Past events
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - September
Tour
Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength include domestic items,…
Alice Tay Lecture: Human Rights in Australia’s International Relations
Lecture
Human Rights in Australia’s International Relations Human rights occupy a curiously uncomfortable place in Australia’s international relations. Like liberal democracies the world over, Australia sees itself as a human rights leader, noting with pride its role in drafting the Universal Declaration…
Lost in Diagnosis: Navigating the communication challenge of misdiagnosis in women
Other
Each year in Australia, approximately 140,000 diagnostic errors occur, resulting in estimated 21,000 serious injuries and between 2,000 to 4,000 deaths. Communication is a contributing factor in up to 80% of diagnostic errors. Misdiagnosis is potentially worse for women, who often feel unheard or…
Dr Katherine Carroll & Dr Rebecca Mayo: Soft Advocacy
Seminar
Join us for a talk by Dr Katherine Carroll & Dr Rebecca Mayo: Soft Advocacy: How a quilt is bringing bereaved parents’ experiences of lactation after infant death to the centre of conversations with health care professionals. Abstract: Dr Katherine Carroll and Dr Rebecca Mayo will discuss…
ANU Flute Day 2023
Other
ANU Flute Day is back by popular demand! ANU Flute Day has become a key annual gathering of the Canberra flute community, bringing together ANU School of Music and Open School of Music flute students and pre-tertiary flute students from across Canberra and the region with Canberra’s leading flute…
The Enslaved Muse - a talk by Dr Tom Geue
Lecture
The Friends of the Classics Museum invite you to a talk by Dr Tom Geue, a Latin literature specialist and newly arrived staff member in the Centre for Classical Studies at ANU.The Muse is part of the furniture of classical poetry. By the time of Virgil, we barely notice she is there, and her…
Sound, Image, Text : Symposium
Conference
Sound, Image, Text: Symposium 24-25 August 2023 Sir Roland Wilson Building Room 2.02 Sound, Image, Text brings together a range of art historians, musicologists and literary scholars to speak on Jean-Benjamin de Laborde’s long-forgotten illustrated songbook Choix de Chansons (1773) and…