Past events
Vampires in Ancient Rome
Seminar
The free Classics Seminar Series 2015 continues as Dr Joan Stivala speaks about ‘Vampires in ancient Rome’. As usual, after the talk discussion will continue over light refreshments in the ANU Classics Museum. All most welcome.
Reconstructing the politics of everyday life, 1945–1990
Seminar
This paper turns to the surviving field-notes of English community studies from the mid-1940s to the late 1980s to ask how people understood the social and cultural changes of the post-war era as they were happening. It explores the methodological issues involved in returning to such material,…
William Zappa in the ANU Classics Museum - Experience the Iliad--as in the ancient world
Seminar
Australian actor, playwright and director William Zappa was commissioned by ABC Radio drama to explore adapting Homer's Iliad as a radio play. When Radio drama ceased to exist, his passion for the work continued and he decided to keep on working on an adaptation of the Iliad that lends itself to…
William Zappa in the ANU Classics Museum - Experience the Iliad as in the ancient world
Seminar
Australian actor, playwright and director William Zappa was commissioned by ABC Radio drama to explore adapting Homer's Iliad as a radio play. When Radio drama ceased to exist, his passion for the work continued and he decided to keep on working on an adaptation of the Iliad that lends itself to…
React locally: How language creation can be a response to global language pressures
Seminar
In this case study Professor O'Shannessy shows that a community’s response to global pressure can be one of dynamic creativity. One small Warlpiri community in the Northern Territory has reacted creatively to global pressure from English by incorporating elements of Warlpiri and varieties of…
Ireland and the ‘Greater War’ 1912-1923
Lecture
Few countries were more decisively affected by the Great War than Ireland. Irishmen from all backgrounds (210,000 of them) fought in greater numbers than in any other conflict in the country's history while Ireland's modern political shape to a large extent derives from the war. Yet despite the…
Is Art Relevant Today? Debate at Monster Bar
Other
The panel will explore art within contemporary society and its cultural and social relevance. Leading social and academic figures will discuss and debate what art means to us. Is art the provenance of the elite, or is it something more fundamental to who we are? Join this diverse and informed body…