Past events
Islamic banking, Islamic economics and Islamic studies: An epistemological exploration of disciplinary boundaries
Lecture
It is clear and common-sensical that ‘Islamic banking’ is a sub-discipline of ‘Islamic economics’, which itself is presumably a discipline within the broader, and long-established, field of inquiry referred to, at least since the 19th-century, as ‘Islamic Studies’. In this exploratory talk, I…
The art of Bharatanatyam: Classical Indian Dance history and current practice (a lecture demonstration for students)
Lecture
The School of Archaeology and Anthropology is delighted to present 'The art of Bharatanatyam, the history and current practice', a Lecture and Demonstration for students. The Lecture will provide a brief overview of the history of the Bharatanatyam Classical Indian dance form, and how its practice…
art forum VISITING ARTIST: Wei Leng Tay
Lecture
Through photography, Singaporean artist Wei Leng Tay considers how socio-economics, history, family and the state intersect with notions of displacement and self-identity. She is best known for portraits taken in spaces familiar to her subjects, typically their home or workplace, or a significant…
Noted Festival: Cold Like Concrete
Exhibition
Cold Like Concrete Reception: 15 March 2016 6:00pm Duration: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 10:30 - Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 17:00 Location: School of Art, Foyer Gallery The rhythms of poetry, narrative-based construction and oblique autobiography (the literary word) – labours to distort the visual…
New Encounters international conference
Conference
Image: en:Nambassa Trust and Peter Terry/Wikimedia Commons www.nambassa.com New Encounters is an upcoming international conference at the National Museum of Australia. It explores how Indigenous communities and museums around the world are re-thinking their relationships with…
An Iranian perspective on resolving crisis in the Middle East
Lecture/seminar
WE REGRET THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED AND WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKE ANY FURTHER BOOKINGS. Iran is playing an increasingly important role in combating terrorism and working for peace and security in the Middle East. In his only public address in Canberra, Iran's Foreign Minister, Mohammad…
Russia's stand off with the West: Cold War versus now
Lecture/seminar
Paul Dibb will draw on his 20 year experience in the Cold War in Australia’s intelligence and academic communities as an expert on the Soviet Union. He will compare the points of acute tension then and now in relationships between the Soviet Union/Russia and the West, focusing on such issues as:…