Wellspring Series: The Outer Space Quartet
Arts & entertainment
The Outer Space QuartetThe Outer Space Film Quartet (Moonrise; Musca; Memorabilia; Requiem) is a suite of thematically linked experimental films that explore ethics and emotion in outer space, and a multimedia creation of the Archival Futures Collective, co-created by Rowena Potts and Ceridwen…
A Hero for Our Times: The Emperor and Epic in Late Antiquity
Seminar
There has always been overlap between epic and panegyric. The classical definition of epic, Vergil’s ‘kings and battles’ (Ecl. 6.3), just as easily defines the imperial prose panegyrics of late antiquity. The emperors who feature in the Panegyrici Latini corpus certainly have epic…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - July
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…
Workshop on Language Corpora in Australia
Webinar/Online
Over decades of work in Australia, significant collections of language data have been amassed, including of varieties of Australian English, Australian migrant languages, Australian Indigenous languages, sign languages and others. These collections represent a trove of knowledge not only of…
‘East and West in Late Antiquity’ A Colloquium with Professor Noel Lenski
Conference
‘East and West in Late Antiquity’ A Colloquium with Professor Noel Lenski presented by the ANU Centre for Classical Studies (SLLL) & ANU School of History Program 12.30pm-12.40pm Welcome and Opening Remarks. Dr Meaghan McEvoy (ANU) and Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (ANU…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - June
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…
Roman-Persian Relations: The Example of the Emperor Jovian (363-364) and the Syriac Julian Romance
Seminar
The Roman emperor Jovian (AD 363-364) only ruled for eight months and has not received much attention in scholarship. However, his reign is more than a footnote in history. After the short reign of Julian, who had attempted to return to the empire to pagan practices, Jovian returned to the policies…