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About the HRC

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The Humanities Research Centre was established in 1972 and celebrated 30 years of excellence in the humanities in 2002. It aims to stimulate scholarship and advance research in the Humanities through its objectives. The HRC interprets the "Humanities" generously, recognising that new methods of theoretical enquiry have done much to break down the traditional distinction between the humanities and the social sciences; recognising, too, the importance of establishing dialogue between the humanities and the natural and technological sciences, and the creative arts.

The Centre encourages interdisciplinary and comparative work, and seeks to take a provocative as well as supportive role in relation to existing humanities studies in Australia. It aims to give special attention to topics and disciplines which stand in need of particular stimulus in Australia. One of its central functions is to bring to Australia scholars of international standing who will provoke fresh ideas within, and beyond, the academic community.

Within the ANU, the Humanities Research Centre has a sister relationship with the newly established Centre for Cross-Cultural Research and has close links with the Faculties of Arts and Asian Studies, with the Research Schools of Social Sciences and Asian and Pacific Studies, Graduate Studies in Sustainable Heritage Development (GSSHD),and with the Schools of Art and Music.

The HRC also has extensive contacts with many other Australian and international research centres, libraries and other cultural institutions, and is a member of the Consortium of Humanities Centers & Institutes (CHCI) established in the United States.

History of the HRC

HRC Annual Reports