Past events
Lunchbox: Jazz Collective - Mingus meets Joni
Entertainment
A wonderful way to spend your lunchtime break, don’t miss our FREE Lunchbox performances in Semester Two. This concert features the ANU Jazz Collective performing the music of Charles Mingus and Joni Mitchell's collaborative project. Mingus is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter…
School of Art Sir William Dobell Annual Lecture
Lecture
'UnAustralian Painting in 1970', co-authored by Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson Presented by Rex Butler The year 1970 was an important turning point in Australian art. Bernard Smith in the second, updated edition of Australian Painting moved on from the unacknowledged ‘Antipodean Manifesto’ that…
Vietnam as if... Tales of Youth, Love and Destiny
Book launch
Vietnam as if… follows five young people who have moved from the countryside to the city. Their dramatic everyday lives illuminate some of the most pressing issues in Vietnam today: ‘The Sticky Rice Seller’ explores gender roles; ‘The Ball Boy’ is all about the struggles of sexual…
Ethnic concentration, disadvantage and employment in Sydney and Melbourne
Seminar
While various scholars have linked ethnic segregation and socioeconomic disadvantage with negative labour market outcomes, a prosperous ethnic economy can facilitate job opportunities according to the enclave hypothesis. Furthermore, immigrants across many countries have higher rates of…
Disaster management in Peru: a social process
Lecture
Peru - a land dominated by arid coastal regions, the Amazon Basin and the Andes mountains - is located on what geologists call the Pacific Ocean 'Ring of Fire' due to its intense seismic activity. On average there are 400 earthquakes annually in Peru and there have been catastrophic earthquakes,…
art forum VISITING ARTIST: Martin Janecky
Lecture
Martin Janecky began his career with glass at the age of 13 and later explored sculpting methods in the Czech Republic. By the time he was 20, he was employed by leading artists and designers around the world to assist and to execute specific works. Janecky has served as an instructor, visiting…
art forum COMMUNITY: David Hansen
Lecture
David Hansen visited Venice in April for the Vernissage of the 2015 Venice Biennale. In this art forum travelogue, he looks at the city and its monuments and at the Biennale and its satellites. In particular, he considers Okwui Enwezor’s ‘All the world’s futures’, the Biennale’s curated exhibition…