Leading change in the Social Sciences: Fighting Racism & Bigotry - Event Nr. 08: Language & Racism
Panel discussion
This conversation will explore how discrimination against Indigenous languages and speakers of other cultures only serves to perpetuate the stigmatisation and undervaluation of cultural diversity and individual identities. Linguistic discrimination can severely limit future education and…
Neil Hogan’s TPR, “Imagining the future: Science and ‘Science (in) Fiction’ in early twentieth century Australian newspapers”
Seminar
Please join us for the next CuSPP Seminar online on Thursday, 29 February from 1-2pm. Please refer to the CuSPP email or email Wesley.Lim@anu.edu.au for the link. This thesis proposal explores the relationship between science and science fiction in Australian newspapers of the early 20th…
Julie Allen (BYU), “Screening Europe in Australasia: Recovering the Silent Era Through Trove”
Seminar
Please join us for the next CuSPP Seminar in-person on Tuesday, 27 Feb. in the Lady Wilson Room (2.10) in Sir Roland Wilson Building from 4pm-5:30pm. In the era of silent films, when Australian domestic film production fell far below audience demand, French, Danish, and German films were…
Prof. Hartmut Leppin (Goethe University) - ‘Emperor Maurice: from failure to holiness’
Seminar
‘Emperor Maurice: from failure to holiness’ Although Emperor Maurice (582-602) emerged as one of the preeminent military leaders in late antiquity, and despite having his own sons as potential successors, he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers led by Phocas. Phocas not only dethroned the emperor…
ANU Classics Museum Annual General Meeting and lecture
Lecture
Friends of the ANU Classics Museum invite you to an Annual General Meeting and lecture: Mighty Aphrodite The Archaeology of Roman Cyprus and Imperial Cult Worship Cyprus was Aphrodite’s island. The goddess was said to have been born on the coast of Paphos at Petra tou Romiou, and was worshipped…
Catherine Vidler’s Selected Visual Poems: A Book Launch and Memorial Seminar
Book launch
Catherine Vidler’s Selected Visual Poems: A Book Launch and Memorial Seminar: Catherine Vidler (1973-2023) was one of Australia’s foremost visual and lyric poets, editor of the Trans-Tasman literary magazine Snorkel, author of Furious Triangle (Puncher & Wattman, 2011), Wings (Cordite, 2021)…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - December
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength…