New monthly seminar series for CIEHF

    The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) will be holding a monthly seminar series. The aim is to encourage insightful discussions from a variety CIEHF members and guests. The inaugural seminar will be led by a presentation by James Cook University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Education and Strategy, Professor Martin Nakata (pictured above). The title of his presentation is "Innovating Science through Indigenous Knowledge". It will be held Thursday 13th March at The Cairns Institute in D3.003 at 12.00pm. The seminar series will be available online, please register and the zoom link will be provided to you.

    Issued March 2025

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