Past events
Historians and lawyers — What can we learn from each other?
Seminar
School of History Seminar Series Speaker: Justice Richard Button, NSW Supreme Court It is not common for lawyers or judicial officers to think of themselves as historians. Nor is it common for jurors in criminal trials to be characterised in that way. And yet it could be said that the role of…
Australia and Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium
Book launch
The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies presents the book launch of: Australia and Latin America Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium Edited by Barry Carr and John Minns This is a good time to reflect on opportunities and challenges for Australia in Latin America.…
ANUpoll launch: Australian attitudes towards national identity
Other
Is speaking English an important part of being an 'Australian'? Does being born overseas make you less 'Australian'? Should the Queen still be our head of state? Join us over breakfast as we examine the results of the latest ANUpoll on Australian attitudes towards 'what it means to be Australian…
Inked in: The feminist politics of tattooing in Sarah Hall’s "The Electric Michelangelo"
Seminar
Presented as part of the SLLL Literary Studies Seminar Series 2015 This paper evaluates neo-Victorian fiction’s attempt to redress historical silences toward non-normative models of femininity through a case study of Sarah Hall’s The Electric Michelangelo (2004). Hall’s novel follows Grace, a…
Enlightenment and revolution: The role of enlightenment ideas in shaping the French Revolutionary factions (1780–1830)
Seminar
The democratic republican theories and the world-changing doctrine of universal and equal human rights proclaimed by both the American Revolution (1775–83) and the French (1789–99) derived from the subversive wing of the Enlightenment which historians nowadays call ‘Radical Enlightenment’. This…
The expressions for ‘translate’ and ‘interpret’ in the European languages (work in progress)
Seminar
Presented as part of the Language Change Seminar Series The words for ‘translate’ and ‘interpret’ are interesting in two respects: 1. They show how concepts are formed 2. They demonstrate paths of cultural influence in Europe Not all European languages distinguish the two concepts. The Romance…
art forum VISTING ARTIST: Professor A GUUT ZZA MOT
Lecture
Evolutionary Shifts in Yi Ethnic Minority Painting, in South West China Outside of Yi cultural circles, the origins of Yi ethnic minority people in South West China is largely still unknown. Nonetheless, Yi people are believed to have originated from Zhaotong in present day Yunnan Province,…