Past events
The Humanities and the Sciences: a colloquium
Lecture
A one-day colloquium to interrogate the common assumption that these two broad, competitive cultures operate divisively within our universities and our society. Four major thinkers – two scientists, two from the humanities – have been invited to address the question of the similarities and…
PIAZZOLLA TANGO Concert
Entertainment
On October 8 the Larry Sitsky Room at the ANU School of Music will be filled with the music of tango maestro, Astor Piazzolla, performed by the great Argentine pianist, Marcela Fiorillo, who will soon be departing on a concert tour beginning at Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26 (Conservatory of Músic UiTM…
Official opening of Centre for Classical Studies
Other
Join us in celebrating the future of Classical Studies at the ANU as Nobel laureate Professor Brian Schmidt AC officially opens the Centre. Brought to you by the College of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics and Centre for Classical Studies.
Friends of the School of Music present: Historic instruments concert - Vienna: "the land of the clavier"
Entertainment
Piano Masterworks from 18th and 19th-century Vienna “Vienna is certainly the land of the clavier!” wrote Mozart enthusiastically to his father from Vienna in June of 1781. Viennese piano technology was renowned across Europe from Mozart to Brahms and the works written for the unique Viennese…
Being language: Roles, responsibility and respect in Ngaanyatjarra society
Lecture
How you speak and what you talk about reveals much about your society and its worldview, how you manage knowledge, what you consider beautiful, and how you relate to others. Drawing on a large collection of recordings of verbal arts from the Western Desert region of Central Australia, Ellis will…
Being language: Roles, responsibility and respect in Ngaanyatjarra society
Lecture
CASS Annual Public Lecture on Future Directions in Indigenous Research 2015 This lecture will be followed by a performance by musical artists Biliirr and a reception: 6.30-8.00pm. Please register via Eventbrite for the event and performance. How you speak and what you talk about reveals much…
Two-by-four: Canberra Mentorship Exhibition 2015
Entertainment
Reception: 09 October 2015 6:00pm Two-by-four is the inaugural exhibition of the Canberra Mentorship Prize. Four acclaimed artists from Canberra– Byrd, Megan Jackson, Peter Vandermark & Samantha Small – have spent 2015 mentoring four ANU School of Art graduates: Isobel Rayson, Kael Stasce,…