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Celebrating The Australian National University’s 75th birthday »
To celebrate The Australian National University’s 75th anniversary, we have brought together some of our resources here: Find out more about the history of the Press Discussions on forming an electronically based national university press began in 2001. In 2002, Mr Colin Steele, University
Gonzaga Puas »
Gonzaga (Zag) Puas holds a Bachelor of Arts/Diploma of Education, Bachelor of Law (LLB), Master of Political Science and a PhD in Micronesian history. Born and raised in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Chuuk State on the island of Lukunor from the Sor clan, Gonzaga’s research covers the intersecting areas of climate change, Pacific history and politics. His current projects include Australia’s diplomatic relations in the North Pacific, the interaction between constitutional and customary law, China in the North Pacific, the Compact of Free Association between FSM and the USA, as well as health, education and youth culture in the FSM islands.
Heather Goodall »
Heather Goodall is an award-winning author, publishing on Indigenous histories and environmental history and on decolonisation. She has co-authored with Aboriginal activists Isabel Flick and Kevin Cook. Growing up on Sydney’s Georges River, Heather has analysed river environmental history and politics in rural areas and in cities. Her co-authored books on Georges River people and environment include Rivers and Resilience (Aboriginal communities); Waters of Belonging (Arabic-speaking communities) and Waterborne (Vietnamese communities). As Professor Emerita of History, University of Technology Sydney, Heather continues her work as an activist researcher.
Honae Cuffe »
Honae Cuffe holds a PhD in history from the University of Newcastle, and has worked in both the academic and public history sector. Honae has published widely on issues of history, contemporary policy and academic research practices.
Meet the Author: Laura Rademaker »
Dr Laura Rademaker is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and the Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Deep History at the School of History, The Australian National University. Laura has co-authored and edited two books with ANU Press, including The Bible in Buffalo Country, which recently won
Richard Egan »
Richard Egan has a Bachelor of Letters from The Australian National University (1990). He has spent a large part of his career teaching history to Year 11 and 12 students with a focus on settler-society and its interaction with Indigenous Australians. His interest in Aboriginal history was sparked by his study at ANU, under the supervision of Peter Read. In 2012, after self-publishing Neither Amity nor Kindness: Government policy towards Aboriginal people of NSW from 1788 to 1969, he formalised his research by undertaking a PhD (‘Power and Dysfunction: The New South Wales Board for the Protection of Aborigines 1883–1940’) at the University of New South Wales, which was completed in mid-2019.
Doug Munro »
Doug Munro is a Wellington-based biographer and historian, and an Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Queensland. In an earlier incarnation he was a historian of the Pacific Islands with specialisms in trade and traders, indentured labour, and the role of Island pastors. Between 2005 and 2012, he collaborated with John Weaver of McMaster University on the history of suicide in 20th century New Zealand. Doug has a particular interest in auto/biographies of historians and is working on a biography of J.W. Davidson, the founding father of Pacific Islands historiography. As well, Doug is engaged in joint work with Geoffrey Gray on academic politics. Doug and Geoff (with Christine Winter) co-edited Scholars at War: Australasian social scientists, 1939-1945 for the ANU Press (2012). His most recent books are The Ivory Tower and Beyond: participant historians of the Pacific (2009) and J.C. Beaglehole: public intellectual, critical conscience (2012).
Meet the Author: Katharine Massam »
Associate Professor Katharine Massam is the Research Co-ordinator at Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity. Katharine’s research explores intersections between Christian tradition and wider culture in postcolonial settler societies, including Australia. Katharine’s latest title, A
Peacebuilding Compared »
Peacebuilding Compared is a 25-year project designed to follow all the major armed conflicts around the world until 2030. The aim is to understand key ingredients that make for the success of sustainable peace building. The project is led by Professor John Braithwaite of The Australian National
Hans Fischer »
Hans Fischer (1932–2019) conducted long-term fieldwork among three PNG peoples, Anga speakers—the Watut—and the Wampar, as well as in Samoa. He was director of the Hamburger Museum für Völkerkunde (ethnological museum) and professor of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Hamburg (1967–98). After brief visits in 1958/59, Fischer began extended fieldwork among the Wampar at the former mission site, Gabmadzung, in 1965. From 1971/72 onwards, the village of Gabsongkeg became his main place of fieldwork: he returned there in 1976, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999–2000, 2004 and 2009.