Back to the future: Society, politics and style in Julio Cortazar's posthumous first works
Lecture
Dr Erik Lithander BSc (Econ) LSE, MPhil and PhD Cambridge Dr Erik Lithander joined The Australian National University in June 2012 in the newly-created position of Pro Vice-Chancellor (International & Outreach). Prior to moving to Canberra Dr Lithander was Director of International Affairs…
Memory of the World twenty years on: Assessing the material records and links in international practice
Workshop
This professional update from Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage & the Arts (IPPHA), held in collaboration with the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Memory of the World Program for the preservation of documentary…
Harvesting the low hanging fruit? ‘New governance’ in the Dutch and Australian buildings sectors
Lecture
It argues that this comparative study suggests that ‘new governance’ is not a global model of governance that is easily identified. The findings further suggest that contextual characteristics (local institutions, market conditions, regulatory setting) strongly affect the take-up of ‘new governance…
Digital storytelling in Japanese language teaching
Lecture
Dr Hayes Carol Hayes specialises in modern and contemporary Japanese literature and film, however, my research interests include, portrayal of social issues in literature, culture and identity, gender and identity translation, language teaching and acquisition. » Dr Hayes profile
New Directions in the Literature of Ideas: A 1 day symposium
Symposium
» Symposium: New Directions in the Literature of Ideas for current information. » Current Program Enquiries: Dr Ned Curthoys +61 2 6125 2409
Australia's Indigenous languages
Lecture
Speakers at the forum will include: Professor Jane Simpson, Head of the ANU School of Linguistics and Language Studies and a researcher of Australian languages Dr Jaky Troy, Director, Indigenous Social and Cultural Wellbeing Program (AIATSIS) Dr Patrick McConvell, Research Fellow in Linguistics…
Hypermediated Deathworlds: New wars, the world novel and exorbitant witnessing
Seminar
The eighteenth century novel was seen as a genre par excellence embodying the interplay between distant suffering, technology , and humanitarian witnessing. For novel studies today, the charge of this formulation has multiplied beyond measure in the current era of saturated visualisation of…