Reading Across Borders: Luke Stegemann on 'The Beautiful Obscure'
Lecture
Join us for a conversation with Luke Stegemann about his recently published book The Beautiful Obscure. Consuelo Martínez Reyes will lead the conversation with Luke, which will be followed by a Q&A. This book conversation is free and open to the public. For centuries a…
Prophetic dreams and how to bring down an emperor in Maximus the Confessor
Other
Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series Maximus the Confessor (c. 580‐662) considered dreams to be involuntary. He used this position to defend himself against the charge of treason at his trial in Constantinople in 655. The charge was based on an allegation that…
v. Revisited: Harrison, Rimbaud, and the Communards
Seminar
Presented as part of the SLLL Thursday Lunchtime Seminar (TLS) series Tony Harrison (1937 ‐ ) is one of England’s greatest political poets, elegists, and verse dramatists of the 20th and 21st centuries, and the stature of his contribution to literature has been recognised by the canonisation of his…
Hwaet! A meeting to solve an ancient riddle
Lecture
Join the Anglo-Saxon Reading Group for this special meeting to decipher a 1000-year old Anglo-Saxon text and solve its riddle. (No Anglo-Saxon knowledge required!) Interested attendees should get in touch with Dr Cynthia Allen at Cynthia.Allen@anu.edu.au to request a copy of the riddle…
Anita Heiss Rewrites the Public Intellectual for 21st Century Australia
Seminar
Presented by Imogen Mathew as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series Aboriginal intellectual interventions in contemporary Australia come in many shapes and sizes, from the @IndigenousX twitter account to Stan Grant’s 2015 IQ2 Racism address. My research gives one account of how these…
ANU Language Teaching Forum
Lecture
'Variations on cultural themes: creating multi-level resources for the adult learner' Presented by Gabrielle Quadraccia as part of the ANU Language Teaching Forum The ANU Language Teaching Forum provides a discussion platform for language teachers and researchers across ANU colleges. It also…
Information Session: Applying for Non-ARC Grants
Seminar
Professors Jacqueline Lo, Frank Bongiorno and Diana Slade will share suggestions for writing successful applications for category 2 and 3 grants, and will talk about how they initiated and built relationships with grant partners. Dr John Shellard will discuss how the university can support…