Fiftieth Anniversary of Britian's Profumo Affair
It is fifty years since Britain’s Profumo Affair climaxed; an apt description because it was the sex scandal of the century. On 5 June 1963 forty-eight year-old John Profumo resigned as Secretary of…
Dr Rublee awarded US Peace grant
Dr Maria Rost Rublee is the first Australian-based University researcher to be granted a United States Institute for Peace (USIP) grant. The $119,000 grant will fund a research project, led by Dr…
RSSS disciplines amongst top ten in the world: QS World University Rankings
The Research School has excelled in the latest round of QS World University rankings with three disciplines ranked in the top ten in the world. Politics and International Studies, which…
Rare feat for Australian scholar
A flood of congratulation emails and messages on Facebook last Friday morning was the first Distinguished Professor David Chalmers knew that he had joined a select group of Australian academics.…
Professor Adam Graycar selected for new human services task force
ANU Professor Adam Graycar has been recruited for a task force that will help shape the future delivery of Medicare and Centrelink. The former Director of the Research School of Social Sciences in…
Frank Bongiorno Book
Frank Bongiorno, in the School of History, has recently published a new book, The Sex Lives of Australians - A History. The book was launched on 3rd July 2012. About the book
Congratulations to Dr Gemma Betros, from the School of History, who has received three awards.
Ernst Keller European Humanities Travelling Fellowship from the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Visiting Fellowship at Chawton House Library former home of Jane Austen, in the United…