School of Humanities and Languages

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Cannabis growers in the capital report many obstacles, from purchasing seeds to the lack of information on growing conditions.

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Nation-building is hard, but the alternative is worse. In the wake of Sudan’s coup, the rest of the world needs to act fast, before it is too late.

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New UNSW research has disproved the claim that the transition to renewable electricity systems will harm the global economy.

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At the core of the most pressing global issues of our time is a crisis of identity, where culture meets ecology.

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The Fellowship for Associate Professor Kama Maclean recognises outstanding contribution to research in the history of modern India.

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Is the afterlife a mirror of our ideal world? Do cunning people live better? Can we divorce the moral from the beautiful? These are some of the questions to be examined this week at a UNSW conference looking at ancient prescriptions for living well.

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A book surveying Enlightenment-era European encounters with the people of the Pacific has won a UNSW academic the NSW Premier’s History award.

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UNSW and the University of Sydney have partnered to offer cross-institutional enrolments in Indonesian, Modern Greek and Italian.

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It is time for science communication to get real with less emphasis on technology promotion and more acknowledgment of areas of uncertainty, alternatives and political commitments, write Matthew Kearnes and Georgia Miller. 

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What does the emerging scholarly field of environmental humanities have in common with the Hollywood film Grease? More than you might think, writes Jennifer Hamilton. 

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