Dymphna Cusack’s resourceful melodrama: Carbon capitalism and the fossil unconscious in Southern Steel (1953)
Seminar
In a 1992 review of Abdelrahmen Munif’s Cities of Salt, Amitav Ghosh coined the term ‘petrofiction’ and pointed towards the invisibility of fossil fuels in much Western literature. Writers, he said, had largely failed to narrate the sources and effects of the energy that powers the modern world.…
The Enslaved Muse - a talk by Dr Tom Geue
Seminar
The Friends of the Classics Museum invite you to a talk by Dr Tom Geue, a Latin literature specialist and newly arrived staff member in the Centre for Classical Studies at ANU. The Muse is part of the furniture of classical poetry. By the time of Virgil, we barely notice she is there, and her…
Miletus. The Pearl of Ionia. A Greek Metropolis in the Archaic Age. The Excavations of the German Archaeological Institute
Lecture
In the Archaic period (seventh and sixth centuries B.C.) the Ionian city of Miletus was a metropolis in the true sense of the word. As one of the largest Greek cities of the age it stretched over a huge area at the entrance of the Latmic gulf, which provided excellent harbour facilities and an…
Olympia: The Excavations and Restorations conducted by the German Archaeological Institute over the last two Decades in the Sanctuary of Zeus
Seminar
When the German excavations started at Olympia in 1875 it was hoped that the sanctuary would be found in the state as described by ancient writers like the traveller Pausanias, in its full architectural and sculptural glory. To the great disappointment of the excavators the sculptures, which had…
Language Teaching Forum
Seminar
Drawing on his collaborative work with Manuel Clemens (University of Vechta), Ashok Collins (SLLL, ANU) will talk to us about the assumed opposition between learning as a process of self-cultivation (Bildung) and learning as a form of vocational training (Ausbildung). The presentation will…
The Political Bee: Apicultural Knowledge and Human Politics and in Ancient Greece
Seminar
My presentation revolves around a peculiar human habit that seems to have been popular in the ancient world but that is still with us today: attributing political qualities to honeybees. By distinguishing a ‘queen bee’ from ‘workers’ we continue a tradition that has its roots in classical antiquity…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - August
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…