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The ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences draws together more than 20 teaching and research disciplines in the very broad field of arts, humanities and social sciences. With its spirit of experimentation and discovery and its commitment to instilling a love of life-long learning in its graduates, the College creates articulate citizens who contribute to Australia's social and cultural capital.
 

Upcoming events around the College

 CONFERENCE
Photographies: new histories, new practices
Thursday, 10 July 2008 - Saturday, 12 July 2008
Finkel Theatre
This conference will focus on photography in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region from the earliest uses of the photographic medium up to the present day. The conference will be interdisciplinary in scope, exploring connections with anthropology, ethics, fashion, history, literature and much more. It aims to consider new ways of thinking about photographic history, writing and practice.
 SEMINAR
Body, Mimesis, and Vision: Filming African Spirit Possession
Friday, 11 July 2008 at 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Theatrette, Old Canberra House
In this seminar, Dr Cecilia Pennacini explores spirit possession, the "elementary form" of most African traditional religions, which is essentially a sensual experience based on corporeal language. It is a technique of the senses (seeing "visions", hearing "voices", feeling kinesthetic sensations) that enable people to communicate one to each other overcoming the limits of the individual body and even of different languages and cultures.
 PUBLIC LECTURE
"Mystic, awful was the process": the suspicious encounters of literature and photography
Saturday, 12 July 2008 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
National Library of Australia / ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
To celebrate the start of VIVID, the inaugural National Festival of Photography, the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences is sponsoring a public lecture by acclaimed writer Gail Jones. Jones, whose writing explores the centrality of photography to modernity and the contest between images and words, will speak about writers' attitudes to portrait photography. The public lecture will close a three day conference on photography.
 SEMINAR
Lies and Truth in the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and Brezhnev
Monday, 14 July 2008 at 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
CAIS Lecture Theatre, Building 127
Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick will explore Soviet "truth-telling" in the 1950s-60s, with particular reference to the Novyi Mir phenomenon and some excursions into relativism, dialectics, and Aesopian language.
 PUBLIC LECTURE
The Commonwealth, the Courts and the Constitution
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Shine Dome, Gordon Street
This lecture will outline the manner by which the Commonwealth participates in, and thus influences the outcome of, constitutional cases before the courts, and argues that the Commonwealth's approach enables it to combine the best aspects of the public and private sectors.
 SEMINAR
The Architect and the Archaeologist: A Case Study of Norfolk Island - Canberra Archaeological Society Seminar
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Manning Clarke Centre Theatre 6
Norfolk Island conservation commenced in the late 1960s and continues today some 40 years on. During that period the architectural and archaeological aspects have evolved and changed as a result of a range of influences. The presentation will explore some of these influences and relationships.
 SEMINAR
Little more than girls: the youngest convicts transported on the Atwick (1838)
Friday, 18 July 2008 at 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Theatrette, Old Canberra House
None of the 25,000 women transported to Australia between 1788 and 1853 left self-authored accounts of their experiences. Most of what we know about these almost exclusively working-class women comes from the documentation of crime and punishment. These records, produced to serve the interests of the state, are often no more than lists filled out in response to formulaic categories, and yet some of the records yield snippets of story, as recent scholarship coming out of the Old Bailey On-line Project demonstrates. The records of trials at the Old Bailey can be read as records of story-telling within the generic restraints of courtroom discourse.
 PUBLIC LECTURE
Case Studies of Australian Social Policy- Family Payments
Monday, 21 July 2008 at 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Innovations Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building
This lecture traces the history of family payments in Australia from 1907 to 2008. The rationale of each policy direction is discussed and evaluated and ends with a consideration of the efficacy of the present system of payments and where we may be heading.
 PUBLIC LECTURE
Game Theory, Evolution and the Social Contract
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 at 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sparke Helmore 1, Fellows Road
This is a Jack Smart Public Lecture and will be a review of progress in naturalizing the theory of the social contract, using evolutionary game theory - broadly conceived.
 CONCERT
Fritz Hauser - Percussion
Thursday, 24 July 2008 at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Band Room, ANU School of Music, Bldg 100
Fritz Hauser develops solo programs for drums and percussion which he performs worldwide. In this concert he will perform both solo works and collaborative works with Head of Percussion Area at the School of Music, Gary France.
 CONCERT
Edward Neeman in Concert
Sunday, 27 July 2008 at 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Rehearsal Room 3, ANU School of Music, Bldg 100
Graduate of the ANU School of Music, pianist EdwardNeeman has won numerous competitions and awards across Australia, America and Spain.
 CONCERT
Austin Benjamin Trio / James le Fevre Quintet
Thursday, 31 July 2008 at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Band Room, ANU School of Music, Bldg 100
This concert of jazz will feature the James Le Fevre Quintet and the Austin Benjamin Trio.
 CONCERT
Music at Lunchtime: University House Concert
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
University House Hall
Music at Lunchtime, held on the second Tuesday of every month, is one of the most popular series in the ANU School of Music concert diary.
 CONCERT
String Soiree
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Rehearsal Room 3, School of Music, Bldg 100, ANU
String Soirees are amongst the most popular concerts of the ANU School of Music Expresso Series.
 CONCERT
Music at Lunchtime: University House Concert
Tuesday, 9 September 2008 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
University House Hall
Music at Lunchtime, held on the second Tuesday of every month, is one of the most popular series in the ANU School of Music concert diary.
 CONCERT
Canberra Museum and Gallery Concert
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 at 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Canberra Museum and Gallery
This concert offers a great opportunity to enjoy a superb performance by talented staff and students of the ANU School of Music before enjoying the fine exhibitions at the Canberra Museum and Gallery.
 CONCERT
String Soiree
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Rehearsal Room 3, ANU School of Music, Bldg 100
String Soirees are amongst the most popular concerts of the ANU School of Music Expresso Series.
 CONCERT
Music at Lunchtime: University House Concert
Tuesday, 14 October 2008 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
University House Hall
Music at Lunchtime, held on the second Tuesday of every month, is one of the most popular series in the ANU School of Music concert diary.
 CONCERT
String Soiree
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music, Bldg 100
String Soirees are amongst the most popular concerts of the ANU School of Music Expresso Series.
 CONCERT
Music in the Garden
Saturday, 25 October 2008 at 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Calthorpes' House, 24 Mugga Way, Red Hill, Canberra
Celebrate spring with a delightful afternoon of music in the garden at Calthorpes' House.
 CONCERT
Canberra Museum and Gallery Concert
Tuesday, 28 October 2008 at 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Canberra Museum and Gallery
This concert offers a great opportunity to enjoy a superb performance by talented staff and students of the ANU School of Music before enjoying the fine exhibitions at the Canberra Museum and Gallery.

Learn more about undergraduate, honours, graduate coursework and graduate research study in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences. The full list of research interests of our staff shows the depth and breadth of research activity in the College, much of which is focused around articulated themes.
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