Survey exhibition features the work of artist Ruark Lewis
Macquarie University presents the second part of a survey exhibition featuring the work of artist Ruark Lewis. The exhibition, which opens February 6, is sourced from three decades of practice. It...
View ArticleNew gallery exhibition showcases the rise of the Greek cafe
The rich history of the Australian Greek café is the subject of new exhibition set to open at the Macquarie University Art Gallery on March 20. The gallery’s curator and historian Leonard Janiszewski...
View ArticleArt versus Science no more?
In a new article published in the April issue of the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences, philosopher Nicolas Bullot from Macquarie University, Australia and Rolf Reber from the University of Bergen,...
View ArticleCelebrated Australian writer Kate Grenville receives an honorary doctorate
One of Australia’s finest writers Kate Grenville received a Doctor of Letters honoris causa from Macquarie University for her significant contribution to the Australian literary landscape. Kate...
View ArticleHigher doctorate for biographer and historian Professor Emerita Jill Roe
Professor Emerita Jillian Roe was first appointed to teach history at a newly-founded Macquarie University in 1967. Forty-six years later, she has now been awarded the prestigious Higher Degree of...
View ArticleFormer Fairfax editor awarded honorary doctorate
Author and former Fairfax editor V. J. Carroll has been awarded a degree of Doctor of Letters honoris causa at a graduation ceremony on campus. Vic Carroll is one of the most distinguished editors in...
View ArticleScientists and historians work together to be the first Australians to win...
Researchers have been recognised at the 41st Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference, for developing an analytical technique which allows non-destructive, on-site,...
View ArticleAustralian artists bring international exhibition home
For the first time in Australia, the internationally acclaimed exhibition –Transit, will go on display at the Macquarie University Art Gallery. Starting in May, it brings together the works of four...
View ArticleSee and touch history’s oldest secrets through new research
An upcoming colloquium lecture will offer a unique opportunity to see and touch the astonishing results of new research, where some of history’s oldest written secrets have been revealed through the...
View ArticleMacquarie University funds the first Twitter–based election coverage by a...
Margo Kingston, one of Australia’s best-known political and investigative journalists, is partnering with the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies to cover the upcoming...
View ArticleA new exhibition in Stalled
The latest exhibition opening today at Macquarie University Art Gallery – Stalled is a collection of art works created by the installers who have worked at the Gallery over the past few years. Curated...
View ArticleDocumenting Australia’s gay and lesbian history
A new three-year project is to record the life stories of gay and lesbian Australians in the first comprehensive nation-wide documentation of changing attitudes to homosexuality. The Past in the...
View ArticleWhen is a book a book?
On first consideration the answer seems obvious. But, given our electronic, digital age… Launched tonight, Wednesday 7 August, the question of ‘when is a book a book?’ is seriously considered in two...
View ArticleThe future of writing: public symposium
Writers, self-publishers and journalists are invited to join leading experts and media academics in a conversation about the challenges and opportunities of writing in the digital age. As a free event...
View ArticleThe Australians who created the sonic world of Doctor Who
This is an extract of an article originally published in The Conversation by Macquarie University’s Dr Liz Giuffre. It’s 50 years since the first episode aired on the BBC on November 23 1963 – and now...
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NaNoWriMo and the art of speed writing
This is an extract of an article originally published in The Conversation, by Macquarie University’s Dr Jane Messer. Let’s imagine I’m writing this article with my tomato-red Pomodoro timer gently...
View ArticleSydney’s history brought to life in colour
The latest exhibition at Macquarie University Art Gallery allows audiences to travel back in time with a series of colourful paintings that breathe life into the history of some of Sydney’s oldest...
View ArticleNew art exhibition collates treasures across Macquarie University museums and...
The exhibition AFFINITIES: 7 Museums, 50 objects dissolves the walls between museums to expose, celebrate and give voice to the multiple connections that exist between diverse collections. In this...
View ArticleCSR checklist proposed by UK academic at public lecture
As Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) matures and develops, a leading academic has proposed a checklist for communicators to use when reviewing the validity of CSR strategies. The checklist will be...
View ArticleResearcher gleans Gallipoli’s untold stories
On the eve of Anzac Day 2014, Harvey Broadbent, Director of the Gallipoli Centenary Research Project, will present findings from his six-year research project into the ‘stories from the other side’ at...
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