Soil Breathes | Sophia Dacy-Cole
Gallery
You are invited to commune with the local soils. These artworks were all made in collaboration with the soils I steward at Wamboin, a short drive from here. Myself and my workshop participants have used scientific tools as tools of soil communion and intimacy. We have used microscopes and…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - April 2025
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength include…
Kate Howell (ANU): ‘Buddhist Relic Practice in Gandhāra: A Spatial and Temporal Network’
Seminar
Relic practice has long been identified as the most significant element of Buddhist religious culture in ancient Gandhāra. While scholars have noted the relic cult’s special vitality, its significance has not been subject to critical investigation. Why this lacuna? Earlier Western scholars…
An Everyday Militarisms Anzac Day Walk & Picnic
Workshop
What exactly do we eat when we eat a biscuit? Join us on Anzac Day for a potluck picnic and taste workshop. We will walk along the new 3km trail commencing at Gubbuh Gubbuh (Middle Head) on unceded Borogegal land (Sydney), NSW. Ship biscuits and Anzac biscuits will be supplied for…
Techne and the Human Sciences in the 21st Century: Winter Institute Colloquium
Seminar
The Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) is pleased to invite ANU staff to a special colloquium at which this year’s attendees at the Winter Institute (U-Tokyo, 6-10 January 2025) will summarise their presentation topic from January and discuss how their ideas have developed as a result of…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - May 2025
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength include…
Reading Communists: the Literary Histories of Postcolonial Anti-communism
Seminar
All welcome, no registration required. Join in-person or via zoom (details below)In recent years, several strands of postcolonial and world literary studies have seen a welcome turn to the conjuncture of decolonisation and the global Cold War. As Peter Kalliney puts it in The Aesthetic Cold…