Russia Is All Right And We Are All Wrong (George Bernard Shaw and Russia)
Lecture
Abstract George Bernard Shaw is commonly regarded as one of the most controversial intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century. Known for the ambiguity of his statements and seeming inconsistency of his views, one thing, nevertheless, remained constant throughout the life of the…
Professor Marcia Pointon: Book Launch @ NPG
Book launch
Invitation Please join us for a remarkable day of discussion and celebrate the Australian launch of Professor Marcia Pointon’s new book, Portrayal and the Search for Identity (London, Reaktion Books, 2013). Discussion Six distinguished scholars, curators and artists will explore a range of…
The Art School Anecdote
Exhibition
The Art School Anecdote will be a free event, an afternoon and evening of live art, performance, anecdote and re-enactment by past and current art students that re-tells histories and refreshes memories in a playfully eccentric style. This idiosyncratic reflection will be played out on a sculptural…
Art, Time and Metamorphosis
Seminar
The conflict between these two views has resulted in an impasse: today we appear to lack any acceptable explanation of one of art’s key features – its capacity to transcend time. In the course of the twentieth century, however, the French theorist André Malraux proposed an entirely new explanation…
Professor Peter Austin: And they still speak Diyari
Seminar
School of Languages: And the still speak Dyari Speaker Professor Peter K. Austin is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National Dictionary Centre. He is a Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics and Director of the Endangered Languages Academic Programme in the Department of Linguistics at…
Bill Gammage’s The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
Continuing education
A range of speakers from different perspectives will explore the evidence behind this research and how his ideas might influence public thinking and land management in Australia in the future. This includes critical perspectives on fire management, species diversity and Aboriginal expertise. Cost:…