Open Day 2018

Some of the greatest art works of the 20th and 21st centuries have taken up (temporary) residence in Melbourne; here’s your expert guide to ten of the best

Imran Khan's new role as Pakistani PM presents numerous challenges, including dealing with vote rigging accusations, says a University of Melbourne expert.

By Bess KeaneyThe Melbourne-born International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October for its efforts to achieve a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. For Bachelor of Arts alumnus Tim Wright (BA, LLB 2009), ICAN's Treaty Coordinator, it was the culmination of a decade's advocacy.

It is 75 years since the huge Kursk tank battle when, as a University of Melbourne expert writes, Russia's larger means of destruction turned back the Wehrmacht.

Professor Alexis Wright has received the Magarey Medal for Biography for Tracker, the collective memoir of Aboriginal leader and visionary Tracker Tilmouth.

University of Melbourne sociologist Professor Karen Farquharson researches race, ethnicity and racism in media and sport - and its impact in modern Australia.

Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was born of a police attack on protestors. A University of Melbourne expert recalls the night and the importance of radicals.

An 1839 letter is a tale of adventure packed into 4 pages using overlapping criss-cross handwriting, but it is a deeper record of Australian frontier conflict

From 2019, high-achieving students will be able to enrol upfront for both their bachelors and graduate degrees through Graduate Degree Packages. The University is also pleased to launch several new scholarships.

A University of Melbourne art historian lists ten of the best works in the MoMA at NGV exhibition, on display until October 2018.

Imran Khan's new role as Pakistani PM presents numerous challenges, including dealing with vote rigging accusations, says a University of Melbourne expert.

By Bess KeaneyThe Melbourne-born International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October for its efforts to achieve a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. For Bachelor of Arts alumnus Tim Wright (BA, LLB 2009), ICAN's Treaty Coordinator, it was the culmination of a decade's advocacy.

It is 75 years since the huge Kursk tank battle when, as a University of Melbourne expert writes, Russia's larger means of destruction turned back the Wehrmacht

Professor Alexis Wright has received the Magarey Medal for Biography for Tracker, the collective memoir of Aboriginal leader and visionary Tracker Tilmouth.

The Faculty of Arts has awarded Bachelor of Arts (Honours) student Greer Clemens with the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) Creative Writing Prize.

University of Melbourne sociologist Professor Karen Farquharson researches race, ethnicity and racism in media and sport - and its impact in modern Australia.

Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was born of a police attack on protestors. A University of Melbourne expert recalls the night and the importance of radicals

From 2019, high-achieving students will be able to enrol upfront for both their bachelors and graduate degrees through Graduate Degree Packages. The University is also pleased to launch several new scholarships.

An 1839 letter is a tale of adventure packed into 4 pages using overlapping criss-cross handwriting, but it is a deeper record of Australian frontier conflict

University of Melbourne research has discovered a cockatoo in a 13th century manuscript, revealing the flourishing medieval trade network to Australia's north.

The Faculty of Arts is seeking expressions of interests from established and emerging writers for two writing fellowships: the Peter Blazey Fellowship and the Dinny O’Hearn Fellowship, proudly supported by The Australian Centre.

A University of Melbourne archives exhibition looks back at the legacy of Melbourne department store, Foy & Gibson, on Australian retailing and manufacturing.

Inspired by how bees make collective decisions, University of Melbourne researchers are exploring how crowdsourcing techniques may help intelligence analysis

The Bates Online project, led by the University of Melbourne, has digitised Daisy Bates' unique papers which recorded many endangered Aboriginal languages.

Students from the University of Melbourne competed at the 17th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students (Melbourne) on May 19.Rachel Madin and Adrienne Bray were able to repeat history by winning the top two prizes.

Students who were treated to a behind the scenes tour through the NGV’s inaugural Triennial exhibition lead by Conservator MaryJo Lelyveld

The 2018 Arts Alumni Awards were presented at the Faculty of Arts Ceremony at the Melbourne Recital Centre in Southbank for the first time this year.

The Little Red podcast has won News and Current Affairs podcast of the year at the 2018 Australian Podcast awards.

This new volume from Lara Stevens, Peta Tait and Denise Varney, critically engages with ecofeminist scholarship and defines ecofeminism as a multidisciplinary project.

Bespoke magazine stands holding copies of Farrago, the student magazine of the University of Melbourne, are a common sight to those who have wandered the Parkville campus.

This winter the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne offers VCE students an unparalleled opportunity to prepare for History: Revolutions, Australian History, Literature, Italian, French and Indonesian exams with scholars and teachers who are experts in their fields.

Professor Michael Belgrave from Massey University has been awarded the 2018 Ernest Scott Prize for Dancing with the King, which documents the rise and fall of the King Country, an independent state governed by the Māori King where settlers and the Crown entered at risk of their lives between 1864 and 1885.

Professor Alexis Wright, a member of the Waanyi Nation and Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne has been awarded the 2018 Stella Prize for Tracker, the collective memoir of Aboriginal leader and visionary Tracker Tilmouth.

The Faculty of Arts has awarded Bachelor of Arts (Honours) student Greer Clemens with the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) Creative Writing Prize.

Students from the University of Melbourne competed at the 17th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students (Melbourne) on May 19.Rachel Madin and Adrienne Bray were able to repeat history by winning the top two prizes.

Applications close 31 May 2018

Students who were treated to a behind the scenes tour through the NGV’s inaugural Triennial exhibition lead by Conservator MaryJo Lelyveld

The 2018 Arts Alumni Awards were presented at the Faculty of Arts Ceremony at the Melbourne Recital Centre in Southbank for the first time this year.

Bespoke magazine stands holding copies of Farrago, the student magazine of the University of Melbourne, are a common sight to those who have wandered the Parkville campus.

This winter the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne offers VCE students an unparalleled opportunity to prepare for History: Revolutions, Australian History, Literature, Italian, French and Indonesian exams with scholars and teachers who are experts in their fields.