National Centre of Biography News, October 2024
In this edition of the newsletter we flag lots of upcoming events in the world of biography.
‘Campus Couture: Foraged Fashion’ at the RSSS
The Research School of Social Sciences recently hosted a novel event: 'Campus Couture: Foraged Fashion (we are dyeing to end fast fashion)' - a fashion show put on by students from the…
Understanding Disability and Life Expectancy in Mexico: New Insights
A new study published in BMC Public Health explores how disability affects life expectancy across Mexican states. The research, led by Emerson Augusto Baptista, Tianyu Shen, and Vladimir Canudas-…
New journal article: 'Remembering assimilation: Queen Elizabeth II’s 1954 visit to Shepparton and a "new deal" for Victorian Aboriginal people'
Research editor and senior lecturer Dr Sam Furphy has recently published a new journal article in Aboriginal History. In it he considers the significance of Queen Elizabeth II’s…
Event Recap: Book Launch of Professor Melinda Cooper’s Counterrevolution
On 26 September 2024, the ANU School of Sociology and ANU Capitalism Studies Network hosted the much-anticipated launch of Professor Melinda Cooper’s latest book, Counterrevolution:…
Workshop on Decolonisation in Australia and our region
The workshop 'Decolonisation in Australia and our region in the 20th century and today', organised by Angela Woollacott (ANU); Heather Goodall (UTS); David Lowe (Deakin) and Jon Piccini (ACU) took…
New study examines longevity trends in six English-speaking countries
Congratulations to Sergey Timonin, Emily Banks and Vladimir Canudas-Romo for the publication of 'Faltering mortality improvements at young-middle ages in high-income English-speaking countries'…