Past events
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Research Showcase
Other
ANU College of Asia & the Pacific invites you to attend their inaugural Research Showcase. One of the great advantages of ANU is its relatively small size and the potential for collaboration across Colleges. Yet one major barrier to inter-disciplinary collaboration is information. Often…
The crucial role of the early psychosocial environment in human reproductive developmental plasticity: an evolutionary perspective
Seminar
Across animal species, the early postnatal environment can have profound influences on the scheduling of growth, development and reproduction and ultimately the adult phenotype. A synthesis between evolutionary anthropology and developmental psychology in the 1980’s and 1990’s produced a new…
Dr Gaye Sculthorpe: 2017 Anthony Forge Memorial Lecture
Lecture
2017 Anthony Forge Memorial Lecture 'Lady Kintore’s Corroboree' by Dr Gaye Sculthorpe, Curator and Section Head of Oceania, British Museum Anthony Forge’s field research in Bali and Papua New Guinea is of course well-known including his making of new collections from both locations now held in…
Anthony Forge Memorial Lecture: Lady Kintore's Corroboree
Lecture
Lady Kintore’s Corroboree Recent research collaboration with Indigenous Australian communities and scholars on early Indigenous collections in British museums has elicited exciting new understandings of Australian material culture and history. This lecture will illustrate some of the ways in…
Beyond demands for more transparency: the importance of scale in institutional information practices
Seminar
A detailed study of how public-private infrastructure partnerships are governed and rendered visible, mainly in Canada, shows that accountability is not reducible to the availability of information about individual projects. The very same information practices that make projects visible to the…
The Rubies
Exhibition
Reception: 6pm Wednesday, 23 August 2017 Exhibition dates: 11 August - 9 September 2017 The Rubies is a celebration of the ANU SoA&D’s extraordinary EASS program and an acknowledgement of the generosity of the patrons who share a belief in the value of investing in Australia’s next wave of…
Blueprint
Exhibition
Reception: 6pm Thursday, 10 August Exhibition continues: 11 - 19 August 2017 Celebrating the outstanding design work of Canberra's year 11 and 12 students. Design has a vital role in shaping a fast-moving world: it’s about applied creativity, engagement and collaboration, as well as the art and…