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The Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne, teaching you how to think (not what to think) since 1855. Thinking about studying with us? Current student?

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21/08/2026

Truly a main character moment 🎓

Congratulations to our newest Arts graduates! And just like that... you’re officially 💙

Years of studying, creating, questioning and researching have led you to this moment. Enjoy it! 👏

19/08/2026

Billboard poetry is once again live around Melbourne 🏙️

See if you can spot all of this year's winners across the CBD and inner suburbs 🔍

Vote for your favourite → unimelb.me/4ieNJX9

06/08/2026

Australia's NAPLAN results show that while most children meet basic reading standards, there has been a decline in critical literacy skills like analysing and verifying information.

In this new Pursuit article, Dr Jennifer Frean from our School of Social and Political Sciences explains that nearly half of Australians are now consuming news from influencers and digital creators and as mainstream media increasingly adopts AI tools for content production, the ability to critically evaluate sources is increasingly essential.

Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/4c5BAzZ

04/08/2026

What would it take for everyone to have enough, without pushing the planet past its limits? 🌏

In this new Pursuit article, Honorary Fellow Melissa Conley Tyler from the Asia Institute unpacks the Global Justice Report, which suggests a possible future in 2100 where the global average income reaches AU$99,000 annually while still limiting global warming below 2°C.

But reaching that future would require major change. Read more → unimelb.me/4x98oQO

28/07/2026

Good news for Australian creatives 🗞️

Associate Professor Guy Morrow from our School of Culture and Communication explains how the Albanese government has ruled out AI copyright exemptions in a new national framework, but much First Nations cultural knowledge sits outside copyright and risks going unprotected.

He says First Nations creative systems work differently and that knowledge is often held collectively, passed between generations and still alive, continuing to change with the communities who carry it. This risks the erasure of collective ownership and breaches customary laws, inflicting cultural harm even when the works sit outside copyright.

Read more → unimelb.me/4foEIcj

23/07/2026

AI is already changing the way we work. The question is whether humans stay in the mix 🧑‍💻

Dr Rashika Bahl from the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology and Joshua Rose from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne say that if we don't protect human work, entire categories of labour risk being obliterated.

They explain that the two main issues are centred around how AI borrows content to recreate almost any style, almost instantly and that it's much easier for AI and large corporations to remake content without seeking consent, credit or compensation from creators.

What's proposed by Rashika and Joshua is a kind of protection for creatives that focuses on the effect of datafying creative work by real humans and explaining that companies that host services that generate design, music, or voiceovers could pay a special levy to firms that hire humans to do the work.

Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/4xepTiP

17/07/2026

Three thousand years old and Homer's Odyssey is still travelling 🚣

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the latest retelling of one of Western literature's most iconic stories. Tracing back through history, Associate Professor Ika Willis explains why there's really no definitive version of Homer's epic and why that's exactly the point.

Read the full story on Pursuit → unimelb.me/4bweDpj

07/07/2026

This is the book that fuelled 150 years of European witch hunts 📖

Our Archives and Special Collections have just acquired a rare edition of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches). Cultural historian Dr Charlotte Millar reveals how this book shaped the way Europe imagined, hunted and executed thousands of women for the imaginary crime of witchcraft.

Read the full story on Pursuit → https://unimelb.me/3Rk4Z2c

25/06/2026

Hero or villain? 🏹

From blockbuster films to bestselling novels, Robin Hood is constantly being reimagined. With the cinematic release of The Death of Robin Hood, starring Australian actor Hugh Jackman, PhD candidate William Hoff unpacks what the historical record actually tells us about England’s most famous outlaw.

Read the full story on Pursuit → unimelb.me/4wdJJKy

24/06/2026

For the first time words from Indigenous languages are being brought to life online at scale, thanks to researchers from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne.

The 50 Words Project has reached a record milestone, preserving audio recordings of 50 unique words in 100 different Indigenous languages.

Widely used in schools, language programs, and Indigenous communities, the online resource has been developed to bring together translations of Indigenous languages from across Australia, alongside recordings by community speakers. Through the interactive map, users can explore and listen to spoken words from community members of those language groups.

Tap through to read more about the 50 Words Project → unimelb.me/4vm1gQx

📷: Gangulu man, Thomas Watson, recording his Gangulu language for the 50 Words Project.

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