Australian Studies alive and kicking just this side of the pond
By Mark Kenny, Paul Pickering From the Australian National University's Sir Roland Wilson Building one can see several gleaming pillars of state - the High Court of Australia, the National Gallery,…
AuSI abroad: First Eight Project bound for the UK
The Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) and 'The First Eight Project' are travelling to the United Kingdom to present a series of lectures celebrating the life and times of Andrew Fisher - Australia'…
AuSI welcomes new Visiting Fellow: Dr Sarah Engledow
The Australian Studies Institute is delighted to welcome Dr Sarah Engledow as a new Visiting Fellow. Dr Sarah Engledow was the designated historian and a curator at the National Portrait Gallery…
Jacqui Lambie mixes battler politics with populism to make her swing vote count
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. In the hit biopic Rocket Man, the ambitious young Reginald Dwight is counselled to hide his working-class roots if he…
ANU scholar takes climate change message to the UN
ANU Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow and Australian Studies Institute Advisory Board Member and Research Associate, Dr Virginia Marshall, has just returned from Mexico City where she attended the UN…
Government, not police, must set the democratic tone
By Mark Kenny In comedy, timing is crucial. But timing is critical in politics also, where the confluence of events or announcements, whether intentional or accidental, can have a major impact on…
ANU College of Law to host leading expert on cultural rights
Incoming Australia and the World Visiting Fellow, Professor Alison Dundes Renteln, says ANU will be the ideal place for her to do research on international law topics that relate to cultural rights…