Neil Hogan’s TPR, “Imagining the future: Science and ‘Science (in) Fiction’ in early twentieth century Australian newspapers”
Seminar
Please join us for the next CuSPP Seminar online on Thursday, 29 February from 1-2pm. Please refer to the CuSPP email or email Wesley.Lim@anu.edu.au for the link. This thesis proposal explores the relationship between science and science fiction in Australian newspapers of the early 20th…
SCIENCE. ART. FILM Jaws + Panel
Arts & entertainment
Billed as ‘The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 bestseller’ Jaws has indelibly shaped the way many of us view sharks. The great white from Steven Spielberg’s early masterpiece has become one of the most enduring and frightening villains in thriller history. To…
Julie Allen (BYU), “Screening Europe in Australasia: Recovering the Silent Era Through Trove”
Seminar
Please join us for the next CuSPP Seminar in-person on Tuesday, 27 Feb. in the Lady Wilson Room (2.10) in Sir Roland Wilson Building from 4pm-5:30pm. In the era of silent films, when Australian domestic film production fell far below audience demand, French, Danish, and German films were…
Park rangers, pig hunters and pigs: The unruly world of invasive species management and control in a Cape York national park
Seminar
Biosecurity and invasive species management is an enduring concern for environmental managers in Australia. In Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland, significant energy, and resources are devoted to controlling the ever-expanding population of feral pigs (Sus scrofa). Reviled for their…
The biology of fatherhood in context: Evolutionary origins, cross-cultural perspectives, and health implications
Seminar
Human fathers have a fexible psychobiological capacity to respond to committed parenting with shifts in hormones such as testosterone, prolactin, and oxytocin. These findings hint at evolved neuroendocrine capacities that help facilitate refocused priorities as men make the transition into…
Prof. Hartmut Leppin (Goethe University) - ‘Emperor Maurice: from failure to holiness’
Seminar
‘Emperor Maurice: from failure to holiness’ Although Emperor Maurice (582-602) emerged as one of the preeminent military leaders in late antiquity, and despite having his own sons as potential successors, he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers led by Phocas. Phocas not only dethroned the emperor…
THE SACRIFICE OF THE YAMS: Tubers, Procreation, and Chiefly Hierarchy in the Trobriands Mark Mosco, ANU
Seminar
James Scott (Against the Grain, 2017) has famously argued that tuber- as distinct from cereal-based agriculture offers an escape from political subjugation in archaic states. In this chapter, I describe how, through sacrificial bwekasa reciprocities with ancestral baloma spirits, Trobriand…