Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences

Our areas of research include gender and women's history; refugees, migration and humanitarian studies; social and political change; British empire and Atlantic world history; Australian colonialism and Indigenous history; political economy; and literary studies.

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Our global team of scholars are experts in the fields of history, politics, sociology, and literature.

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Higher Degree Research

Applications to the PhD and MPhil programs close 11.59pm 17 October 2021 AEDT. Scholarships available for domestic and international students. .

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Research Centre for Refugees, Migration and Humanitarian Studies

The Research Centre for Refugees, Migration, and Humanitarian Studies explores the experiences of refugees across the world.

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Research Centre for Social and Political Change

The Research Centre for Social and Political Change explores realignments of power and how to theorise them.

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Gender and Women’s History Research Centre

Gender and Women’s History Research Centre explores the experience of a diverse array of women and men in times past.

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News and events

ACU researchers win over $2 million in grants

17 January 2022

ACU researchers have been awarded more than $2 million in Australian Research Council grants.

ACU historian elected to Australian Academy of the Humanities

29 November 2021

ACU historian Shino Konishi has been acknowledged as one of Australia's top humanities researchers, with her election as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

ACU academics win NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

27 April 2021

Two ACU academics have been awarded prizes in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

White Russians, Red Peril

15 April 2021

"White Russians, Red Peril", A new book uncovering by ACU's Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick uncovers the little known history of Russian migration to Australia.

Should we live forever?

6 April 2021

ACU sociologist Professor Bryan Turner has been invited to speak in a prestigious Oxford Union Debate on the topic of Immortality.

ACU Professor wins award for best reference book

17 February 2021

ACU’s leadership in humanities has been further recognised with a prominent book award for one of our senior researchers.

Why We Need Humanities Graduates in the Workforce

30 June 2020

Australia's workforce, economy and society needs the capabilities of a humanities education: critical thinking, analytical and research skills, and the ability to grapple with and communicate complex ...

Eminent historians to join ACU's Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences

21 April 2020

Internationally renowned historian of modern Russia, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick FAHA, and leading early modern scholar of gender and emotions, Professor Susan Broomhall FAHA, have been appointed to ...

New research centres

20 April 2020

Seven new research centres will enhance ACU’s reputation in the arts, education, health, and theology and philosophy.

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