Congratulations to the following colleagues working in the Research Fields of Art History, Theory and Criticism who were successful in the latest round of ARC applications:
Anne Dunlop
Discovery Project
The University of Melbourne
This project aims to bring European and Chinese art history into dialogue. It explores the early Italian Renaissance in the larger geopolitical context of Mongol Eurasia and the Yuan Empire, to address the questions of influence, contact, and exchange. In reframing the development of early European art as a fundamentally cross-cultural phenomenon, this project aims to offer a better understanding of the roots of our own global visual culture. The project will benefit and enrich the study of cross-cultural contact and exchange in art history as a larger field, leading to the re-examination of art in the Australasian region.
Robert Wellington
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Australian National University
Art and cultural diplomacy. This project aims to investigate questions about cross-cultural communication through the circulation of art objects across the globe. Focusing on early modern diplomatic gifts that are now housed in museums around the world, this project examines the preservation and display of material culture in contemporary museology. Expected outcomes of this project include a better understanding of the role of art in cultural diplomacy, new digital methods for the analysis of cultural networks, and advanced theories for understanding cultural identity in an increasingly connected world.
The AAANZ welcomes the restoration of funding to humanities grants which were previously denied support by the former minister for Education, Simon Birmingham. However, the Association would like to respectfully remind the latest Minister for Education, Dan Tehan, that the proposed introduction of a ‘National Interest Test’ to the grants process is redundant as the ARC already requires applicants to demonstrate ‘how research will extend benefits to Australia’,
as University Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson has already pointed out.
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