University of New England (UNE) researchers have released an interactive digital tool enabling hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to Port Arthur, Tasmania, to experience the sites and stories of its convict past in a new way. The new digital mapping tool...
Humans have always been obsessed with looking better. Today, more than ever, it’s a growing business, with a huge range of human enhancement substances readily available. Should we be worried? Dr Kyle Mulrooney, UNE Criminology and researcher in human enhancement...
Image: Professor Anne-Marie Morgan (third from right) at the Patji-Dawes Award, July 2019, which she chaired and presented to winners Sophia Mung and Brother Stephen Morelli. “Being bilingual or multilingual is the norm around the world. It is unusual for a country...
Higher education can help make or break cultural diversity, says University of New England (UNE) PhD student Rafi Saleh. Rafi, studying a PhD in linguistics at UNE, was an English literature and language teacher in Bangladesh when he became increasingly concerned...
A fascination with myths and legends around the world has led UNE Associate Professor Liz Hale on an adventure from New Zealand, to the USA, to Armidale, in pursuit of stories. “As a child in New Zealand I loved reading myths, legends, and fairy tales,” Liz says....
UNE Associate Professor Jeanette Berman expected her collaborative research in inclusive education to be a useful resource on her home turf of Australia and New Zealand. But she and her co-authors couldn’t anticipate the extraordinary impact it would have further...
An Australian Department of Defence Army History Unit Grant will enable UNE humanities researcher Dr Anneke van Mosseveld to continue her research into the history of the Australian Army uniform. From the khaki green tunic and breeches to the iconic...
Lea Beness and Tom Hillard are associate professors in ancient history at Macquarie University. They will co-present the 21st AD Trendall Lecture as part of the ASCS conference on 4 February. Like many budding ancient historians, both Tom and Lea’s interest in...
Teresa Morgan is Professor of Graeco-Roman History at the University of Oxford, and Nancy Bissell Turpin Fellow and Tutor at Oriel College. She will deliver the ASCS Keynote Lecture on Tuesday 5 February. Teresa discovered Homer’s Iliad and Plato’s Republic when...
Dr Julie Anderson is an archaeologist and curator of the Sudanese and Nubian collections of the British Museum. She’ll deliver the 23rd Maurice Kelly Lecture on 6 February. From a very young age, Dr Julie Anderson just couldn’t resist the allure of hidden...
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