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ACU history and literary experts to join major regional book festival

16 March 2026

Australian Catholic University is proud to join an exciting program to mark the 20th anniversary of the country’s biggest book festival, the Clunes Booktown.

Dr Tracy McEwan awarded ACU’s inaugural Catholic history fellowship

5 December 2025

Theologian and sociologist of religion Dr Tracy McEwan has been awarded the inaugural Australian Catholic History Fellowship at ACU.

ACU experts elected to Australian Academy of Humanities

21 November 2025

Australian Catholic University academics Professor Matthew Crawford and Professor Debjani Ganguly have been elected fellows of the Australian Academy of Humanities.

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