The Holocaust as an Australian Story: Family networks between Australia and Europe during the Holocaust
Lecture
Dr Jan Láníček (UNSW) presents the HRC/Freilich Project Distinguished Annual Lecture Focusing on family connections between Australia and Europe, this lecture offers a novel perspective on Australians’ responses to the Holocaust. Around 9,000 Jewish refugees arrived in Australia before the war,…
Sustainable Creative Careers: Pitch Your Practice
Seminar
Want to make the right impression but don’t know how? This talk focuses on how to construct the perfect pitch about you and your practice. The art world can be a confusing and difficult space to navigate, especially when keeping pace with changing trends, expectations and technology. The ANU…
Bec Bigg-Wither | Air-to-Ground: A local commemoration of the Apollo Moon landing program during its fiftieth anniversary
Gallery
Higher Degree Research Exhibition Season Two | Exhibition Two BEC BIGG-WITHER is a Canberra artist who works mostly with photomontage. She has been making works about the Apollo Moon landing program for nearly a decade, reflecting her interest in the program’s human, metaphysical and visual…
Research Seminar - Christopher Sainsbury
Seminar
The Visitors In this seminar Christopher Sainsbury discusses his new work The Visitors, an opera based on the play of the same name by Jane Harrison. It was commissioned by Richard Mills and the Victorian Opera for their 2023 season. Its influences are a blend of modernism and musical theatre,…
Sustainable Creative Careers: Getting Your Career Started
Seminar
Have you recently finished art school or decided you would like to turn your art hobby into a career? Do contracts, tax, gallery hire and commission agreements leave you confused? Getting your Career Started provides an overview of the range of skills necessary to be a practicing artist. This…
Twenty-first century genders and sexualities: Implications for policy, education, representation and health
Lecture
Professor Rob Cover (RMIT) presents the HRC/Gender Institute Annual Lecture on Gender Twenty-first century genders and sexualities: Implications for policy, education, representation and health The HRC/Gender Institute Annual Lecture on Gender What does the twenty-first century emergence of new…
The Mobility of Presidential Reputation: Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, and Political Legacy-Building
Seminar
The Mobility of Presidential Reputation: Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, and Political Legacy-Building Presidential reputations have gone up or down or remained the same with little predictability or consistency. Dwight Eisenhower's standing with historians has grown, as has Theodore Roosevelt's…