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25.01.2022 Throw your hats up and celebrate! Congratulations to our #classof2020, gathering with family and friends today to mark #grandgraduation. We wish you every success for the future, and hope you will stay in touch with us via ANU Alumni

25.01.2022 New music for an old piano Four composers from the Ngarra-Burria program, led by ANU School of Music lecturer Dr Chris Sainsbury, have written pieces for the School's Henrion square piano, which dates back to the 1770s. Two of the composers, Nardi Simpson and Elizabeth Sheppard, are current students with the School, and their recorded pieces were performed by ANU piano lecturer Dr Scott Davie at Llewellyn Hall. ... Listen to the pieces here: https://www.abc.net.au//new-music-by-first-nation/12871388 Image: Tim Gray at the Henrion. By Evana Ho.

24.01.2022 Tense Past. A conversation with Julie Gough about the ongoing relevance of first encounters and frontier violence. Join us Friday 31 July 2020 at 10am-11:30am. Dr Julie Gough is an artist, writer and curator who lives in Hobart, Tasmania. Born in Melbourne, she has lived mostly in Tasmania. Julies research and art practice involves uncovering and re-presenting subsumed and often conflicting histories, often referring to her own and her familys experiences as Tasmanian Abori...ginal people. Trawlwoolway through her maternal family, Julies art and expression challenges suppressed narratives about Tasmanias violent past and civilised present. This conversation series has been created for ANUs Australian Indigenous Studies students, but all are welcome to attend. You are welcome to join the conversation and participate in the Q&A at the end of the conversation.

23.01.2022 "We want to publicly stand by the movement and send the world a message that the ANU School of Art & Design supports the BLM anti-racism movement and that change must happen now," says Professor Denise Ferris, Head of the School. The form that this message has taken? The letters BLM on the roundabout in front of their building, large enough to be seen, well, from space. This is the Schools stellar contribution to #SatelliteSelfie. Read more in our story below.

22.01.2022 #FutureSelf trailer! First episode out 18.11.20. Listen to Future Self on our Class Act podcast channel. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. ... https://class-act.simplecast.com/

22.01.2022 ***Warning! This post contains explicit language*** Bugger. Rooted. Bloody oath. We Aussies sure have a tendency to let rip with a choice swear word or two Associate Professor Amanda Laugesen's new book 'Rooted: An Australian History of Bad Language' tells the story of bad language in Australia, from the defiant curses of the convicts to the humour of Kath & Kim. Join the Australian National Dictionary Centre, ANU director for the online launch - she will be in conversation... with ANU History Head Professor Frank Bongiorno. 'Australia is built on blood, sweat and swears. Digging up the dirt, Amanda Laugesen finds out why, with flair, ferocity and other f-words.' David Astle Wed, 25 Nov | RSVP: https://bit.ly/RootedbookFB

22.01.2022 A special message from our Dean Professor Rae Frances to all our wonderful graduating students. Though this is a year unlike any other, and circumstances mean we cant come together like normal to celebrate, we none the less want you to be proud and optimistic as you finish one exciting chapter of life and embark on the next. Congratulations and stay in touch, youll always be a valued member of the ANU family.

22.01.2022 "Public confidence in Australia’s system of national honours has now reached sub-basement level," writes ANU expert Frank Bongiorno. "If reforms are not urgently made to a system that remains obscure to most Australians, the Order of Australia will become both a standing national embarrassment and a source of individual discomfort to those legitimately in receipt of awards." Read more on Inside Story: https://insidestory.org.au/the-order-of-the-day/

22.01.2022 "With everything happening in the world right now, graduating and starting a new chapter in our lives is a daunting and scary endeavour," says Kristian Torres. "Let us continue holding on to our dreams and aspirations that motivated us to begin and complete our respective programs at ANU." Congratulations to Kristian, who has just earned his Master of Social Research from Arts & Social Sciences at ANU! Read about Kristians fondest memories of studying at ANU and find out a...bout his exciting future plans: https://cass.anu.edu.au/profiles/kristian-torres #CASSgrad2020

21.01.2022 A new report has been released on the state of Indigenous Australian languages, the benefits of speaking these languages, and the opportunities still to be realised in revitalising them and supporting speakers. The National Indigenous Languages Report was produced by AIATSIS, scholars in ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, in collaboration with the Australian Government. Read their findings here: https://www.arts.gov.au//national-indigenous-languages-rep

21.01.2022 CASS gender and sexuality expert Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen has weighed in on the response to the purported relationship between actress and director Olivia Wilde and pop singer Harry Styles. They’re part of important conversations about sexuality and consent, and the capacity of women to be able to do what they want with their body, and also have sexual lives that are not reproductive," Professor Rasmussen says in The Sydney Morning Herald article. Read the piece below ... https://www.smh.com.au//olivia-wilde-is-a-single-mother-sh

21.01.2022 ANU students! Interested in participating in a two-week intensive course examining the viability of an eco-cultural tourism project in Papua New Guinea? It starts in Sept - apply now! Details below

20.01.2022 At this Fridays Conversations Across the Creek, three The Australian National University scholars will be discussing infection, misinformation, and Contagion. Epidemiologist Associate Professor Kathryn Glass Science at The Australian National University will talk about techniques for projecting the spread of infection. Dr Eryn Newman from the ANU Research School of Psychology will offer a psychological analysis of susceptibility to misinformation. And our very own film scholar Dr Katharina Bonzel (pictured) ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics will explore how the 2011 film Contagion has found new relevance. Register now for this unmissable ANU Humanities Research Centre online event: https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au//conversations-across-creek-mi

20.01.2022 Three members of our College community have been recognised in the Vice-Chancellors Awards for Teaching Excellence. Dr Darren Lim (Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning), PhD graduate Feodor Snagovsky (Citation for Tutoring), and Elisa Crossing, a lecturer in ANU School of Art & Design who shares the headline award with two colleagues in the ANU Medical School. Read More: https://cass.anu.edu.au//talent-recognised-2020-vice-chanc

17.01.2022 "While its sad to have missed participating in a ceremony (for now), it doesnt mean that our accomplishments are any less." - Emma Wensing Congratulations to Emma on graduating and being conferred her PhD Her PhD was on the everyday activities that sustain Australians connection to Anzac. Read Emmas reflections on her time at ANU - including of a little friendly fish at Graduate House: https://cass.anu.edu.au/profiles/emma-wensing #CASSgrad2020

17.01.2022 On Future Self, our students interview someone doing their dream job. For third year student Maximilian Lechner-Scott, who is majoring in Arabic, that dream job happens to be working in academia specialising in urban planning in the Arab world. Max hosted the very first episode, interviewing A/Prof. Kristin V. Monroe from the University of Kentucky. In addition to talking about how she got to where she is today, A/Prof. Monroe discussed identity - how hers has shaped her work in the Middle East, and how Max's might shape theirs too. Listen and subscribe via the Class Act podcast channel https://bit.ly/FutureSelfep1

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Dr Chris Sainsbury from ANU School of Music on being awarded the inaugural National Luminary Award at the 2020 Art Music Awards Dr Sainsbury, who is a member of the Dharug nation, was recognised for founding and driving the "critically important" Ngarra-Burria: First Nations Composers program. "The Ngarra-Burria program has managed to show that Indigenous composers are there," Dr Sainsbury says. ... "Indigenous composers have been on the periphery for years, and thankfully, through the program, the industry has really jumped forward, stepped up, and to their credit have effectively said; wow weve been waiting for this." Read more: https://www.anu.edu.au//indigenous-composer-scores-top-cla

16.01.2022 ANU School of Art & Design ANU Alumni Aidan Hartshorn (B.Visual Arts 19) is the co-writer of Vogue Australias September issue cover story Aidan, who is currently a curatorial assistant with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, participated in the NGAs Indigenous Arts Leadership program in 2019. Here, he tells the story of Anangu Pitjantjatjara artist Betty Muffler, who was commissioned by Vogue to create this incredible painting for the Australian edition cover.

14.01.2022 The new Research School of Social Sciences building at sunset. #ouranu

14.01.2022 Applications are now open for two PhD scholarships to pursue innovative research on China and/or the Chinese-speaking world though Australian Centre on China in the World. Domestic and international students are invited to apply by 28 Sept: https://bit.ly/3bkVruo

13.01.2022 New podcast from CASS featuring our students First episode out 18.11.20. Stay tuned! #FutureSelf #DreamBig

13.01.2022 "COVID is changing everything. I think its important to just try and focus on the things we can control, and make the most of opportunities as they come." - Jacqueline Turner. Jacqueline had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC and work in the US Senate Commerce Committee through the ANU Australian National Internships Program, which she cites as the highlight of her time with Arts & Social Sciences at ANU. Next year shell be working as Tipstaff to the Hon. Justice Pa...in in the NSW Land and Environment Court. Congratulations Jacqueline, on graduating with your Bachelor of Arts! #CASSgrad2020 https://cass.anu.edu.au/profiles/jacqueline-turner

12.01.2022 In this piece for The Conversation, CASS authors of the new National Indigenous Language Report (NILR) discuss how their findings and recommendations are intrinsic to achieving targets of the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. "The agreement makes cultural safety a high priority. NILR shows that linguistic safety underpins this," they write. "If you cant receive information in the language you understand best, then you are not safe. "This is most obvious in emergenci...es, from extreme weather warnings to COVID-19 strategies, communicating instructions in languages people understand is fundamental. It matters just as much when visiting a doctor or attending school." Read more below.

11.01.2022 Hes one of the best known names and voices on Australian radio - and podcasting. In amongst his busy career in broadcasting, he has also found time to pen three successful books. He is: Richard Fidler, ANU Alumni (BA 86). Our Head of Advancement Andrea Morris penned this piece after seeing Richard at the Canberra Writers Festival. Although he spoke about his latest book, The Golden Maze, here she reflects on his earlier work of non-fiction, Ghost Empire, which not only offe...rs a sprawling history of Istanbul and the Byzantine Empire, but is the story of father and son learning about a place and each other. Read it now: https://cass.anu.edu.au//traveler-writer-broadcaster-and-d Happy Fathers Day

11.01.2022 Join us this Wednesday 9th September for the 2020 CASS Teaching and Learning Showcase. Featuring over 15 speakers from across the College, this years virtual event looks at the unique challenges and innovations in teaching prompted by a once in a century pandemic, as well as general best practices and new ideas from around the College. Students, academics and anyone interested in higher education are welcome to be a part of this event. Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2020-cass-teaching-and-lear

11.01.2022 ANU PhD students Tina and Renee Dixson have been nominated for the prestigious Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 Awards, which recognise Australians dedicated to positive social change and supporting communities! Tina and Renee have been nominated for their activism and PhD research with and for LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced people. Recently, they co-founded the Forcibly Displaced People Network. "For us winning this award means not just the recognition of our work but affording t...he visibility to all LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced that they/we have been denied for so long," says Tina. "This is what we have been working for since seeking asylum in Australia." Vote now for Tina and Renee! http://bit.ly/Impact25TinaRenee And hear them talk about their work and what drives them on This Academic's Life http://bit.ly/TALep7

10.01.2022 Time is running out to complete the Student Experience Survey (SES! By contributing your views and experiences, youre helping to improve higher education for everyone - including current and future students of ANU. Complete the survey here by August 30 and go into the draw to win a gift card: https://insights.srcentre.com.au/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll Terms and Conditions: https://www.srcentre.com.au//student-/terms-and-conditions

10.01.2022 Dr Adele Chynoweth, a lecturer in Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies ANU, has co-edited a new book that proposes we rethink the way museums operate. "Museums and Social Change: Challenging the Unhelpful Museum makes the case for meaningful engagement between museums and marginalised communities," says Dr Chynoweth. "We challenge the notion that museum professionals and always know best. Here we exemplify the inequitable power relations that can occur when museums exhibit... narratives and objects of the marginalised without really listening to and learning from these communities. Museums cannot assume that there is an external NGO or advocacy organisation that will pick up this work. We say that museums can no longer mine the stories from communities and not expect those who donate their experiences to not want anything in return." "How can we work with communities to support their justified bid for social change? This book shares the experiences of museum professionals across the globe and the crucial struggle to implement useful, and not an unhelpful, museum work." Find Museums and Social Change here: https://www.routledge.com//Chynoweth-/p/book/9780367228019

09.01.2022 Our amazing Digital Humanities at the Australian National University students have turned some of National Museum of Australias Defining Moments in Australian History into games, timelines, websites - even a podcast - for class. Read all about it and play/try out/listen to a selection of their projects here: https://reporter.anu.edu.au/lets-get-digital

09.01.2022 A policy where remote Indigenous students board off country to advance education opportunities is having the reverse effect, a major new report warns. The report, the first of its kind and led by Dr Marnie OBryan and Dr William Fogarty from the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), examined the educational outcomes of young people from a remote community in the Northern Territory over 10 years. Read More: https://cass.anu.edu.au//indigenous-education-strategy-fai

09.01.2022 This story has it all: A Hollywood movie star! Royalty! A beautiful island setting. And the re-discovery of a retreat used by the Tahitian elite. Read more about the research findings of ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology archaeologist Dr Guillaume Molle and his colleagues below

09.01.2022 In Wild Nature, author and naturalist John Blay tells the story of the forests along Australias rugged south east. He asks some big questions: what do we really know about them? How did they come to be how they are? John, whose earlier book was about the Bundian Way, has been an important contributor to ANU School of Art & Designs unique Balawan and Bundian Way programs. Head of the School, Professor Denise Ferris, will offer the introduction in Johns virtual book launch for Wild Nature. Register to attend the 3 Sept launch here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launch-john-blay-wild-

09.01.2022 Ting Wang hasnt had the easiest path to graduation. But when she experienced hardship, her course convenor was there for her. "Unfortunately I had a difficult time that did impact my study, however, I am lucky at the same time that teachers in ANU *truly* care about their students," says Ting. Here, Ting shares her experience studying with CASS, and offers some words of hope to her fellow graduates: https://cass.anu.edu.au/profiles/ting-wang... Congratulations, Ting! You did it!

07.01.2022 Cairos al-Azhar University was founded in the tenth century. The head imam of the University is influential, incumbent Grand Shaykh Ahmed al-Tayyeb wielding religious authority and influence within Sunni Islam on a global scale. Dr Raihan Ismail writes of the fascinating story of this Institution and its leader who has so far outmanoeuvred attempts by the Egyptian regime to weaken it. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au//political-contest-over-eg/12641376

06.01.2022 Archaeologists from the ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology have found evidence that Torres Strait Islanders cultivated bananas over 2,000 years ago. Lead researcher, Kambri-Ngunnawal scholar and ANU Alumni Robert Williams says the findings help dispel the view that Australias first peoples were "only hunter gatherers". He adds: "Food is an important part of Indigenous culture and identity and this research shows the age and time depth of these practices. I hope it will... spark interest in these food traditions and might move people back towards them." Read more: https://www.anu.edu.au//indigenous-banana-cultivation-date

05.01.2022 Victorias COVID-19 second-wave outbreak and related lockdown has seen a spike in anxiety and worry among Australians everywhere, but particularly in Victoria, new research led by ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods shows. Read More: https://cass.anu.edu.au//worry-increases-distancing-decrea

05.01.2022 Have you missed visiting the ANU Classics Museum while the campus was closed? Good news: you can now explore the museum digitally Its entire collection is now available online - and that has had at least one interesting consequence, according to Glen Goodwin, a Masters student in the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies ANU. Glen was the research assistant on this project, and thanks to the museum catalogue now being online, his favourite item from the collection will be ...given new prominence: a cylinder seal made of lapis lazuli (1975.16, 1400-1200 BC). The seal is a small blue cylindrical bead less than 2cm long. So small, that it could go unnoticed in the actual museum. Glen says: On the new website, however, visitors can view high resolution images of the Cylinder Seal, presented alongside an illustration of the seal imprint, which really showcases the object and its uses in a new context." Read our story below, and "visit" the ANU Classics Museum here: https://slll.cass.anu.edu.au/classics-museum/catalogue

05.01.2022 Head of ANU School of Music Associate Professor Kim Cunio has composed a musical track for our Coronavirus times. "I wanted to find a sound that had all the intense energy that this pandemic comes with, that was still hopefully in a language that we all might be able to engage with," Associate Professor Cunio says. Although hes pictured here at the piano, the track was actually created using a *virtual* piano.... "Its really rare for virtual instruments to sound human, particularly detailed art music. But we think weve got there." Read more: https://www.anu.edu.au//virtuoso-creates-virtual-music-for

04.01.2022 This is Heather Browning from ANU Philosophy with the thesis pig. "The person closest to submission keeps the thesis pig in their office and then passes it on to the next student," Heather explains. She had the photo taken on the day she submitted her thesis, on the measurement of animal welfare. Dr Browning has now completed her studies with Arts & Social Sciences at ANU - congratulations! ... Here she shares her fondest memories of her time at ANU, her post-graduation plans, and a few words to her fellow graduating cohort: https://cass.anu.edu.au/profiles/heather-browning

04.01.2022 A wee bit of snow falling today on the ANU Campus. But dont worry, you wont need snow shoes to enjoy Open Day this year, its all online to enjoy from the cosy warmth: https://www.anu.edu.au/study/events/virtual-open-week-2020

04.01.2022 Were getting ready for next weeks #satelliteselfie as part of National Science Week. To find out more and how to be a part of it, visit: https://www.anu.edu.au//national-science-week-satellite-se ANU School of Art & Design

03.01.2022 Welcome to the start of a new semester in this brave new world were all now living in. When learning went online earlier this year, we spoke to ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology student Yoli Estela about a very interesting at-home exercise she did for her first year archaeology class. It involved replicating, at small scale, the famous Garbage Project. For one week, Yoli collected her non-organic rubbish - and then logged and analysed it, to see what it revealed about her lifestyle and behaviour. What did she find out and what did Yoli think of this exercise? Read more in our story below

03.01.2022 Growing up, Diana Tung spent countless long afternoons after school helping out at her mother's takeaway shop. It used to be a source of shame, something that set her apart from her classmates. Now, in the city of Iquito in the Peruvian Amazon where she's conducting fieldwork for her PhD with ANU School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Diana has found her experiences at the takeaway shop unexpectedly useful. They've helped her find commonality and engage with the people she needs to talk to for her research. Read Diana's intimate essay for SBS Food on discovering the gift of being a takeaway kid: https://www.sbs.com.au//what-i-learnt-my-mums-takeaway-shop

02.01.2022 ANU School of Music have established a new Community Advisory Board to help build connections between the School and the local community. Led by former Labor politician Bob McMullan, the Board members include Head of School Associate Professor Kim Cunio, Genevieve Jacobs, Catherine Carter, Tony Henshaw, Tim Benson, Robyn Holmes, and School Deputy Head Dr Paul McMahon. Read more: https://cass.anu.edu.au//anu-school-music-establish-new-co

02.01.2022 Christopher Pynes memoir reveals more than he might have intended about the state of Australian politics writes head of ANU History Prof Frank Bongiorno on Inside Story. Read more: https://insidestory.org.au/the-thoroughly-modern-politician/

01.01.2022 CASS alumni Patricia Piccinini (BA '88) had a big day yesterday with the unveiling of her new work Skywhalepapa, who took form in the Parliamentary Triangle alongside Skywhale. https://www.abc.net.au//skywhalepapa-unveiled-in-/13127580

01.01.2022 We tend to understand time and history in a certain way, but what if a new way of looking at it could offer us optimism and a greater understanding of our continent? The concept of deep time offers all Australians a blueprint for understanding the land we live on better, writes Professor Ann McGrath from ANU History.