Cultural Infrastructure, Creative Networks and the Cinema
Lecture
Presented as part of the Humanities Research Centre Seminar Series >> Seminar Flyer The Humanities Research Centre was established in 1972 as a national and international centre for excellence in the Humanities and a catalyst for innovative Humanities scholarship and research within the…
The lost beginning of Suetonius’ Julius Caesar
Other
Presented as part of the Classics Seminar Series It is generally accepted that the beginning of Suetonius’ Julius Caesar is missing. The recovery of the introduction to the Life (and possibly to the series) would not only fill in gaps about Julius Caesar, but it might also clarify the purpose of…
Friends of ANU Classics Museum Mid-Winter Dinner
Other
Save the date for the Friends of ANU Classics Museum Mid-Winter Dinner on Thursday 21st August. During our annual winter dinner, Dr Greta Hawes of the ANU Centre for Classical Studies will entertain us with a talk on 'How to feed a centaur'. Cost: $60 pp. For bookings, please phone the…
Earth-Object: Melodrama and Plasticity in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (2011)
Lecture
Presented as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series Melancholia’s evocation of melodrama opens the possibility of reading it through Rousseau’s ur-melodrama, Pygmalion: scène lyrique (written 1762; performed 1770)—about an artist’s beloved statue who springs to life on stage—and which…
Languages Showcase
Conference
College of Arts and Social Sciences Languages Showcase Wednesday 20 August, 6-8pm Learning a language is more than just a boost to your resume or handy for travelling. Studies have shown people who learn another language are more decisive and better at multi-tasking. With the option for a once-in-…
Voice Onset Timing, Social Networks and Perceptual Dialectology in Tucson, Arizona, a Spanish-English bilingual community
Lecture
Presented as part of the Languages and Linguistics Seminar Series Note: We are taking the speaker out for dinner afterwards - all welcome! Voice Onset Timing (or VOT, the time between the release of the burst and the onset of voicing) for initial stops has been found in laboratory studies to be a…
Voices of Authority: Reconstructing the aural experience of trial at the Old Bailey, 1780 -1840
Lecture
Presented as part of the Humanities Research Centre Seminar Series. In the years following the Gordon Riots in 1780, the courtroom at the Old Bailey in London was rebuilt repeatedly. This rebuilding occurred in dialogue with the evolution of the modern 'adversarial trial', and forms a…