Arts & Social Sciences at ANU

27/08/2026

Joshua Black will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on his new book Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell, which provides an eye-opening account of how Australian politicians have become experts at fashioning and refashioning stories about themselves, their lives,...

26/08/2026

What can a correspondence reveal about the lives and creative worlds of two prominent Australian artists?

Join award-winning biographer Dr Ann-Marie Priest in conversation with Dr Susan Lever about Fiery Tales: The Correspondence of Gwen Harwood and Larry Sitsky, published by Monash University Publishing.

📅 Tuesday, 1 September 2026
🕕 6–7.30 pm
📍 Fellows Bar & Cafe, University House

Find out more and register: https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/events/fiery-tales-correspondence-gwen-harwood-and-larry-sitsky

26/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr Edward Armstrong, who has been named an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy!

The assessors praised the 'range and innovation' of his teaching, supported by the latest education scholarship, his dedication to the student experience, and his collaboration with the Academic Skills team which has resulted in improved student performance on written tasks. We are sure that students in LATN2119 and GREK3125 this semester are benefitting enormously from his pedagogical skills. Congratulations, Edward!

26/08/2026

Join us next Thursday for the 2026 Wellspring Series: Preserving Australian Modern Dance – Renewing a Pedagogy for the Bodenwieser Technique.

Scholar Wesley Lim and choreographers James Batchelor and Ruth Osborne will explore the movement legacy of modern dance pioneer Gertrud Bodenwieser and the lineage of her teaching in Australia.

The lecture-demonstration will culminate in a short performance by Batchelor, followed by an audience Q&A.

📅 Thursday, 3 September, 7 pm
📍 The Street Theatre

25/08/2026

Helping make an ANU education possible for more students across Australia.

Learn more about the new ANU Vice-Chancellor Scholars Program and the financial, accommodation, relocation and transition support available to students.

The Australian National University (ANU) has launched a new flagship scholarship program designed to help overcome barriers to higher education and support students from across Australia to study and succeed at the national university.

The ANU Vice-Chancellor Scholars Program brings together undergraduate and postgraduate access scholarships into a single University-wide offering, combining financial assistance with accommodation, relocation and transition support, and coordinated support throughout students’ studies.

“Talent and potential exist in every community, but opportunity does not,” Interim Vice-Chancellor Professor Rebekah Brown said.

“For some students, the cost of university, relocating to Canberra, securing accommodation or simply knowing that support will be available can determine whether ANU feels possible.

“The Vice-Chancellor Scholars Program is about removing those barriers and ensuring students with the capability to succeed at ANU have the opportunity to do so.”

Read more: https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/new-anu-vice-chancellor-scholars-program

25/08/2026

Art & Design Forum | Utako Shindo

📅 Tuesday 1 September 2026
🕐 1 –2 pm
📍 School of Art & Design Lecture Theatre

Join us for a presentation by Japanese artist Utako Shindo, exploring the poetics of untranslatability: how material lives breathe and artworks speak the untranslatable.

Drawing on theoretical, archival, studio and field research across different cultural and artistic disciplines, this talk will discuss how Shindo's recent sumi-ink painting and charcoal kiln firing with clay use transferring and centering processes to draw gestures of nuanced shadow, opening a spatiality reminiscent of Ma and Chora within our perception. Shindo will also introduce an upcoming collaborative experimental workshop with Dr Kate Hill at Strathnairn Arts, forming abstract spaces with local clay, charcoal kiln firing and viewing space.

Image: Untitled, fired clay with soot, sumi ink on paper, artist studio, Ibaraki. Credit: Utako Shindo.

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25/08/2026

Thinking about Honours in Classical Studies?

Join Dr Tatiana Bur, current staff and students tomorrow to learn more about the one-year research program.

Wednesday 26 August
4.30 pm
AD Hope Conference Room (1.28)

Are you interested in undertaking Honours in Classical Studies? If you have a major in Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, or Latin, or an approved combination of minors, you should consider embarking on this exciting 1-year research experience.

Please join Honours convenor Dr Tatiana Bur and current staff and students to hear more about our programme on Wednesday, August 26, at 4.30pm in the AD Hope Conference Room (1.28).

25/08/2026

Congratulations to Professor Caillan Davenport, Head of the ANU Centre for Classical Studies, whose book “Behind Caesar’s Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors” has been Highly Commended for the General History Prize at the 2026 NSW History Awards.

A wonderful recognition of scholarship that brings the politics and public life of ancient Rome vividly to life.

Content from the State Library of New South Wales.

21/08/2026

Scholars from the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies ANU contributed to major international discussions on heritage interpretation, global heritage governance and the future of World Heritage at events held in Seoul and Busan, Republic of Korea, in July 2026.

Scholars from the ANU Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies contributed to major international discussions on heritage interpretation, global heritage governance and the future of World Heritage at events held in Seoul and Busan, Republic of Korea, in July 2026.

21/08/2026

New research shows Question Time has increasingly focused on the prime minister, raising questions about the ‘presidentialisation’ of Australian politics.