Past events
Reader responses to Indigenous Australian chick lit
Seminar
This paper reports on a survey of reader responses to Anita Heiss’ latest novel Tiddas, drawing chiefly on book reviews posted on personal blogs. My primary interest in conducting this research is to understand how readers interpret Heiss’ fiction. In her memoir Am I Black Enough for You, Heiss…
3/2015: Visual arts graduate season | Exhibition one
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Reception: 19 August 2015 6:00pm Yike Gao Master of Philosophy Photography and Media Arts The practice-led research project iMemory is an installation art based on the blueprint of my personal story. It is designed to investigate the influence of the Chinese media environment on the memories of…
Milestones in music: music criticism: the value of opinion
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Public Lecture - Professor Malcolm Gillies AM Join us for an evening of conversation as Professor Malcolm Gillies AM features in our first intallment of the Milestones in Music series for semester two - discussing the theme of 'Music criticism: the value of opinion'. Professor Malcolm Gillies AM…
“Development means eye-red”: Communicating feelings in Glocalised Ghanaian English
Seminar
An outcome of the spread of English around the world is its adoption by others for communicating local attitudes and values, ways of thinking and feeling. Some of the linguistic forms used in expressing feelings in Ghanaian English are not easily understood by speakers of other Englishes. Dr Ameka…
Using the Web to examine the evolution of the abortion debate in Australia 2006-2014
Seminar
In this research we use hyperlink network and website text content for around 200 pro-choice and pro-life organisations to examine the evolution in the abortion debate in Australia between 2006 and 2014. The hyperlink network data allows us to assess the extent to which pro-choice and pro-life…
Suddenness: on the speed of poetic
Seminar
My paper offers some preliminary conclusions from a three year ARC funded discovery project on the topic of poetic judgement. The project involved in‐depth interviews with 80 celebrated Anglophone poets from a range of countries north and south. In the paper I reflect on responses to a question…
Lunchbox: the band of the Royal Military College
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A wonderful way to spend your lunchtime break, don’t miss our FREE Lunchbox performances in Semester Two! Thursday, 13 August features a spectacular performance by the RMC Band. Don't forget Biginelli's cafe are offering a $5 cake and coffee deal to all who attend these free concerts! The Band of…