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Griffith Film School Lecturer awarded best documentary Hungarian Film award

Griffith Film School senior lecturer Dr Peter Hegedus has been awarded Best Documentary at the Hungarian Film Critics Awards for his film Lili. The documentary, which received funding from Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Griffith University, FocusFox Studio and Hungarian television, follows the journey of a family dislocated by the Hungarian 1956 Revolution as they search to understand and reconnect with the past.

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Museum and music appointments at the University of Melbourne

Former Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) Director Julie Banks has been appointed as Head of Strategic Collections at the University of Melbourne’s new Museum and Collections Department. Her key role will be to “develop and deliver a vision, roadmap and strategic framework focused on access and global engagement” for the University’s extensive cultural […]

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Fulbright for Queensland Conservatorium’s Research Director

Congratulations to Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Director of the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, who has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to undertake research with musicians and organisations in New York who are harnessing the power of music to tackle complex social inequalities.

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CQU and Ironing Maidens raise bushfire funds at Adelaide Fringe

CQUniversity was a proud partner of a fundraising activity held during the Adelaide Fringe Festival, by matching ticket sales donated from the opening night of the Ironing Maidens’ new performance A Soap Opera. Patty Preece, an Associate Lecturer at CQUniversity, is a member of the Ironing Maidens, an award-winning electronic music duo. The Ironing Maidens […]

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Queensland College of Art New Appointments

Queensland College of Art, Griffith University has announced three new appointments in Design. Associate Professor Katja Fleischmann, former Head of Design and Innovation at James Cook University and Professor of Print Design and Interactive Media at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, brings her expertise on the role of design in social, public and […]

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High Profile Music appointments at Monash

A number of high profile musicians will join Monash University’s Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music in the coming months. These include: Award-winning soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham, who will take up the post of Professor of Practice and DECRA awardee, and leading percussionist Dr Louise Devenish, who has been appointed to establish a new […]

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ACUADS Lifelong Fellowship Award for DDCA President Clive Barstow

Congratulations to DDCA President Clive Barstow who was awarded the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) Lifelong Fellowship for his achievement and work in art and design.

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