HRC Seminar - The dynamic roles of the Mongolian epic song custodian: Heritage, sociality and the responsibility of knowing
Seminar
The Altai Urianghai are renowned Mongolia-wide for their inheritance of the rights to perform heroic epic songs. In a place where musical action is imbued with an efficacious, esoteric power, ritual epic song practice was actively discouraged by the state during the communist period and a trend of…
Beryl Rawson Memorial Lecture
Lecture
This will be an illustrated lecture examining the lives and careers of pioneering women of ancient world studies from 1683 to today, closing with a very particular concern aired at the 142nd Meeting of the American Philological Association in San Antonio this year. It will also ask the question…
HRC Seminar - Washing in a cyclone or a storm in a teacup? Aboriginal engagement with the current Pilbara super-boom
Seminar
In 2008, Desert Knowledge Australia developed a remoteFOCUS initiative to look at what had been identified as a crisis in remote Australia and the apparent failure of Australian governments to govern and engage adequately with the country’s arid and tropical regions. As part of the broader…
HRC Seminar - Jane Porter and the Wonder of Lord Byron
Seminar
Forgotten today, Jane Porter (1775-1850) was one of the most popular British novelists of her time. Her historical romances were widely admired and remained in print for a century. Like so many other readers and writers, Porter fell under the spell of the era’s greatest celebrity and most popular…
HRC Seminar - Caste and Contemporary Indian Feminism
Seminar
The early 1990s was a socially turbulent time in India. The liberalisation of the economy, explosive Hindu-Muslim relations, and the introduction of caste-based affirmative action policies are issues that broke into public discourse at this time, and continue to resonate today. The challenges posed…
HRC Seminar - Indonesia-Malaysia Relations: Culture, Heritage and Politics
Seminar
Leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia have often claimed that their two countries are “blood brothers” anchored by the same racial and ethnic “stock” (serumpun). They share a similar language, culture and religion, and historically both countries have drawn on a common cultural heritage as a means of…
HRC Seminar - (Inter)nationalism and hybridised artistic identity: Germans and Australian visual culture, 1850-1950
Seminar
National identity is an important factor for the writing of Australian history of the decades around Federation. While Britishness has understandably played a prominent role in explorations of these cultural negotiations, multiculturalism was just as important. ‘Teutonic’ culture was a significant…