Past events
Intercultural language teaching and learning: Rethinking language, culture and learning in the language classroom
Seminar
The need for language programs to attend to the development of intercultural understanding and intercultural communication has long been a commonplace in language education. Recent thinking in language education has argued that language education needs to do more than make claims the contribution…
Bridging the gap: Lean programming in remote Australia
Seminar
Lean methods offer a model for translating Closing the Gap policies to the real world that is both efficient and allows genuine partnership with community stakeholders. It focuses on validated learning, flexibility and adaptation to local needs, rather than implementing a fixed (often redundant)…
Anthropologies of Transmission and Theologies of Creation
Seminar
Recently Joel Robbins has argued that sociocultural anthropology ought to engage critically with theology in order to recapture the "promise" of understanding otherness. Both anthropology and theology have long focused on questions of transmission, or the circulation and uptake of socially…
The 2nd Australian International Chopin Piano Competition Stage 2
Concert
The Second Australian International Chopin Piano Competition will be held at the ANU School of Music from 15-21 September 2014. The preliminary stage will be split over two days, Tuesday 16 September and Wednesday 17 September, with each day consisting of four heats.
The reinvention revolution: The makeover industries in the 21st century
Lecture
From cosmetic surgery to self-help manuals, psychotherapy to life coaching, career design to corporate re-brandings: ours is the era of 'reinvention'. In this provocative public lecture, acclaimed sociologist Professor Anthony Elliott assesses the spread and sweep of contemporary reinvention…
Hidden histories - increasing our understanding of the past and present together
Lecture
You are invited to be part of an interactive session exploring the rich cultural heritage of Australia and our shared past and the impact on health and educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Floriade 2014 - Bob Evans
Concert
Indy pop artist Bob Evans (aka Kevin Mitchell) will headline the ANU School of Music's Rhythm & Blooms concert series at Floriade 2014.