Orientation in Viewing: The Art of Caspar David Friedrich
Lecture
Michael M. Fried is a poet, art historian, art and literary critic and is currently the J.R. Herbert Boone Professor of Humanities and Art History at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He has written extensively about a range of subjects, including abstract painting and sculpture since WW2,…
The print collections of the AWM and Imperial War Museum: Examining the relationship between collection and institution
Seminar
Project aims Alexandra Walton's doctoral project aims to interrogate the relationship between museum and collection using two collections as comparison case studies: the fine art print collections of the Imperial War Museum in London and the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. She approache this…
European Words Reinvented
Lecture
Creole languages are the products of a radical reinvention of linguistic, cultural and political systems, and in that sense, creoles based on European words hold the key to understanding the extent of European colonial and postcolonial influence in the world. Creolisation studies bring together…
Classics Seminar: Nikola Čašule - 'Cato’s Figs'
Seminar
Applying this approach to Roman Republican imperialism allows us to analyse the broader systemic factors behind the growth of Roman power. The paper will present two illustrative case studies. First, it will explore how Network Analysis can explain the long recognised, drastically different…
Renewable energy in Spain: Technology and politics
Lecture
As a result, one third of Spain’s electricity is generated from renewable sources. Spanish companies have also emerged as world leaders in a number of renewable energy technologies, notably wind power and concentrated solar. All this have been brought about by generous public funding schemes in R…
Launch of the Portuguese Language Course at ANU
Book launch
Portugese at ANU The Portuguese Language Course will start in the second semester of 2013 as an elective class for all Bachelor of Arts Programs at ANU and will also be open for M.A. and Ph.D students as well as to the wider Canberra community. Speakers – Dr Erik Lithander (Pro Vice-Chancellor…
Cities, imaginaries and publics: Making a virtue of adversity – Christchurch Art Gallery in the aftermath of the earthquakes
Seminar
Abstract Jenny Harper explores the Gallery’s staff response to this extended period of unplaned closure over the last two years,the growth of a cyberspace presence and the spread of the Gallery’s Outer Spaces programme of projects in the city. Although the Gallery functioned as the national…