No upper bound: language science beyond the lab
Seminar
Presented in-person and Online via ZoomDespite its abstract and ivory-tower character, the science of language, in all its subdomains and manifestations, can come in handy in many facets of life. The multiple benefits include scientific thinking alongside the acquisition of a range of lifelong…
Lithic miniaturization provides a universal signature of an MIS4-3 southern dispersal of Homo sapiens
Seminar
Presented in person and online, details below.Fossil and artefactual evidence shows Homo sapiens in Eurasia well before 75 ka. However, genetic evidence suggests all extant non-African populations derive almost all of their ancestry from a dispersal that only diverged in the last 60…
PossumLab: Thinking through Human-Animal Relationships with "Man's Best"
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.PossumLab is a space to explore creative ethnographic work. Every semester, we read two comics and use them as a way to explore anthropological concepts. In the first instalment for 2026, Kylie Dolan and V. Chitra invite you to read and discuss…
On the Trail of the Hittite Kings
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 1The city of Hattusa in central Anatolia was the capital of the Hittite kingdom from the 17th century BCE to the early 12th century BCE. The sprawling city, which covers some 180 hectares, has long been thought to have had a sizable population of between 10,000-…
Inside Australian Land Claims: Some Anthropological Perspectives
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.This paper is a continuation of my long-standing interest in the interaction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and institutions, which I have called `intercultural’. The paper focuses substantively on some aspects of the intercultural in…
Life in a Desert City: New Discoveries from Ancient Trimithis (Egypt’s Western Desert)
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 2Amheida, the site of ancient Trimithis in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, is renowned for its well-preserved Late Roman remains, offering a rare glimpse into urban life far from the imperial centers of the Roman world. Over more than two decades of archaeological work, the site has…
Parramatta Redux: Film screening & discussion
Film
Parramatta Redux (38 minutes) uncovers the resilience of those who have called Parramatta home-from its First Nations custodians, whose deep spiritual connection to the river has endured for millennia, to early European settlers navigating unfamiliar lands, and successive waves of migrants who…