National Gallery of Australia Virtual Conference | Know My Name
Conference
Delivered virtually over four afternoons and two evenings, the Know My Name Conference celebrates all women as artists, activists, researchers, intellectuals and mentors now and into the future. Foregrounding First Nations perspectives and diverse voices, the event will bring together leading and…
ACUADS Conference | Crisis and Resilience: art and design looks ahead
Conference
In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the devastation of recent Australian bushfires, the 2020 ACUADS Conference will explore the theme of crisis and resilience. With the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic yet to be realised and a recent Australian defence…
Higher Degree Research Seminar II
Seminar
Please join us over two days for our next Higher Degree Research Seminar and support our PhD and MPhil candidates who are giving their research presentations. The seminar is open to all and we welcome your involvement. Professor Denise Ferris will open the seminar, and our HDR speakers…
Alice Tay Lecture on Law & Human Rights: Human Rights and COVID-19
Webinar/Online
The Herbert & Valmae Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry is pleased to invite you to the 2020 Alice Tay Lecture on Law and Human Rights. Professor Sarah Joseph will be presenting on the topic 'Human Rights and COVID-19' COVID-19 is causing a health emergency but also a human rights…
HRC Seminar: Comets, Dynasts, Immensities: Thomas Hardy, Space and Time, 1880-1930
Seminar
In this lecture, Prof Stevenson will explore ways that the bright comet of 1881, one of several Thomas Hardy might have witnessed, encouraged interests in the depths of the cosmos which shape Two on a Tower (1882) and later writing such as The Dynasts (1904-08). New awareness of…
HRC Seminar: 1788 Fire and 2020 Vision
Seminar
This talk looks at how we confront fire today, how people confronted it in 1788, and what we might learn from the contrast. Bill Gammage, AM, is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the HRC, mainly researching 1788 land management. He is the author of The Broken Years: Australian…
Henry Parkes Oration 2020 - Professor Mark Kenny
Lecture
Why looking back is the only way forward: COVID-19, the Federation, and the chance of genuine reconciliation You are invited to hear Professor Mark Kenny, Australian Studies Institute, ANU give the Henry Parkes Oration 2020 - Why looking back is the only way forward: COVID-19, the…