Audiovisual perception of L2 vowels
Seminar
Presented by Dr Solène Inceoglu (ANU) as part of the Linguistics Seminar Series Face-to-face interaction often involves the simultaneous perception of the speaker’s voice and facial cues (e.g., lip movements) making speech perception a multimodal experience (Rosenblum, 2005). Whether second…
Day of the Portuguese Language Celebration
Activity
Dr Kate Mitchell (Head of the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics) and Dr Elisabeth Mayer (Director ANCLAS) together with HE the Ambassadors Abel Guterres — Timor-Leste Paulo Cunha-Alves — Portugal Manuel Innocencio de Lacerda Santos Jr. — Brazil have the honour…
The Forgotten Spinozist: Romain Rolland, Gilles Deleuze, and the Figure of Christ
Lecture
Presented by Ash Collins as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series To this day, the thinking of Spinoza still serves as a powerful tool for those seeking to negotiate the nexus between theological transcendence and the immanence of worldly existence. This paper explores the thought of one of…
Fieldwork methods: cross-cultural differences among indigenous communities in Peru
Lecture
Presented as part of the CoEDL-ANU Linguistics Seminar Series Conducting research across indigenous communities with cross cultural differences presents various challenges at a personal and methodological level. In this talk we will share our previous experiences working with Quechua, and Ashaninka…
“After the Empire”: Haunting and Nostalgia in the Postcolonial Spectropolis
Lecture
Presented by Anuparna Mukherjee as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series My paper delves into the question whether the grotesque and the fantastic can work concurrently with mainstream historiography to interpret a postcolonial city through the affective windows of nostalgia and trauma. It is…
ANU Language Teaching Forum
Lecture
Developing an educational toy for Japanese language: Fostering analytical skills through grammar acquisition This paper reports on a unique cross-disciplinary collaboration project between researchers in Japanese language education and in Industrial Design. The project developed an educational…
Theoclymenos, the "overlooked" Homeric refugee
Other
Presented as part of the ANU Centre for Classical Studies seminar series. Scholars have traditionally given short shrift to the suppliant seer Theoclymenos and his initial appearance in the 'Odyssey', in which he seeks refuge with Odysseus’ son Telemachos (15.223–286, 508–546). Theoclymenos is…