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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hans Pols will deliver the 2026 Dyason Lecture for @aahpsss.bsky.social, Nov 2, 5-9 pm (includes reception!) at CCW Museum, U of Sydney. 'Medicine without Physicians: Do-it-Yourself Doctoring in the Dutch East Indies' Register at: events.humanitix.com/2026-aahpsss... #histmed @anzshm.bsky.social

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dr Simon Burke has won the 2026 Medal for Excellence in Translation for the first English translation of a 13th-century Arabic text, The Principles of Religion, by Syriac Orthodox monk Rabban Daniel Ibn al-Ḥaṭṭāb and published by Brill. Read the announcement 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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The Holberg Prize @holbergprize.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On 23 September, Holberg Laureate Lyndal Roper held the lecture ‘"Dr Liar" meets “The Devil Himself‘’: Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer' at the The University of Queensland, followed by discussions between Professor Roper and Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison. holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 2026 Annual Hancock Lecture will be delivered by Dr Jaya Keaney. Join us at 5.30pm, 29 September 2026, at the University of Melbourne 👉 humanities.org.au/events/hanco...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our submission to the Joint Select Committee's Inquiry into AI argues that questions of culture, ethics, language, trust, and democratic accountability – core areas of humanities expertise – are just as central to Australia's AI future as technical capability 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

A colourful square background, with text over the top that reads, in big bold text, "Humanities at the centre of Australia's AI Future" with a subtitle" A submission to the joint select committee's inquiry to artificial intelligence (AI)

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Academy’s submission to the ATEC’s Review of the Research Requirements for the Australian University Category highlights concerns about the unintended consequences of research specialisation: humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Four Australian translators have been shortlisted for the 2026 Medal for Excellence in Translation, for works spanning a major Scandinavian classic, a landmark cultural history by one of Japan’s leading postwar intellectuals, and a 13th-century religious manuscript: humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Australian Research Data Commons invites researchers and research support professionals from across NSW for a free Roadshow in Sydney on 17 September 2026. The Roadshow aims to support HASS researchers make more of data, digital infrastructure and AI 👉 ardc.edu.au/event/ardc-r...

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ARDC Roadshow: Sydney | ARDC

Connect with the people, platforms and communities helping HASS researchers make more of data, digital infrastructure and AI.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The 2026 Annual Hancock Lecture will be delivered by Dr Jada Keaney on 29 September 2026 at the University of Melbourne. Free event & all welcome. Register here: events.humanitix.com/2026-hancock...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Congratulations to AAH Fellow, Associate Professor @Natalie Harkin FAHA who has won the 2026 Indigenous Writer’s Prize at the State Library of NSW Literary Awards for “Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea” @wakefieldpress.bsky.social 🎉

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎉 The AAH has announced the establishment of a new national expert committee to strengthen Australia’s languages and cultural capability at a time of significant decline in languages education: humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The AAH will partner with @holbergprize.bsky.social to bring Professor Lyndal Roper FAHA, 2026 Holberg Prize Laureate and Emeritus Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, to Australia for three public lectures this September. humanities.org.au/events/aah-h...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Congratulations to the AAH Fellows included on the shortlist of the NSW History Awards. The awards recognise the contribution of historical research to our culture and communities, and to society at large. Australian History Prize Shortlist ➡️ Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign Tea by Natalie Harkin FAHA.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🎉 The Academy is proud to announce the nine early career researchers awarded grants under our 2026 Publication Subsidy Scheme: humanities.org.au/power-of-the... The Academy has been supporting the publication of exemplary new research through the Publication Subsidy Scheme since 1970.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📣 Horizon Europe Roadshows 📣 Australia will join Horizon Europe on 1 January 2027. To support researchers to engage with the opportunities from day one, EURAXESS and Department of Industry, Science and Resources will hold Horizon Europe Roadshows across Australia in September 2026. bit.ly/4wFxS7E

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Congratulations to AAH Fellow Helen Ennis FAHA who has won the State Library of New South Wales 2026 National Biography Award for “Max Dupain: A portrait".

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Australian Academy of the Humanities is thrilled to announce Dr Anna Florin, an archaeobotanist and lecturer at the The Australian National University, has won the 2026 Max Crawford Medal—Australia's most prestigious award for achievement by an early career scholar 👉 bit.ly/4fUlgDr

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Archaeobotanist Dr Anna Florin wins 2026 Max Crawford Medal – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Imagine you’re sitting around a fire 10,000 years ago. You’re preparing a meal with your family. You might be peeling a yam that has just finished cooking. Some of the peeled skin falls in. Your siste...

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Kiss has landed on my doorstep at least! It’s gorgeous! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

These images show the front cover, contents and sample page of the Kiss: a history of passion and peer.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Meet Dr Tiania Stevens, a researcher and ex-war correspondent. With the support of a Humanities Travelling Fellowship, Dr Stevens will travel to Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in a race against time to digitise testimonies of Bosnian concentration camp survivors. bit.ly/3TCsHaQ

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr Emily Gallagher, who has won the W. K. Hancock Prize for Playtime: A history of Australian Childhood, from the Australian Historical Association. We were pleased to support the development of this manuscript with a 2025 Publication Subsidy. Congratulations, Emily!

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🏺From debates around casting, to the accuracy of the retelling, Julia Kindt FAHA says the biggest takeaway from Christopher Nolan’s 'The Odyssey' is an appreciation for the humanities, and the skills they foster 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the... #odyssey @juliakindt.bsky.social

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Why The Odyssey is the best argument for the humanities

Julia Kindt FAHA on why the biggest take away from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is an appreciation for all the humanities offer us.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

With a new re-telling in theatres, the Odyssey’s popularity is enduring. But what makes an ancient story appeal to modern audiences? Prof Elizabeth Minchin OAM FAHA, a classicist specialising in the Homeric epics, breaks down the storytelling devices behind Homer’s ongoing appeal 🏺 👉 bit.ly/4wkdF87

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Australian Academy of the Humanities welcomes much of the @arc-gov-au.bsky.social’s Final Report of the National Competitive Grants Program, particularly its renewed commitment to excellent early-stage research, as well as research led by ECRs and Indigenous scholars: bit.ly/4wTEYpF

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Australian Academy of the Humanities acknowledges, with deep sadness, the death of Professor Marguerite Johnson FAHA: humanities.org.au/our-communit... An Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History at The University of Queensland, Marguerite was elected to the Academy in 2022.

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Nat Cutter @natcutter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Delighted to receive an Australian Academy of the Humanities Travelling Fellowship for my upcoming visit to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social and Scottish rare books collections! @anzamems.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The AAH is thrilled to announce the 8 recipients of the 2026 Humanities Travelling Fellowships. The Fellowships will enable the humanities researchers to undertake critical projects which will generate new insights, and forge global connections. 👉 bit.ly/4wktbB0 @natcutter.bsky.social

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The 1950s gave us the FJ Holden, the Hills Hoist, the Melbourne Olympics, and … polio. Prof Catharine Coleborne FAHA explores how oral histories help us understand the experiences of survivors and the profound social, cultural & medical impacts of the epidemic on post-war Australia 👉 bit.ly/3TqbFwp

A black and white photo from the 1950s shows a small child, approximately 1-2 years old, being vaccinated against polio by a medical professional.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has today issued a statement emphasising humanities expertise is essential to Australia’s new national AI framework, and the goals of the Office of Artificial Intelligence: humanities.org.au/news/humanit...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Traces of Australian links to Atlantic slavery survive all around us, whether we realise it or not. Research by Prof @janelydon.bsky.social FAHA and Prof Zoë Laidlaw illuminates these connections and prompts us to seek new understandings of the past: lnkd.in/ebZ7dAUR

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We’re thrilled to announce musician, composer and PhD candidate at Monash University, Aaron Wyatt has been awarded the 2026 John Mulvaney Fellowship. Meet Aaron: humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

AAH Fellow Prof Alice Gorman FAHA appeared in The Guardian over the weekend to weigh in on mysterious metal balls washing up on Queensland beaches. Gorman, a space archaeologist, says the objects may be ’space balls’ — titanium fuel vessels ejected during a rocket launch. bit.ly/4y5rN6i

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Mysterious debris found on Queensland beaches could be ‘space balls’ – and may contain toxic rocket fuel

Australian Space Agency working to confirm origin of objects as space archaeologist says they may be connected to a rocket launch

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Where are students with creative qualifications employed? New research reveals creative degrees build skills that show up across the whole creative economy — from marketing to tech 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A narrow focus on "job ready" misses the big picture on graduate outcomes. Our submission to the Senate Inquiry into Australian University Graduates makes 5 recommendations to better recognise the diverse careers of HASS graduates: humanities.org.au/news/human-c...

A photograph of three young people, in graduation gowns and caps, walking up a staircase. The photo is overlaid with text which says, Human capability is Australia’s competitive advantage, our submission illuminates humanities and arts graduates' strong adaptability, resilience and their capacity to apply their knowledge across diverse industries as labour markets evolve.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The 2026 Holberg Prize was awarded to AAH Fellow Prof Lyndal Roper FAHA for her pioneering work on early modern European history. Prof Roper's Holberg Lecture, 'Who Owns Fertility? The Reformation’s Sexual Politics', is available to stream: bit.ly/4b5Hj8i 📷 Holberg Prize & Eivind Senneset, UiB

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Researchers studying Australian history mostly use English language sources. But Prof Adrian Vickers FAHA makes use of sources in languages other than English to reveal a more nuanced picture of Australia. humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Graeme Turner AO FAHA was an extraordinary scholar, mentor, colleague & friend. With the blessing of Graeme's family, the AAH will establish the Graeme Turner AO FAHA Policy Internship Program in 2027. Learn more & donate to our new initiative: bit.ly/4xVKwS3

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Congratulations to Prof Susan Sheridan OAM FAHA, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.👏 Susan’s scholarship charts Australian women writers and their impact on Australian literary culture, and women's experience, influence and engagement with feminism at key moments in Australian history.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The Academy warmly welcomes the appointment of Professor Barney Glover AO as inaugural Chief Commissioner of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC). We also congratulate the Hon Fiona Nash, Mr David Coltman, and Professor Stephen Duckett on their appointments as Commissioners.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Backing Australian culture means backing national capability. The Academy’s National Cultural Policy submission calls for stronger First Nations cultural governance, action on the creative education crisis, and investment in creative clusters and cultural R&D 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Backing Australian Culture – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Australia's cultural and creative industries contribute $67.4 billion in economic activity and employ more than 591,000 people.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

AAH Fellow and recipient of the 2026 Holberg Prize, Professor Lyndal Roper FAHA will present the Holberg Lecture, “Who Owns Fertility? The reformation’s sexual politics” on Wednesday 3 June in Oslo, Norway, with streaming options available. Register here: holbergprize.org/events-and-p...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

For many, imagination and creativity are considered luxuries. But if we want to build a better future and respond to contemporary challenges, harnessing our capacity to imagine should be treated as a national priority worthy of investment, argues Prof @katieebarclay.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/3RDXEdz

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Congratulations to four of our Fellows on securing @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Linkage Project grants in the 2025 Round 2 announcement. These remarkable projects span inclusive arts for children with disabilities to truth-telling histories of WA’s Goldfields region 👉 humanities.org.au/power-of-the...

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Four Fellows secure Linkage Project funding – Australian Academy of the Humanities

The Australian Academy of the Humanities is delighted to see four Fellows have been awarded grants under the Linkage Project scheme 2025 (Round 2) by the Australian Research Council. The Linkage Proje...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New research shows #libraries support our health and wellbeing. Surveying 6000 NSW residents, 🏠 64% saw public libraries as places of safety and belonging. 🧠 67% said libraries supported their mental wellbeing. Learn more: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/about-...

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Balancing the books

A report on the value of the State Library of NSW and NSW public libraries.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The 2026-27 Budget focused on policies to tackle intergenerational inequality. But under the Job Ready Graduates (JRG) Package, students are taking on significant, often life changing, debt to study humanities courses in fields essential for Australia’s future. Read more: bit.ly/4fhWgXS

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Do arts graduates get jobs? Absolutely! Academy Policy Lead Prof Sue Dodds spoke with ABC Radio this morning. "Over 90% of humanities graduates are in full-time work three years after graduating... What you learn in an arts degree gives you the tools for so many jobs.” bit.ly/4tWNlzM

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Victorian Statewide Mornings with Nic Healey - ABC listen

Mornings covers regional Victoria's hot topics, bringing you a great selection of stories and regular features to keep you entertained and informed.

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today is the #MetGala. While fashion exhibitions are hugely popular today, the collection and exhibition of fashion was once frowned upon. Professor Peter McNeil FAHA explores how the Met Gala transformed the formerly derided collection of ‘costume’ into a celeb-studded fundraiser. bit.ly/4w4GxBr

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Congratulations to Prof Caillan Davenport on the release of his latest book, 'Behind Caesar's Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors', out now with Yale University Press. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I've known Wallace Kirsop since I was a child. He and my father were keen book collectors, bibliophiles. They'd met in the 1950s. A nice profile of a lovely man, with some astute observations on our public libraries @humanitiesau.bsky.social

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The Melbourne expert who has spent a lifetime uncovering ‘the archaeology of the printed book’

Prof Wallace Kirsop, 92, is one of Australia’s foremost experts in rare books – not just their contents but their makers, buyers and readers, and the stories they tell beyond the page

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