Past events
Richard Tognetti & Polina Leschenko: in recital
Entertainment
On Tuesday 13 September 8pm, the Australian Chamber Orchestra presents a special concert featuring Richard Tognetti and acclaimed pianist Polina Leschenko, for one intimate performance only, at Llewellyn Hall. Featuring music by Beethoven, Brahms, Sculthorpe and Arvo Pärt - this is a rare chance…
Books that Changed Humanity #2: The Communist Manifesto
Lecture/seminar
Presented by the ANU Humanities Research Centre. Books that Changed Humanity is a book club with a difference. Each month, the Humanities Research Centre hosts an expert from one of a variety of disciplines, who will introduce and lead the discussion of a major historical text…
Turkey in Turmoil: Aftermath of the Coup Attempt
Lecture
Turkey in Turmoil: towards electoral sultanism in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt? On the night of July 15, 2016 Turkey experienced a coup attempt by a segment within the army and the country has been living under a state of emergency since then. The government quickly pointed to the…
Delve
Exhibition
Helen Braund, Leah Bullen, Tiffany Cole, Gosia Pilat and Lia Tajcnar’s exhibition is based on a shared creative longing for the sea. Based in Canberra, visits to the sea offered the artists an inspiring escape and fed their ideas of the sea as a metaphor of the imagination. The exhibition will…
Articulations of the Unknown
Exhibition
Presented as a series of images, Articulations of the Unknown will invite viewers to explore darkness as both an inner and outer phenomenon. Capitalising on the complexities of night and a shared interest in the outer limits of perception, Hutch and Anderson have applied an embodied art practice…
“My soul is in the streets of Buenos Aires”: the Porteño Urban Mythology of Jorge Luis Borges
Lecture
The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies presents: “My soul is in the streets of Buenos Aires”: the Porteño Urban Mythology of Jorge Luis Borges public lecture by Dr Faye Bendrups 2016 is the 30th anniversary of the death of J L Borges, arguably Argentina’s greatest writer and…
“My soul is in the streets of Buenos Aires”: the Porteño Urban Mythology of Jorge Luis Borges
Lecture
The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies presents: “My soul is in the streets of Buenos Aires”: the Porteño Urban Mythology of Jorge Luis Borges public lecture by Dr Faye Bendrups 2016 is the 30th anniversary of the death of J L Borges, arguably Argentina’s greatest…