Hindi Express: phones, tablets and notebooks in class
Lecture
Presented as part of the ANU Language Teaching Forum The Language Teaching Forum aims to provide a discussion platform for language teachers and researchers across ANU colleges. Its main objective is to enhance the exchange of research and new approaches in language education. The forum is open to…
Seminar PT Downunder
Lecture
PT Downunder: Regional Research Group on Processability, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingual/Multilingual First Language Acquisition* The regional PT research group will be holding a seminar on Saturday, 21 March, from 2:00 – 5:30, which will be held at the Australian National University,…
Vampires in Ancient Rome
Lecture
Our free Classics Seminar Series 2015 continues on 19 March. Dr Joan Stivala will speak on ‘Vampires in ancient Rome’ As usual, after the talk discussion will continue over light refreshments in the ANU Classics Museum. All most welcome!
When Absence feels like Presence: Affect and Writing Australian Forest Imaginary
Lecture
Presented as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series. Dr Barbara Holloway will speak about : When Absence feels like Presence: Affect and Writing Australian Forest Imaginary The ‘undead’, in Eric Santner’s term, have a ‘dimension of surplus animation’ that he detects in the world of things…
William Zappa in the ANU Classics Museum
Other
Experience the Iliad--as in the ancient world Australian actor, playwright and director William Zappa was commissioned by ABC Radio drama to explore adapting Homer's Iliad as a radio play. When Radio drama ceased to exist, his passion for the work continued and he decided to keep on working on an…
Middleground as Battleground? Rethinking Indigenous Literary Success
Lecture
Presented as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series. Imogen Mathew will speak about "Middleground as Battleground? Rethinking Indigenous Literary Success". At first glance, Anita Heiss, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Sally Morgan have little in common. In recent decades, Heiss has risen to prominence…
Why Read Tragedy Today?
Lecture
Presented by the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Social Sciences in association with the National Library of Australia. Tragedy delivers bad news—it tells us, for one thing, that we are not in control of our own lives. So, why bother with it? Peter…