A method for mitigating the problem of borrowing in syntactic reconstruction
Lecture
Presented as part of the Language Change Seminar Series by Don Daniels, a postdoctoral fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. The last decade has seen a renewed interest in syntactic reconstruction, with particularly numerous attempts at reconstructing grammar being…
Global France, Global French 2015
Conference
The goal of this colloquium presented by the Humanities Research Centre at ANU is to offer an image of global France and global French, past, present and future. How have French culture and politics been shaped by encounters with European neighbours and with the non-European world? How do…
Post-traumatic stress disorder in Ancient Greece'
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Presented as part of the Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series ‘Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a relatively recent discovery in the field of psychiatry. With increased understanding of this condition, attempts have been made to identify cases of PTSD in the past—including in ancient Greece…
Literary Studies Seminar with Saskia Beudel and Lucy Neave
Lecture
Two speakers will present during this week's Literary Studies Seminar Series: Saskia Beudel will discuss 'Crossing Science and Literature: Interdisciplinarity and the Challenge of Global Environmental Change'. Lucy Neave will present 'Ghosts of the Archive: Intangible Acts of Composition and Their…
Info Session: Language Assistants Program in Spain 2016-2017
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PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH THE EMBAJADA DE ESPAÑA EN AUSTRALIA WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE AND TEACH IN SPAIN? Language Assistants Program in Spain 2016-2017 >> Program Flyer (241KB) The Language and Culture Assistants Program is an initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Education. The Program is…
Highbrow and Lowbrow Aesthetics, Post-brow Appreciation
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Presented as part of the Humanities Research Centre Seminar Series The division between high- and lowbrow art is pervasive, even if we don’t always use such outmoded terms. In this talk, I’ll present a couple of worries about the distinction, one historical and one political. I’ll argue that the…
The Humanities and The Sciences: A Colloquium
Conference
Presented by the ANU Humanities Research Centre A one-day colloquium to interrogate the common assumption that these two broad, competitive cultures operate divisively within our universities and our society. Four major thinkers – two scientists, two from the humanities – have been invited to…