Antarctic Visions: Cultural Perspectives on the Southern Continent
Following the success of the "Imagining Antarctica" conference at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand in September 2008, the University of Tasmania will host "Antarctic Visions," a second conference examining Antarctica from a cultural perspective. Click here for more information.
UTAS research receives ARC funding
The University of Tasmania has been funded for 16 ARC (Australian Research Council) Discovery and Linkage projects, including a project in Journalism, Media and Communications that will investigate online media and politics in an age of environmental conflict. Click here for more information.
MA student Stephanie Pfennigwerth wins the William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize
Stephanie Pfennigwerth has won the William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize, an annual competition run by the UK-based Society for the History of Natural History. The Prize was instituted in honour of the late William T. Stearn, a scholar whose work contributed much to the field of natural history, and to the Society. The Prize is awarded to the best original unpublished essay in the field of history of natural history, written by an undergraduate or postgraduate student in full or part-time education, anywhere in the world. Click here for more information.
Global Environmental Journalism Initiative
The University of Tasmania’s Journalism, Media and Communications Program is delighted to announce its participation in the Global Environmental Journalism Initiative, which has won $1.4 million in funding for student exchanges between Australia and Europe to study Environmental Journalism. Click here for more information. | 
