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Egyptian amulet mould

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/egyptian-amulet-mould

14 Nov 2022: This pair of objects includes an Egyptian amulet mould in terracotta and a modern cast taken in blue polymer clay. The terracotta mould was created for the production of amulets depicting the ancient Egyptian god Nefertem – a god associated with
Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/visual-artists-invited-to-apply-for-mcauley-fellowship

28 Mar 2024: Applications are open for the $10,000 James McAuley Creative Fellowship offered by the University of Tasmania. The 2024 fellowship will support an established Australian visual artist to work with students and the Tasmanian community. The recipient
Tourism researcher to chair key industry body

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/tourism-researcher-to-chair-key-industry-body

20 Oct 2023: Tourism researcher Anne Hardy has become the first academic, and first woman, to chair influential industry body Destination Southern Tasmania. Associate Professor Hardy, who has been a board member of the organisation for six years, will lead heavy
Pat Brassington - 'Parachute'

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/pat-brassington-parachute

17 Nov 2022: Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1942, Pat Brassington is one of Australia's foremost photo-media artists, with a celebrated career spanning four decades. Brassington's work deals with feminism, surrealism and psychoanalysis, using tricks of digital
Beattie glass lantern slide

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/beattie-glass-lantern-slide

14 Nov 2022: Built in 1848-49, Domain House is a Gothic-revival style sandstone building that stands in Hobart's Queen's Domain. Initially the High School of Hobart Town, it was sold to the newly opened University of Tasmania in 1892 and remained part of the
It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Its-ok-to-be-bored

19 Feb 2024: A gallery guide and program designed with kids, for kids, launched recently at the Devonport Regional Gallery through the Peter Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning project. Dubbed It’s ok @ DRG, the guide is now available to all families visiting
United Nations partnership encourages Tasmanian community to cross…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/united-nations-partnership-encourages-tasmanian-community-to-cross-the-divide

15 May 2023: Encouraging Tasmanians to bridge local divisions about vital environmental and heritage issues will be at the heart of a new partnership with a United Nations agency. Making good decisions, with less damaging conflict, about the state’s natural,
Mavis the rhino of Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/mavis-the-rhino-of-inveresk

14 Nov 2022: 'Mavis' is a sculpture made by Canadian artist Roger Gaudreau in 2007. Part of a series called Migration of Rhinoceros, Gaudreau's rhinoceros sculptures appear in locations as diverse as Quebec, Italy, France, Taiwan, Tasmania, Finland and
Giants of virtual reality walk the North West

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/giants-of-virtual-reality-walk-the-north-west

26 Jun 2023: A giant’s perspective of a North West landmark will be among the experiences when the University partners with the Sensing Table Cape project later this month. Led by digital technology experts from the School of Education, a research team has used
Launching The Hedberg Talks

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/launching-the-hedberg-talks

21 Feb 2023: Marta Dusseldorp, Behrouz Boochani and Emmy Award winner Lynette Wallworth will join local and University talent to launch a new series, The Hedberg Talks, as part of the Ten Days on the Island Festival Hub. The College of Arts, Law and Education
Attic red-figure skyphos

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/attic-red-figure-skyphos

14 Nov 2022: Skyphoi are a type of drinking cup used in ancient Greece. The larger of these cups could hold more than a litre of liquid, usually a mix of wine and water to be shared by a group at a symposium. Ancient Greek symposia were gatherings that ranged in
Corneliu Petrescu - 'Self portrait'

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/corneliu-petrescu-self-portrait-with-black-swan

14 Nov 2022: This is one of several self-portraits by Romanian artist Corneliu Petrescu. Typical of his style, he worked in a combination of muted colours like olive and brown with Byzantine flourishes of red and gold. His use of mixed media collage including
WWII aerial photograph of Battery Point

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/wwii-aerial-photograph-of-battery-point

14 Nov 2022: As part of the operations of Hobart's Optical Munitions Annexe 9/101, inventor Eric Waterworth in partnership with University of Tasmania physicists, supplied camera lenses required by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Hobart's Optical Munitions
Art student’s secret to award-winning work

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/art-students-secret-to-award-winning-work

4 Nov 2023: Patricia Coombe has a secret to capturing the misty images in her award-winning work: a triple pinhole camera. The Bachelor of Fine Arts student made her own version of the camera, which has three tiny pinholes, to create images of buildings that
The art of making a difference

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-art-of-making-a-difference

24 May 2024: Gifting the joy of musicAccessibility to the arts was an important driver for former University of Tasmania Deputy Chancellor, business leader and alumnus Dr Rod Roberts and Mrs Cecile Roberts when they established the Ossa Music Prize. “We want to
New age of Antarctic exploration

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-age-of-antarctic-exploration

8 May 2023: People often look at me oddly when I mention that my research focuses on Antarctica. It’s not what they expect from a humanities academic. That’s understandable. Antarctica is the only continent where humans have never lived permanently. But the
A collective vision

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-collective-vision

13 Sep 2023: The University of Tasmania cares for more than 100,000 items of artistic, cultural, and scientific significance, and a new web portal is the first step in making this amazing collection visible to the world. Our Arts and Cultural Collections include
A tender examination of life’s precariousness

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-tender-examination-of-lifes-precariousness

13 Dec 2023: When artist Jo Chew (BFA Hons 2018) returned to live in Tasmania with her daughter, she was confronted with a different housing market from the one she left. “We lived with my parents for a year, unable to find a rental we could afford. It was easy
Delving into the "black books" of convict knowledge

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/325-delving-into-the-black-books-of-convict-knowledge

20 Jun 2017: In 1803, the first of almost 73,000 convicts landed on what was then called Van Diemen’s Land. Over the course of the next 50 years convict clerks kept meticulous records of each new arrival in leather-bound volumes. Pouring over the voluminous
Our new campus is growing at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/our-new-campus-is-growing-at-inveresk

13 Dec 2022: If you were to visit the University in Launceston as a returning member of the alumni community, you would see some exciting changes. Crossing the river from the city using the new pedestrian and cycle footbridge, you’d notice students playing
The frozen continent and its connection to us

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/341-the-frozen-continent-and-its-connection-to-us

4 Jul 2017: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have joined the City of Hobart for the official launch of a new research project that aims to enhance Hobart’s role as an Antarctic gateway. The Antarctic Cities project is studying the
University of Tasmania historian shortlisted for Ernest Scott Prize

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/249-university-of-tasmania-historian-shortlisted-for-ernest-scott-prize

26 Mar 2017: A book by University of Tasmania History and Classics Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow Penny Edmonds has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2017 Ernest Scott Prize. The $13,000 prize is awarded to work based upon original research, which
Can Ancient Rome offer lessons on marriage laws?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/447-can-ancient-rome-offer-lessons-on-marriage-laws

5 Nov 2017: The bill to legalise same-sex marriage has passed the Senate, with 43 voting yes, 12 no votes, with some senators abstaining from casting a vote. The bill was passed without amendment, and will not move to the House of Representatives for further
Survive the school holidays with some fresh ideas

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/survive-the-school-holidays-with-some-fresh-ideas

13 Jul 2023: With school holidays well underway, don’t panic if you’ve already run out of activities to keep the little ones, kids, and teens occupied this winter – we’ve got you covered! We’ve found a bunch of kid-friendly activities that are
Unlocking insights from one of the world’s greatest archives

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/68-unlocking-insights-from-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-archives

14 Apr 2016: Tasmania is one of the few places on the planet where it is possible to study intergenerational health issues. This is because the settler population was amongst the best documented in the British Empire. Why? They came against their will. The life
Looking at Antarctica through an advertising lens

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/562-looking-at-antarctica-through-an-advertising-lens

19 Mar 2018: Ever wondered how your perception of Antarctica has been shaped over the years? Influences are usually documentaries, advertising, or by reading books on the continent. Being a continent that is accessible to very few people, Antarctica is regarded
Convict children taken to Australia grew up taller than their UK peers

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/413-convict-children-taken-to-australia-grew-up-taller-than-their-uk-peers

17 Sep 2017: Male Tasmanian-born prisoners, arrested in the second half of the nineteenth century, were over four centimetres taller, on average, than transported convicts. And they were nearly two centimetres taller than free migrants who were born in Britain
An iconic life on the stage, reborn

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/642-an-iconic-life-on-the-stage-reborn

31 Jul 2018: Head of Discipline (Theatre and Performance) Dr Jane Woollard has shed a new light on the ground-breaking acting career of Eliza Winstanley — a superstar of Sydney’s theatre scene in the 1830s and 40s — though her research and creative practice
Why Antarctica is cool for composers

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2015/16-why-antarctica-is-cool-for-composers

2 Sep 2015: The frozen continent's allure was particularly potent in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, when intrepid travellers would return with stories of its beauty and mystery, which in turn inspired works of art, literature and music. Dr Carolyn
Engaging, Connecting, Revitalising

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/engaging-connecting-revitalising

13 Dec 2022: Acknowledgement of CountryMina tunapri milaythina nara ningina waranta mapali mapali. Mina tunapri rruni lutruwita milaythina Pakana taymi ningina raytji. Mina tunapri Pakana Ngini; nara pumili makuminya waranta-mapali taypani lunta;
John Clark AM

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/john-clark-am

9 Mar 2023: BA Hons 1954, MA 1956, honoris causa 2003John Clark AM, Director of Australia’s National Institute for Dramatic Art (NIDA) for four decades, has an eye for talent. An eye too for story and for teaching. A firm believer in practicing what you preach,
Gateway to a new vision for Antarctic connections

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/88-gateway-to-a-new-vision-for-antarctic-connections

19 May 2016: Elizabeth Leane’s mission is to integrate science and the humanities. And her latest project will take that mission global. Associate Professor Leane’s slightly unusual dual expertise of science and English (Arts and IMAS) makes her the
More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer.…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/more-than-100,000-tourists-will-head-to-antarctica-this-summer.-should-we-worry-about-damage-to-the-ice-and-its-ecosystems

9 Jan 2023: As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Travelling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage
A Tasmanian Requiem

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/586-a-tasmanian-requiem

24 Apr 2018: On December 26, 1847, a small group of Aboriginal people sat in the Lieutenant-Governor’s box at Hobart’s Theatre Royal watching a new pantomime. A local newspaper reported how “the natives … seemed gratified at their first public
Exploring humanity’s relationship with the South Pole

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/151-exploring-humanitys-relationship-with-the-south-pole

22 Aug 2016: Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow Elizabeth Leane is one of three University of Tasmania authors to feature in the international expert series Earth, with the release of her latest book South Pole: Nature and Culture. Here is an excerpt from
Reviving an original Tasmanian language

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/671-reviving-an-original-tasmanian-language

19 Jul 2018: Truganini’s death in Hobart in May 1876 attracted worldwide attention. She was widely, but wrongly, believed to have been the last Aboriginal person to have survived the Tasmanian genocide. Her demise symbolised the devastating impacts of British
Off the wall: Hobart's best galleries

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/off-the-wall-hobarts-best-galleries

20 Sep 2022: Foyer of The Henry Jones Art Hotel. Image: Adam Gibson/The Henry Jones Art Hotel. Hobart’s visual arts scene has an enviable (and well-deserved) reputation both nationally and internationally these days, with a vibrant and unique culture known for
How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian War

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/560-how-picture-boards-were-used-as-propaganda-in-the-vandemonian-war

14 Mar 2018: As Hobart’s Old Government House was being demolished in the late 1850s, workers made a remarkable discovery. Lifting the floor, they found an old pine board covered with four rows of pictures. Six scenes painted in oils depicted interactions
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/323-history-textbooks-still-imply-that-australians-are-white

19 Jun 2017: Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that Australians are white. Textbook depictions of Australianness are not only relevant to experiences of national belonging or exclusion. Research has
Soldiers, thieves, Māori warriors

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/444-soldiers-thieves-maori-warriors

25 Oct 2017: Soon after it became a British colony, New Zealand began shipping the worst of its offenders across the Tasman Sea. Between 1843 and 1853, an eclectic mix of more than 110 soldiers, sailors, Māori, civilians and convict absconders from the
We need a new Australia Day

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/476-we-need-a-new-australia-day

29 Nov 2017: The decision by ABC Triple J to move the Hottest 100, its popular musical countdown, from January 26 has reignited the smouldering controversy about Australia Day. The radio station has moved the 2018 poll from Australia Day to January 27 after a
Explainer: the evidence for the Tasmanian genocide

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/513-explainer-the-evidence-for-the-tasmanian-genocide

17 Jan 2018: At a public meeting in Hobart in the late 1830s, Solicitor-General Alfred Stephen, later Chief Justice of New South Wales, shared with the assembled crowd his solution for dealing with “the Aboriginal problem”. Voluminous written and
Righting the wrongs of the past

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/775-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-past

9 Sep 2018: Historians are working with Australian Indigenous communities to return the bodily remains of their Old People to country from overseas museums and universities. The early years of Australian colonisation in the late 1700s coincided with the
Journey through the apocalypse

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/445-journey-through-the-apocalypse

29 Oct 2017: Half buried in the sand, uprooted stalks of kelp are like splashes of dark blood against the white quartzite, ground fine as talc. In the translucent shallows, tendrils of kelp flounce lazily as the water gradually turns to turquoise then a deep