Follow the Reader, or, Political fiction, but not as we know it
Lecture
Presented as part of the Literary Studies Seminar Series This paper begins to trace the history of the popular novel about politics into the first decade of the 20th Century. These fictions figure what Emily Apter has described as “politics ‘small p.’”—the daily machinations and scandals of…
Children and the Future in Virgil’s Aeneid
Other
The Friends of the ANU Classics Museum invite you to a talk by Dr Anne Rogerson, Charles Tesoriero Lecturer in Latin, University of Sydney, at 8 pm, Thursday 26 February 2015, in the Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre (The Tank) ANU. Topic: Children and the Future in Virgil’s Aeneid Virgil’s Aeneid is an…
Reading Across Borders: Michelle de Kretser
Lecture
Michelle de Kretser, winner of the Miles Franklin Award in 2013, will read from her new novella, Springtime, and will talk about her writing with Dr Julieanne Lamond, an expert in Australian literature. Springtime: A Ghost Story, has been described by James Bradley as a ‘thrilling sublimation of…
Get Ready for ANU Day, Friday 30 January 2015
Meeting
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Comparative Australian Linguistics Workshop
Conference
The timing of this workshop is linked to (a) an inter-disciplinary workshop KIMBERLEY POINTS: AN ARCHAEOLOGY-LINGUISTICS WORKSHOP 20-22 January 2015, Australian National University, organised by Patrick McConvell and Tim Maloney, and (b) the presence in Canberra of Luisa Miceli in January. Two…
Scales of Memory: Violence, (In)Justice and Dynamics of Remembrance
Conference
All are welcome to attend this symposium offered in collaboration with the Network in Transnational Memory Studies and supported by ANU's Research School of Humanities & the Arts and College of Arts and Social Science. >> Symposium Program (Final, uploaded 10 Dec 2014 - 692K PDF) >…
Apology as Cultural Performance: Bloody Sunday 1972–2010
Lecture
Public lecture in conjunction with a symposium: ‘Scales of Memory: violence, (in)justice and remembrance' >> Lecture Poster (467KB) In this talk, I build a bridge between discussions in transitional justice and cultural memory studies by examining public apology as both a technology of…