Highly Ranked Journals
The Editors of several highly acclaimed history journals are Faculty Members in the School of History at ANU. The School contributes to the journals by supporting staff in their editorial…
Local Intermediaries in International Exploration Conference commences 17 July
At this two day conference over 30 speakers will explore a range of issues including: art, photography and expeditions, bodies and cross cultural encounters, Aboriginal people’s oral histories and…
2013 Minoru Hokari Scholarship Winner Announced
The Minoru Hokari Memorial Scholarship was established in honour of Minoru Hokari's outstanding contributions towards 'cross-culturalising' historical practice and developing a respectful…
The Sex Lives of Australians makes Literary Shortlist
Cross-dressing colonists, effeminate bushrangers and women-shortage woes: Frank Bongiorno's highly readable social history 'The Sex Lives of Australians: A History' has been described as a…
Fiftieth Anniversary of Britain's Profumo Affair
It is fifty years since Britain’s Profumo Affair climaxed; an apt description because it was the sex scandal of the century. On 5 June 1963 forty-eight year-old John Profumo resigned as Secretary of…
ANU Historian comments on public suicide
An interview with Dr Christian Goeschel, Lecturer, School of History at ANU, has appeared in the renowned Swiss broadsheet, Tagaesanzeiger. Dr Goeschel's areas of interest include Modern European…
'A landmark work of Australian history'
Tom Griffiths discusses the career of Mike Smith, author of The Archaeology of Australia's Deserts. CROUCHED in the red sand, handling a stone artefact with an arc of blue desert sky above him, Mike…