Past events
Thebes on stage and on site: tragedy, re-enactment, and textual topographies
Seminar
Thebes was the paradigmatic city of Greek tragedy. Its distinctive walled topography offered a sealed conceptual space in which its ruling dynasty played itself out to destruction. Thebes was also a concrete place, a city with its own particular history. This paper looks at the ways that the…
Book club at SLLL
Other
Our pilot book club at SLLL will give students the opportunity to discuss books published in various languages so that you can venture on to read in your language of study or in English and exchange observations within a plurilingual environment. Of course, interesting issues regarding translation…
2015 John Passmore Lecture
Lecture
Title: Constructivism in ethics and the problem of attachment and loss Since the overall view is too much to defend in one paper, I focus on developing one limited part of it. I begin by offering a general characterisation of the constructivist strategy for vindicating the objectivity of ethics.…
Snudging cheapskates and magnificent profusion: the conceptual baggage of ‘mean’ and ‘generous’
Seminar
Dr Mooney examines the words that are used to refer to or describe people who are generous or not so generous with their money. By identifying the conceptual baggage (McConnell-Ginet 2008) carried by the many words that mean ‘generous’ and ‘mean’ she will seek to describe some of the cultural…
CASS Mid Year Graduation Luncheon
Other
Professor Toni Makkai, Dean of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences invites you to attend a CASS graduation celebration luncheon. Date: Wednesday 15 July 2015 Time: 12:00-1:00pm Location: University House You are encouraged to come dressed in full academic regalia. Please note:…
Reading Across Borders: Dr Jini Kim Watson with Assoc Prof Debjani Ganguly
Seminar
Presented as part of the Readings Across Borders Seminar Series The Australian Government’s extreme and militarised response to asylum seekers since 2001 has been much criticised, primarily by legal scholars from the standpoint of international and human rights law. The goal of this paper, in…
The Hon Bob Carr: Palestine and Middle East Peace
Lecture
Bob Carr's presentation is timely, coming just ten days before this year's ALP National Conference, which is expected to consider a resolution on Palestine and Middle East Peace. Presented by: Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine (AJPP) &Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) …