Past events
ANU Aboriginal heritage trail guided tour
Activity
APOLOGIES BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT Help us launch the new Acton Aboriginal Heritage Trail, with a guided tour of the campus. Supported by an ACT Heritage Grant, this new trail explores the Aboriginal significance of the University site. Hear first-hand the importance of Sullivan’s Creek,…
Culture & Infrastructure: New Ethnographic Projects in Indonesia & Beyond
Conference
Ahmad Sadali, Gunungan Emas (The Golden Mountain), 1980. Oil, wood, canvas. Infrastructures are essential to the everyday workings of contemporary societies in Asia and the Pacific and to their articulation with globalizing forces. Yet most analyses overlook the profoundly cultural…
Social patterns of mortality: A window on the world we live in
Lecture
Mortality is a social phenomenon, a measure and reflection of the deaths, and survival, of millions of people. Over the past 200 years or so, mortality has dramatically declined, probably for the first time in human history. The historical experience has been varied, with, in some cases, 50…
Acton campus heritage tour
Activity
Construction of ANU administration buildings, 1950s Join ANU Heritage Officer Amy Jarvis on a guided tour of the Acton Campus. Walk through the University’s oldest precinct, the original administration area of the Federal Capital; admire the buildings’ diverse architectural styles from art…
Fourth Capoeira Senzala Festival 2016
Entertainment
A night of Brazilian roots music and performances, celebrating the unique gathering of musicians and capoeiraistas who are in Canberra for the Fourth Capoeira Senzala Festival 2016. This year our special international guests is Mestre Toni Vargas from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; a renowned musician…
Random 9
Exhibition
Light and Dark Reception: 07 April 2016 6:00pm Duration: Friday, April 8, 2016 - 10:30 - Saturday, April 16, 2016 - 17:00 Location: School of Art Foyer Gallery Established in 2010 as a collective for Canberra based artists, Random 9 provides a forum for artistic development and collaboration. For…
GLASS: art design architecture
Exhibition
Reception: 07 April 2016 6:00pm Duration: Friday, April 8, 2016 - 10:30 - Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 17:00 Location: School of Art Main Gallery Co-curated by JamFactory’s Brian Parkes (CEO) and Margaret Hancock Davis (Senior Curator). GLASS is a groundbreaking exhibition that showcases the work of…