On the Trail of the Hittite Kings
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 1The city of Hattusa in central Anatolia was the capital of the Hittite kingdom from the 17th century BCE to the early 12th century BCE. The sprawling city, which covers some 180 hectares, has long been thought to have had a sizable population of between 10,000-…
The Whole Body has entered the Chat: A Manifesto to the Multivariate Phenotype
Seminar
Phenotypes are multidimensional. Yet many contemporary methodologies lack the capability to fully quantify the biological complexity of dynamic and multivariate processes. Utilizing virtual modalities and bespoke Bayesian modelling, this seminar expounds upon the value of thinking multivarietly…
Memory, Architecture and Australian Fiction
Seminar
Presented in person and online via Zoom, details below.This practice-led thesis draws upon the works of Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright to approach tricky questions about writing memory and place in contemporary Australia. The poetic theories of Bachelard and Glissant are used to understand how…
Inside Australian Land Claims: Some Anthropological Perspectives
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.This paper is a continuation of my long-standing interest in the interaction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and institutions, which I have called `intercultural’. The paper focuses substantively on some aspects of the intercultural in…
Life in a Desert City: New Discoveries from Ancient Trimithis (Egypt’s Western Desert)
Seminar
CCS Research Seminar 2Amheida, the site of ancient Trimithis in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, is renowned for its well-preserved Late Roman remains, offering a rare glimpse into urban life far from the imperial centers of the Roman world. Over more than two decades of archaeological work, the site has…
Korean Dreams, Revisited: Vietnamese Women’s Stories of Repeat Marriage Migration
Seminar
Presented in person and online; details below.Marriage migration between Vietnam and South Korea has grown exponentially since the early 2000s, with more than 100,000 Vietnamese women marrying Korean men by the end of 2020. Although often imagined as a one-time, linear movement dictated by global…
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…