Coming into Relation: Indigenous Time and Place in the Archaeology of California
Lecture
This lecture builds on Dr. Schneider’s work as an affiliated scientist with the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science. It highlights relationality within his archaeological, historical, and collections-based research on Indigenous hinterlands as…
Paper Injuries: Diagnostic Time, Occupational Diseases and the Event-Form in Turkey
Lecture/seminar
Drawing on an ethnographic study of occupational health litigation in Turkey, this talk examines how bureaucratic standards of evidence shape litigant workers’ moral and social existence. In Turkey, among roughly 12,000 workers who visit occupational hospitals annually for care and…
Honours Student Short Talks
Seminar
Our next CAR Seminar Series will be led by our Honours cohort, who will present their research. This will be held in person only in the AD Hope Conference Room. Details below:Maddy Bannerman, A micromorphological and petrographical analysis of the Kromdraai Palaeokarst stratigraphyCharlie…
We are in this together: One Health Approaches to lemur conservation.
Seminar
Lemurs are the most endangered animals in the world, with 98% threatened with extinction. However, they also live in direct connection to people and their domestic animals. This situation creates a complex system of interactions that needs to be considered for effective conservation outcomes that…
Perceptual Novum: Sensory Storytelling in South Korean Science Fiction
Lecture/seminar
A distinctive feature of twenty-first century feminist South Korean science fiction is that the novum, the strange newness that sets the text’s story world apart from the reader’s empirical reality, often relates to sensory perception. Literary theorist Darko Suvin famously defines science fiction…
Wellspring Series 2026: Singing the News in Early Colonial Australia
Activity
Singing the News in Early Colonial Australia revives a centuries-old tradition of singing ballads as a form of news transmission. Associate Professor Una McIlvenna and PhD Candidate Madeline Sargeant will trace the journey of news ballads from European streets and marketplaces, via convict and…
Pathways in Linguistics | Panel Discussion
Panel discussion
Join us for a panel discussion of career journeys, career advice, and best ways to prepare for the job market. The panel includes linguistics graduates who are currently working in different fields, drawing on the knowledge and skills that they obtained during their degree.SpeakersKyla Quinn: Data…