Police Collecting of Ancestral Remains and Cultural Property, 1825-1930
Lecture/seminar
Police Collecting investigates the history, legality and contemporary implications of police collecting Indigenous Ancestral Remains and cultural property between 1825 and 1930, including the role of museums and governments in directing this activity. Focusing on collections held in Australia and…
Studying Maya Urbanism in the Age of Lidar: A Case Study of the Ancient City of Coba
Seminar
Presented online only, Zoom details below.During the Late Classic period, the city of Coba was one of the largest and most powerful cities in the Maya lowlands. While previous research at the site did not uncover much evidence of settlement prior to the sixth century CE, recent data suggest that…
Making the Subjects of Racism: Icelandic People and a Plaster Bust Collection in the Canary Islands
Lecture/seminar
In 1856, several plaster busts were created by a French expedition in Iceland and Greenland, revealing one of the many ways these countries were a part of European 19th-century colonial and imperial projects. Prince Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte—the son of Emperor Napoleon's younger brother— headed the…
Wellspring Series 2026: Reimagining Sex Work
Activity
Debates about sex work often recycle sensationalised images of sex workers; salacious, depraved or victimised, they are not truly flesh and blood, but stock characters made to play a role in moral and political fantasy. Such myths fuel the collective imaginary, and of all media, cinema has perhaps…
The Real and the Created in Ethnographic Film: An Ethnomusicologist’s Perspective
Lecture/seminar
Ethnographic filmmakers often struggle to balance the need to let people speak for themselves with the need to create a coherent presentation through their own creative hand. Ethnographic writers face similar challenges in choosing to approach their subjects through expository versus evocative…
Connecting arts, culture and heritage sectors through National Cultural Policy
Lecture/seminar
The Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at ANU is delighted to invite you to a seminar with Professor Mathew Trinca AM FAHA to relaunch its monthly seminar series. Prof. Trinca will discuss the opportunity of connecting Australia’s visual, literary and performing arts with the GLAM…
Anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: 3,000 years of adaptation and resilience on Efate, Vanuatu
Lecture/seminar
Join the Canberra Archaeological Society and the ANU Centre for Archaeological Research on Friday the 22nd of May for a special National Archaeology Week public lecture, delivered by the ANU's own Professor Stuart Bedford!Anthropogenic transformation of an island landscape: 3,000 years of…