Travel back in time with The Magic Lantern in Australia and the World
Imagine this. It's the 1880s and you’re trying to organise the trade unions to form the Australian Labor movement. Cinema won’t be invented for another 15 years. So how do you let people far and wide…
ICASC Highlights: ANU Announces 'Australia and the World' Research Excellence Program
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shirley Leitch, and AuSI Director, Professor Paul Pickering, announced the 'Australia and the World' Research Excellence Program at the International Conference…
How can we predict the future of Australian English? Interview with Professor Catherine Travis
Can we predict how Australian English will change over the next generation? If you're part of the Sydney Speaks Project, the answer is a confident maybe. Bringing together researchers from the…
The First Eight Project: Interview with Dr David Headon
The First Eight Project launched in early 2018 as a joint undertaking between the Australian Parliamentary Library, the National Museum of Australia, the National Archives of Australia, the…
An Australian Studies Institute for ANU
As part of the VC’s strategic plan for the next five years, ANU has committed to a bold new engagement program entitled ‘Australia and the World’. Central to the delivery of the program is the…