The company words keep: studying semantic change in Portuguese and Spanish
Seminar
In recent years, researchers investigating changes in word meaning have employed computational methods to identify instances of change and to trace patterns of semantic shifts over time (Hamilton et al. 2016, Rodda et al.2017; see Tang 2018, Tahmasebi et al. 2018 for overviews). This vein of…
Webinar: Ordinary and extraordinary end-of-life talk: Latest evidence
Webinar/Online
This webinar presents the latest research evidence and teaching practice about end-of-life communication in clinical settings. Moderated by Leigh Donovan, a social worker with clinical and research experience in palliative care from children, this webinar will allow you to hear from experts in…
Seminar: Health literacy, clinician language and social determinants of health
Seminar
The ANU Institute for Communication in Health Care presents Health literacy, clinician language and social determinants of health A seminar by Professor Jon Jureidini (School of Medicine, University of Adelaide) JOIN ZOOM MEETING Language is critical to the management of chronic illness. One…
Sicily: The Levant’s foothold in Italy
Seminar
While the eastern part of Sicily was thickly settled by Greeks in the 8th century BCE, the west was in Phoenician hands, with cities at Mozia, Palermo and Solunto. People from the Levant had already been visiting the island in the Bronze Age, when their principal destination seems to have been the…
Australian Literature in the Shadow of the Colonial Patriarchy
Conference
Australian Literature in the Shadow of the Colonial Patriarchy Monday 24 October & Tuesday 25 October Sessions held at the RSSS Auditorium, ANU and Online. Access the program
“You’re too smart to be a publicist”: Perceptions, expectations and the labour of book publicity
Seminar
The representation of publicists in popular culture appears to have a direct relationship with the ways in which publishing sector publicity staff are perceived by their colleagues and peers, which in turn has a distinct knock-on effect on work practices and labour conditions. In this seminar, we…