Past events
ANU 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Final 2016
Lecture
The ANU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final 2016 An 80,000 word research project would take nine hours to present. Their time limit is three minutes! Join us for an evening of smart entertainment and catch a glimpse of the amazing research projects that are being conducted on campus by ANU PhD…
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…