PhD Pre-Submission Seminar: South Australian Printmaking since WWII
Lecture
Please join us for Dianne Longley’s thesis pre-submission seminar on Monday, 7th November at 4pm in the Milgate Room (A.D. Hope). For her PhD research, Dianne has been exploring Australian printmaking under the supervision of Sasha Grishin. Abstract For a brief moment in the history of Australian…
ANU FAAIA Annual Fundraising Dinner
Other
The ANU Friends of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (FAAIA) cordially invites you to their Annual Fundraising Dinner: 'The Iliad As It Should Be - Live and Loud': Readings by William Zappa from his dynamic adaptation of Homer’s Iliad William Zappa, (“Half Greek, half English, all…
Marriage networks and language identities in Arnhem Land and beyond
Lecture
Presented as part of the ANU Linguistics Seminar Series In the light of more recent research on the Maningrida languages, this paper extends an earlier comparison of Yolngu and Burarra kinship and marriage (Keen 1982) to consider in greater detail the relationship between, on the one hand, the…
‘How a Horse Faces a Hailstorm’: Close Reading, Websites and Content for the Anthropocene
Lecture
Presented as part of the SLLL Literary Studies Seminar Series In this paper I examine prose structures and government websites using critical reading practice to identify rhetorical and narrative devices common to both. Until now rarely used in evaluation of the digital interface, I argue such a…
Public Knowledge Symposium
Conference
Public Knowledge: Generating and Assessing Research with Impact across the Humanities, Social Sciences and the Creative Arts A Symposium in the Humanities Research Centre, ANU Understanding research impact is now a priority for scholars in Australian universities, since the Australian Research…
Writing Games with Dr James: James Miranda Barry in Neo-Victorian Life-Writing
Lecture
Presented as part of the Humanities Research Centre Seminar Series This lecture examines the representational choices made in neo-Victorian life-writing in reconstructing and re-imagining a historical case of transgender: James Barry, senior colonial medical officer of the British army from 1813 to…
Workshop: The Value of the Humanities in a Neoliberal Environment
Lecture
The Humanities Research Centre presents an informal, discussion-based workshop exploring the impact of neoliberal language and values on the humanities. Dr Hannah August will lead the discussion. She will present observations from her current research into the state of the humanities in New…