Past events
Degrees for high achievers - Melbourne
Advisory session
Are you looking for a program with that little bit extra? Does the opportunity to undertake research throughout your undergraduate degree excite you? ANU has developed a unique suite of elite and Undergraduate Research Degrees that lets you explore your specific interests, while you develop the…
Through the narrowing path: changing social norms and becoming 'leftover' women in contemporary China
Seminar
This talk investigates how China’s rapid social changes in the past three decades have created the problematics of 'leftover' women and how these single, educated women experience conflicting gender expectations at different life stages over time. To turn 'culture and demography' from 'reluctant…
Literature in the global context
Conference
Literary studies are being transformed by the emerging disciplinary field of world literature. Yet the world of literature is by no means self-evident. Issues of language and culture, national and global identity, originality and translation raise as many questions as they answer. What is the…
Segue 2016 - Australia meets Europe in Canberra
Festival
Presented by the ANU Centre for European Studies and The Street, Canberra WHEN CONTINENT MEETS CONTINENT Explore the cultural interplay between the continents of Australia and Europe Imagined with the idea of creating a platform in Canberra for an Australia-Europe cultural dialogue, …
The American Elections: Is winning a science or an art?
Lecture
Free public lecture and Q & A. Co-hosted by the School of Politics and International Relations and the Embassy of the United States of America. Two experts of American politics - one from the Democratic Party, one from the Republican Party - look at the current and most recent presidential…
Why we need Batman: The politics, philosophy and popularity of the caped crusader
Lecture/seminar
BAT BLURB Why is Batman so much better than Superman? What is it about the caped crusader that makes him perpetually cool? What does the Dark Knight reveal about our struggle for truth and justice? What would great philosophers like Plato and Nietzsche have to say about…
ANU School of Art Textile Symposium
Conference
The ANU School of Art Textile symposium is held in conjunction with Group Exchange: 2nd Tamworth Textile Triennial at Craft ACT: Canberra Craft & Design Centre. Group Exchange: 2nd Tamworth Textile Triennial is an exhibition of works created by 22 artists and groups from across Australia.…