Staging Social Change
Panel discussion
Theatre spaces as sites for transformative civic dialogueAt a time of increasing polarisation, how can we create better civic discourse? Could the theatre be a useful place for hard conversations? Historically and today, theatre serves as a rare space where people from different social,…
Regional Isotopic Perspectives on Diet in Metal Age Central Thailand (c. 1100 BCE–CE 500)
Seminar
Human dietary patterns provide important insights into past agricultural practices, foodways, and other human–environment interactions. This study presents stable isotope data from four Metal Age sites in central Thailand to examine diet during a formative period of regional prehistory. The results…
Audiobook Fraud from the Analog Era to AI
Seminar
Presented in person and online via Zoom, login details below.This presentation examines the audiobook as a medium in which entrenched assumptions about vocal authenticity collide with the technological ease of deception. Focusing on various forms of life writing, it proposes the concept of the…
Why the Roman State Lasted for 2000 Years—and What We can Learn from It
Lecture
CCS Research Seminar 4 - Public Lecture presented in association with the Friends of the ANU Classics Museum During the two millennia that the Roman state lasted nearly everything changed. Rome began as an Italian city state in which people spoke Latin and worshiped pagan gods and evolved into…
Affective Resilience of Aging: Social Networks and Care Work Among Older Adults in Chiangmai, Thailand
Seminar
Presented in person and online; details below.This study examines the resilience of older adults in urban Chiang Mai, Thailand, focusing on how they actively contribute as caregivers, disaster responders, and community leaders within the contexts of social and environmental precarity. Drawing on…
Local Myth on the Panhellenic Stage: Political Monuments at Delphi
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 3The 1st-century geographer Strabo once described the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi as being ‘theatre-like’ (θεατροειδής). While this was probably intended as a geographical descriptor, it is certainly the case that Delphi was a place of performance where cities could…
Parramatta Redux: Film screening & discussion
Film
Presented online via Zoom (link below)Parramatta Redux (38 minutes) uncovers the resilience of those who have called Parramatta home-from its First Nations custodians, whose deep spiritual connection to the river has endured for millennia, to early European settlers navigating unfamiliar lands, and…