Happy 100th Dr Max Day on 21 December 2015
Environmental Pioneer, Scientific Diplomat and Entomologist Oldest Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science All in a Day's Work (PDF) 100th birthday book, edited by Jon Day…
Biography Footnotes
Read the latest edition of the National Centre of Biography's newsletter, Biography Footnotes. In it you will find an obituary for our colleague, Geoffrey Bolton; some of the entries for people who…
The Anthropocene in Museums: Reflections, Projections and Imaginings
Deutsches Museum, Munich 3 – 4 December 2015 Report by Diane Erceg How might museums reframe themes and stories to bring the Anthropocene into focus? How might we create relational…
Daniel May wins Ian Langham Prize
Congratulations to Danial May for winning the Ian Langham Prize, awarded to the best postgraduate paper at the Australian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies…
Remembering the Dead
Remembering the Dead Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, 7 November 1920. Imperial War Museum. In November of 1920, Britain entombed its ‘Unknown Warrior’ in Westminster Abbey. In the…
The Power of the Humanities
Tom Griffiths spoke at the launch of The Power of the Humanities: Case Studies from Leading Australian Researchers at Parliament House, Canberra on Thursday 17 September…
Launch of Long History, Deep Time
On the 21st September, Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt launched Long History, Deep Time, co-edited by Ann McGrath, Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous history and Mary-Anne Jebb,…