time slot of 7.30 pm. This is especially timely in the wake of Australia Day, with its intense debates about the…
Green New World: Travels into America’s Nature and History
Wednesday 17 February 2016, 4:15-5:30pm A School of History Seminar presented in conjunction with the Fenner School of Environment & Society (CMBE) Speaker: Christof Mauch, Ludwig-Maximilians-…
A Country in Mind shortlisted for Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Congratulations to Saskia Beudel, whose book A Country in Mind (UWAP), is shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival literary awards in the Nonfiction category, alongside Robert Dessaix, Robert…