Australian Academy of the Humanities

The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established under Royal Charter in 1969. It succeeded the Australian Humanities Research Council, founded in 1956. We are one of the four Learned Academies in Australia (the other three are the Academy of Science, the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia).

The Academy aims to advance knowledge of, and the pursuit of excellence in, the Humanities. The general disciplinary areas of the Academy include: Prehistory and Archaeology; Asian Studies; Classical Studies; English; European Languages and Cultures; History; Linguistics and Philology; Philosophy, Religion and the History of Ideas; Cultural and Communication Studies; The Arts.

The Australian Academy of the Humanities is governed by a Council, elected from among its Fellows. Its day-to-day operations are managed by its Secretariat, based in Canberra.

For further information please have a look at some of our other pages which details the history of the Academy, its Council, its Secretariat, and the core of the Academy's existence, the Fellows. For some of the legal framework that underpins the work of the Academy, please have a look at the various parts of the Charter and the By-Laws.