
Launch of Barry Jones' Dictionary of World Biography
By Dr Stephen WilksThe Dictionary of World Biography by Barry Jones, public intellectual, former politician, and eternal polymath, is a very dangerous book indeed – but in the benign sense that once…

New opinion piece by CES Deputy Director: Poland's Electoral Crossroads
In recent analysis for the Australian Institute of International Affairs, our Deputy Director, Dr Kasia Williams, examined the first-round results of Poland’s presidential election, the views of the…

"Masha & Valentyna" by Simon Target on SBS
Watch: Ukrainian documentary Masha & ValentynaIn 2023, the ANU Centre for European Studies, in partnership with the ANU Film Group and the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia had the honour of…

UN Human Development Report Cites Work of Professor Seth Lazar
The 2025 Human Development Report, titled A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI, places philosophy at the heart of global policy. In its chapter analysing algorithmic power,…

The Sensitive Legacy in University Collections - recording available
The recorded sessions of the Sensitive Legacy in University Collections: Between Adaptation and Restitution conference held in November 2024 in Wrocław and online are now available here. …

New addition to ANU Press' Biography Series
The latest addition to the NCB's 'Biography Series' with ANU Press has just been published: ‘I buy this piece of ground here’: An Italian market-gardener community in Adelaide, 1920s–1970s, by…

NCB director talks biography in Peru
NCB Director Professor Melanie Nolan has been talking biography in Lima, Peru.On Wednesday 7 May she gave a talk on 'The role of biographies in history' to an interdisciplinary group, the…