Monday, October 5, 2009 - 11:24
The Key Thinkers Seminar Series will be held from May through November. The series converges with cross-cultural and biography RSH themes, it’s a flexible format drawing on prominent ANU academics who discuss the significance and legacy of intellectuals, activists, writers, and artists, those ‘key thinkers’ who have been important influences on their work.
All lectures are on a Tuesday from 5pm-6.30pm, they run for approximately fifty minutes allowing time for questions.
Converor: Ned Curthoys ned.curthoys@anu.edu.au
Program
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Date
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Presenter
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Venue
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5 May
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Debjani Ganguly on Gandhi
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Conference Room, Old Canberra House
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2 June
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Iain McCalman on Darwin
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Innovations Lecture Theatre - location
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14 July
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Kader Konuk on Erich Auerbach
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Hedley Bull centre - Theatre HB2 - location
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25 August
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Dipesh Chakrabarty on Frantz Fanon
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Hedley Bull centre - Theatre HB1 - location
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22 September
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Melinda Hinkson on W.E.H. Stanner
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Hedley Bull centre - Theatre HB1
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20 October
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Gillian Russell on E.P. Thompson
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Hedley Bull centre - Theatre HB1
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17 November
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Alexander Cook (TBA)
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Hedley Bull centre - Theatre HB2
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Saturday, October 3, 2009 - 11:17
Presented by the Research School of Humanities and the National Museum of Australia.
Seminars will be held on Wednesdays from 12.30 - 2pm in either the Conference Room or the Theatrette, Old Canberra House.
Venue could be subject to change.
Convenors: Kylie Message, Sarah Scott and Caroline Turner
Contact: kylie.message@anu.edu.au, sarah.scott@anu.edu.au, caroline.turner@anu.edu.au
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Date
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Presenter
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Topic
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23 February*
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Rose Issa, Independent curator, producer and writer specialised in the visual arts and films from the Middle East and North Africa
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Collections of Contemporary Art from the Islamic World in Museums in Britain, Europe and USA (abstract)
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4 March
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Susan Lowish, Lecturer in Australian Art History, University of Melbourne
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The object of Australian Aboriginal Art History (abstract)
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1 April
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Louise Douglas, General Manager, Audiences & Programs, National Museum of Australia
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Representing Colonial Australia at British, American and European International Exhibitions
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6 May
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Patricia Sabine, Head, Photographs Film Sound & Multimedia AWM; President, Museums Australia
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The Museological Problem of Managing an Institution covering Science, History and Art.
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5 August
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Professor Ken Taylor, Research School of Humanities, ANU
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Landscape as Open Air Museum: Culture on Display
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26 August
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Professor Kim Youngna, Director, Seoul National Museum Korea
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Museums in Korea
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2 September
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Conal McCarthy, Director, Museums and Heritage Studies programme, Victoria University of Wellington
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Ngā kākano e rua: Biculturalism at work in New Zealand Museums
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7 October
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Bernice L Murphy, Director, Museums Australia
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The Challenge of Changing Horizons of Ethics in Museums
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* Please note that this seminar is being held on a Monday
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 11:52
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 11:50
Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 11:49
Friday, June 5, 2009 - 11:39
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Seminar - Personal Bigotry and Politics of Public Violence in India
Dr Dibyesh Anand
Visiting Fellow Freilich Foundation, 2009
Reader in International Relations
Centre for the Study of Democracy
Westminster University
June 26th, 1pm
Theatrette Old Canberra House,
Lennox Crossing ANU
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Eminent Lecturer Series, November 2009
Women and War
Professor Hilary Charlesworth and other eminent scholars will deliver a series of lectures on the theme of Women and War.
This lecture series will consider women's complex relationship to war and conflict. It will investigate the images of womanhood that are used in decisions about the use of force as well as the effect of conflict on women.
This lecture series will be held at the ANU during the month of November. Further details to be announced.
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Exhibitions
A Brighter Day
An art exhibition sponsored by the Freilich Foundation for the 2009 Summer School.
A Brighter Day
by Ursula Frederick and Katie Hayne
The Herbert and Valmae Freilich Foundation presents: “A Brighter Day”
an exhibition held as part of the Freilich Foundation summer school in Religion and Bigotry 2009.
Do you pray? Do you protest? What do you believe in? No matter where your faith lies – religion, politics, the environment or simply peace – within us all is a brighter day.
About the artists:
Ursula is an archaeologist and artist. She is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Art, ANU. Katie is a digital media developer and lecturer at the Research School of Humanities, ANU. Katie and Ursula have worked on several collaborative photomedia projects, “A Brighter Day ” is their most recent work.
http://www.anu.edu.au/hrc/freilich/summer_school/lanterns/index.htm
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Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:46
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney (guest curator, Dr. Carolyn Strange, RSH, ANU)
Foundation Professor of Geography at the University of Sydney, Griffith Taylor (1880-1963) was a remarkable man – a driven intellectual and a superb self-publicist.
Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:48
A multi-media event
9.30am to 5pm
The Studio, National Museum of Australia
Through music, film, poetry, visual art, dance and discussion, this event explores a wide range of expressions and interpretations of environmental anxiety.
Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 11:27
Friday, May 1, 2009 - 11:30
(Starting) 15 May (1.00-2.30pm)
The Friday Forum is a venue for scholars, artists and performers to present ideas in a variety of formats: debates, round tables, conversations with creators, performances, and focused discussions on matters of public importance.
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 11:33
Human and basic rights through the eyes of Germany and Australia, University House
On 23 May 2009, Germany will mark the 60th anniversary of the Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, the German Constitution.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 11:37
Join Helen Ennis, Associate Professor of Art Theory at The Australian National University School of Art, for a look at the Australians who photographed the artists of the Ballets Russes.
12.30 pm Conference Room, free
Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or bookings@nla.gov.au
Friday, April 10, 2009 - 11:53
The annual AAANZ conference for 2009 will be hosted by The Australian National University. The conference will be held in Canberra on the evening of 26 November and two full days on 27 and 28 November. The conference organisers are:
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 14:05
In the lead up to Anzac Day a research team wants the nation to reconsider its fixation on the 1915 Gallipoli campaign by raising awareness about the long and complex history of conflict and settlement on the Gallipoli peninsula.
The Australian researchers are pulling together the first exhaustive history of the Gallipoli region from the Bronze Age through to the 21st century commemorative industry.
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:56
Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 11:57
Workshop for ANU Staff and Students
National Europe Centre, ANU, 1 Liversidge Street, Canberra.
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 11:55
European, Australian and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
Finkel Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research,
Building 131 – ANU, Garran Rd, Acton ACT 0200
On Tuesday, 07.04.2009 between 5.30 – 6.30 pm there will be a Reception at the National Europe Centre, 1, Liversidge Street, ANU.
Hosted by the National Europe Centre, Research School of Humanities,Australian National University (ANU)
Thursday, January 1, 2009 - 11:59
