Past events
2024 Professor Katerina Teaiwa: Islands, Archives and Ancestors
The lecture is now available to watch online.About the lectureProfessor Katerina Teaiwa will reflect on her process of exploring several archives and collections connected to Australia’s long history…
Struggle, Solidarity and Unity: 150 Years of Maritime Unions in Australia
Struggle, Solidarity and Unity: 150 Years of Maritime Unions in Australia explores the rich history of Australia’s maritime unions, drawing from our extensive collections of records from the Seamen’s…
2023 Diane Kirkby: Militancy and Longevity in Australia’s Maritime Labour History
Join us at the 2023 ANU Archives annual lecture‘Here to Stay!’ – Militancy and Longevity in Australia’s Maritime Labour History About the lectureThe Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) is…
2022 Professor Marian Quartly: Friendly society or force for nationalism?
The ANU Archives 2022 Annual Lecture was held 3 November 2022 in conjunction with the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre. The recording is now available to watch online. About…
2021 Dr Anthea Hyslop: Records and recollections
This lecture is now available to watch online, and responses to the Q&A during the webinar are available here.About the lectureHistorians of the current COVID-19 pandemic will not lack…
ANU Archives Exhibition: Building Australia’s National University
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Australian National University (ANU) in 2021, the ANU Archives has curated a new exhibition "75 Years of the Australian National…
Exhibition launch "Building Australia’s National University”
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Australian National University (ANU) in 2021, the ANU Archives has curated a new exhibition"75 Years of the Australian National University:…
2020 Ruth Morgan: Archives for a dry and drying land
This lecture is now available online. By all accounts, 2020 has been a remarkable year. Bushfires of unprecedented duration and spread, then a pandemic, have led us all to wonder, when will…
2019 Professor Jenny Hocking: Archival Secrets and Hidden Histories
You can now watch the lecture on ANU TV or read it in the February 2020 edition of the Griffith Review. About the lecture The ANU Archives annual lecture for 2019 is 'Archival Secrets…
2018 Professor Simon Ville: Tales of the unexpected: why archival research remains important today
You can listen to the lecture online via the Experience ANU podcast now. About the lecture For the contemporary researcher, archival research is often considered antiquarian and too…
Annual lectures
Each year the ANU Archives and the Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre present a lecture by a prominent researcher.