ANU brings History alive for Canberra students
This year, the ANU School of History and Centre for Classical Studies came together to deliver an afternoon of mini lectures and workshops for senior secondary school students in the ACT. …
Grandparenting tells us much about our history. It’s important to preserve these stories
By Liz Allen, Australian National University; Alexandra Dellios, Australian National University; Emily Gallagher, Australian National University; Francesco Ricatti,…
Wesley Lim wins prize for Best Book in Literature & Cultural Studies
Dr Wesley Lim's book, Dancing with the Modernist City: Metropolitan Dance Texts around 1900 (University of Michigan Press, 2024) has won the 2025 DAAD/GSA Prize for Best Book in Literature and…
2025 ACT Book of the Year
The 2025 ACT Book of the Year was awarded to Warra Warra Wai by Darren Rix and Craig Cormick, recently at the Canberra Writers Festival. A Highly Commended citation was awarded to Lebanon Days by…
How ANU set the scene for Emily Maguire’s award-winning novel, Rapture
When readers pick up Rapture, the award-winning seventh novel by acclaimed author Emily Maguire, they’re immediately immersed in the world of 9th century Europe.But there’s a little bit of modern-day…
Ethel Tory Language Grant - 2025 Round
Applications are now open for travel in Spring Session 2025, Semester 1 2026, Summer & Autumn Sessions 2026.Each year, the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences may offer a number of awards…
2025 ACT Book of the Year Shortlist announced
Dr Theodore Ell, Honorary Lecturer in Literature with the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, has been shortlisted for the 2025 ACT Book of the Year, with his memoir Lebanon Days (…