After 32 years the ANU Historical Journal (1964–87) is returning in a second iteration. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the first issue of the revived ANUHJ brings together the writing and research of several generations of Australian historians in a single volume. Together, the 21 contributors explore a wide range of historical topics, from the changing meanings of barn swallows in the European Bronze Age to the history of history at the ANU.

To be launched by Mark McKenna

ANU Press, the Federal Court of Australia and the Centre for International and Public Law, ANU, invites you to the launch of The Court as Archive, edited by Ann Genovese, Trish Luker and Kim Rubenstein.

The book will be launched by The Hon. Justice Susan Kenny of the Federal Court of Australia.

RSVP via Eventbrite by 4.00pm on Wednesday 20 March 2019.

Professor Frank Bongiorno AM of the ANU School of History will launch the new book A New Rival State? Australia in Tsarist Diplomatic Communications, followed by Emeritus Professor Richard Rigby and Dr Elena Govor.

This book is a unique collection of dispatches written in 1857–1917 by the Russian consuls in Melbourne.

The ANU Press title, Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia will be launched on 28 February 2019 at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin.

Please join Dr Stephen Loy, Dr Julie Rickwood and Associate Professor Samantha Bennett as they launch their edited book Popular Music Stars and Stardom. The event will focus on a discussion of the book and its main themes surrounding fascination with popular music and its stars past and present.

Can people learn to drink differently? There can be no argument that the level of harm from alcohol in Australia is too high and that some communities are disproportionately affected. In her book Teaching ‘Proper’ Drinking?, Dr Maggie Brady examines two historical approaches undertaken with Aboriginal people that sought to minimise this harm by teaching people to drink in a ‘civilised’ manner. Were they successful?

Professor Saul Cunningham, Director, Fenner School of Environment and Society, invites you and your guests to the book launch of:

Land Use in Australia: Past, Present and Future

Dedicated to Dr Rob Lesslie

Monday 26th February 2018
10:30am – 12:00 midday
Fenner Seminar Room, 1.02,
Frank Fenner Building, 48 Linnaeus Way

A map of parking options is available here.

All are welcome to attend the launch of this latest book by Dr Cameron Moore, Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong and The Australian National University.

'Crown and Sword: Executive Power and the Use of Force by the Australian Defence Force' analyses the scope and source of the power by which the Australian Defence Force conducts activities at home and abroad, including seeking out and killing Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, detaining asylum seekers for periods at sea, and running the judicial systems of failed states.

ANU Press, in conjunction with the Crawford School of Public Policy, is proud to be launching this collection of state of the art empirical, theoretical and policy thinking about gender equality in tax, transfer (social security) and social policy in Australia.