How to Withstand the Threats to our Shared Humanity
Lecture
Presenting the HRC 50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture, as part of the HRC 50th Anniversary Celebration How to Withstand the Threats to our Shared Humanity: "The Only Way to Fight the Plague is with Decency" Periodically, current events propel old books to renewed public interest. After the…
Meindert Peters (Oxford), “Dancing Modernist Literature”
Seminar
Please join us for CuSPP Seminar in person (ADH Conference room) and online on Wednesday, 31 July from 5-6pm. Please refer to the CuSPP email or email Wesley.Lim@anu.edu.au for the link. Dance adaptations of modernist works by authors such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann, and Virginia…
My Journey Through Words: Why I Am Writing Again
Lecture
The HRC invites you to a special evening lecture presented as part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations Dr Farjana Mahbuba will explore how her passion for reading and writing shaped her identity and personal growth. Raised in a home filled with books, words became her sanctuary and a…
HRC 50th Birthday Morning Tea
Other
The Humanities Research Centre (HRC) is one of Australia’s pre-eminent gateways to humanities scholarship throughout the world. For 50 years, the Centre has been a catalyst for innovative advanced research in and across the humanities nationally and internationally. We engage with and support…
Tea: East, West, Past, Future
Seminar
Join us for a special seminar, where we will hear from anthropologists and cultural experts as they explore the history, power and potential of tea, from both Australian and cross-cultural perspectives. Tea tastings will kindly be provided by David Lyons at the HRC 50th Birthday morning tea…
Maree Clarke - HRC 2024 Visiting Fellow - Time, Place, Everywhen "Practicing Reclaiming and Revival"
Lecture
Join us for a special evening artists talk and discussion as part of the HRC 50th Anniversary Celebration. Light refreshments from 5:30pm, talk commencing at 6pm. Maree Clarke is a Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung multi-disciplinary artist and curator. She has contributed to…
Kincentric political reform in Iceland after elite corruption
Seminar
This talk explores how kinship has been central to collective recovery after political crisis in Iceland. Revelations of elite corruption following the 2008 global financial crisis and more recent international whistleblower leaks have led to several government collapses and declining trust in…