Arts & Social Sciences at ANU

14/10/2026

Introducing the new Master of History Online 🎓✨

Our ANU History has launched a brand-new, fully online pathway to a Master of History — fully flexible, world-class.

📚 Australian, Indigenous, environmental, ancient & modern European history
🎯 Tailor your studies to your interests
🌐 Study from anywhere

Ready to start your journey at ANU? Apply now for Semester 1, 2027 >> https://cass.anu.edu.au/degrees/master-history-online?utm_source=Web&utm_medium=Banner&utm_campaign=CASS2027PGS1

📅 Domestic apps close 13 Feb 2027 | International apps close 15 Dec 2026

13/10/2026

Professor Dougald O’Reilly is one of Australia’s leading archaeologists of Southeast Asia, with decades of fieldwork at breathtaking sites including Angkor Wat and the mysterious Plain of Jars. 🏛️ ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology

In his new book Empires of the Southern Ocean, he rewrites a forgotten history, showing that early Southeast Asian societies were already complex long before outside contact, not simply shaped by Indian dominance as was long assumed.

Beyond the dig sites, O’Reilly has fought to protect the region’s heritage. After looting devastated Cambodia’s ancient burial grounds, he founded Heritage Watch, whose Heritage for Kids program now teaches young students why the past is worth protecting.

“Kids are our future. If they understand our message, we can reduce the impact of heritage loss around the world,” he says.

🔗 Read his full story >> https://cass.anu.edu.au/news/archaeologist-unearthing-new-chapter-history-southeast-asia

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02/10/2026

"Linguistics is far more than learning another language." 🗣️

Joshua Renaldo came to ANU from Indonesia to study forensic linguistics — but the Master of General and Applied Linguistics opened up a whole field. "I was able to learn much more than I first expected," he says.

His research now uses a corpus to uncover patterns in literary language.

🔗 Read more >> https://cass.anu.edu.au/profiles/joshua-renaldo

🔗 Register for our CASS Postgraduate Study webinar — Tue 10 Nov 2026, 5:00–5:50 pm AEDT.
https://cass.anu.edu.au/events/explore-postgraduate-study-cass

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01/10/2026

What might a dialogue between J.S. Bach and the musical traditions of Iran sound like? 🎻

Jazmourian Ensemble (Ensemble-in-Residence at the ANU School of Music) explores exactly that. Violin, setar and kamancheh meet in Bach in Shiraz, where each tradition keeps its own voice while listening and responding to the other.

"Searching for a common musical language inspires unexpected creativity," say the musicians.

Three concerts this October:
🎵 Sun 4 Oct, 3pm — St Andrew's Church, Braidwood
🌿 Sat 17 Oct, from 12pm — Garden concert, Golden Vale, Sutton Forest
🎶 Fri 23 Oct, 6pm — University House, ANU (free)

🔗 Tickets and details >> https://cass.anu.edu.au/news/bach-shiraz-three-concerts-bring-iranian-and-western-musical-traditions-dialogue

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30/09/2026

Where can a linguistics degree actually take you? 🗣️

Find out this Friday at our Pathways in Linguistics panel — hear from three graduates ANU Alumni whose careers look nothing alike:

▪️ Kyla Quinn — Technical Director at the Australian Signals Directorate
▪️ Lauren Reed — Director of the Centre for Australian Languages at AIATSIS
▪️ Bronwyn Wood — Speech Pathologist at Northside Speech

Career advice, a Q&A, and a networking lunch with pizza 🍕

📅 Fri 2 Oct, 1–2pm
📍 Career Central, Kambri

Open to all students taking or considering Linguistics.

🔗 Register via ANU Career Central >> https://careercentral.anu.edu.au/unauth/student/login?e=W3siY29kZXMiOlsidW5hdXRoOmZvcm0udmFsaWRhdGlvbi5zc28tdW5tYXRjaGVkIl0sImFyZ3MiOltdLCJjb250ZXh0S2V5IjoibG9naW5Gb3JtIn1d

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29/09/2026

Did you know ANU is ranked #1 in Australia and #14 in the world for politics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026?

Explore the Bachelor of Political Science at ANU and learn how political systems, ideas and people shape the world around us.

Read more about studying political science at ANU 👇

quicklink.anu.edu.au/c20v

Arts & Social Sciences at ANU

29/09/2026

The latest Wellspring event, Persevering Modern Dance, is now available on the CASS YouTube channel.

Watch the full event: https://youtu.be/iCdHg3Uvf70?si=KjPx0a-JZaQvFgJD

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29/09/2026

Come along for an evening of archaeology, Indigenous histories and new ways of thinking about place and belonging.

2026 Mulvaney Lecture

28/09/2026

New ANU research shows the harms of gambling can reach well beyond the person who gambles — into the health, wellbeing and schooling of their children.

Led by Associate Professor Aino Suomi, Director of our Centre for Gambling Research, the study found risky parental gambling was consistently linked to poorer physical health, mental health and lower school engagement among children.

The encouraging part? Rather than building a new service system, the ACT can make gambling harm more visible within its existing child and family workforce, and recognise children as affected in their own right.

"Children have largely been invisible in the way we think about gambling harm," says Associate Professor Suomi.

🔗 Read the research >> https://cass.anu.edu.au/news/parental-gambling-linked-poorer-health-and-educational-outcomes-australian-children

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25/09/2026

Thinking about postgraduate study at CASS?

Join our online session to hear from a current student, meet academics and explore your study options through an interactive breakout session tailored to your area of interest.

Whether you’re exploring postgraduate study, already holding a CASS offer or considering your next step after an ANU undergraduate degree, come along and ask your questions.

📅 Tuesday 10 November
⏰ 5–5.50 pm AEDT
💻 Online

Register now >> https://cass.anu.edu.au/events/explore-postgraduate-study-cass

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