ANU Humanities Research Centre

ANU Humanities Research Centre The Humanities Research Centre, established in 1972, is a research hub promoting innovative and interdisciplinary scholarship within the ANU and beyond.

The Humanities Research Centre (HRC) was established in 1972 as one of Australia’s prime gateways to humanities scholarship throughout the world. The HRC promotes advanced, interdisciplinary research in and across the humanities through an annual Visiting Fellowship Program and a range of conferences, workshops, seminars, and symposia, each of which is supported and hosted under an annual theme. Beyond this, the role of the HRC is one of outreach and advocacy for the humanities, engaging with major cultural institutions and with the public at large on issues of immediate concern to the intellectual and cultural life of the nation. The HRC interprets the ‘humanities’ generously, recognising that new methods of theoretical enquiry have done much to break down the traditional distinction between the humanities and the social sciences, the humanities and the creative arts, and the humanities and the natural and technological sciences. The Centre encourages vitally interdisciplinary and comparative work, and seeks to take a challenging as well as a supportive and representative role in relation to existing humanities studies in Australia, giving special attention to topics and disciplines which stand in need of particular stimulus in Australia. One of its central functions is to bring to Australia scholars of international standing who will provoke fresh ideas both within and beyond the academic community. The strength of the HRC lies in its personnel: in its Visiting Fellows, who are distinguished scholars awarded a place and financial support to carry on their research and writing, and to share their ideas in papers and lectures; in its Advisory Board, comprised of preeminent members of the academy and the community with a commitment to the role of the humanities in the university and the public sphere; in an Academic Executive Committee of scholars from across the ANU which assists with the selection of the annual theme, Visiting Fellows, and appropriate events; in the Friends of the HRC, world-leading scholars from outside the ANU with a past association with the HRC who have agreed to contribute their support and advice on its conduct and future development; in its Adjuncts, or retired ANU staff who have volunteered to assist with the organisation and promotion of the HRC and its activities; and, finally, in its Affiliates, staff currently teaching and/or researching at the ANU who have chosen to associate with the HRC and contribute to the intellectual life of the Centre. The Centre argues the importance of the humanities in the public sphere through its participation in key national and international networks, such as the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH), Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS), The Australian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres (ACHRC) and the Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes (CHCI).

Interested in the recent wave of art-based activism? Via The Conversation
10/11/2022

Interested in the recent wave of art-based activism? Via The Conversation

In 1914, suffragette Mary Richardson slashed a painting London’s National Gallery to attract publicity to Emmeline Pankhurst’s imprisonment.

06/10/2022

ACHRC Annual Conference. "Thinking big through the distributed humanities: Institutions, creativity, training." Image credit: Grayson Cooke

06/10/2022

Conversations Across the Creek has been running for several years to provide a space for continuing dialogue among ANU scientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. It recognises that despite the physical separation of the sciences from the humanities on our campus (separated by Sullivan.....

Review of brand new environmental history exhibit at National Museum of Australia via The Conversation
04/10/2022

Review of brand new environmental history exhibit at National Museum of Australia via The Conversation

The National Museum of Australia has just opened the most significant redevelopment in its history.

01/12/2021

Congratulations to Professor Kylie Message, who has been announced as the new Head of the HRC!

Kylie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role, having previously been Head of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Interim Director of the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, and Associate Dean Research for the College of Arts and Social Sciences. A leading scholar in Museum Studies, she has an outstanding track record of interdisciplinary scholarship and is a strong advocate for humanities research. As we begin emerge from the pandemic, she is ideally positioned to lead the HRC into its exciting new chapter. Professor Message will be fully on board from early 2022.

The deadline for applications for the HRC 2022 Visiting Fellows Program on the theme of "mobilities" has been extended t...
18/07/2021

The deadline for applications for the HRC 2022 Visiting Fellows Program on the theme of "mobilities" has been extended to 30 Sep 2021. Come and spend 6-12 weeks at the ANU next year! https://hrc.cass.anu.edu.au/visiting-fellowships-program with Kylie Message

Applications for the 2022 Humanities Research Centre Visiting Fellowship Program – on the theme of 'Mobilities' – are now open. ***The deadline for applications for the 2022 program has been extended to 30 September 2021***

Sara Ahmed's lecture at the 2019 HRC Annual Conference "What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis" is now available o...
11/12/2019

Sara Ahmed's lecture at the 2019 HRC Annual Conference "What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis" is now available on Youtube:

17/10/2019

2019 Hans Mol Memorial Lecture

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