Our ANU Tour
Tour
This event is presented as part of the Humanities Research Centre 50th Anniversary Celebration Week Join us for a stroll through the ANU as we discuss and bring together its First Nations, cultural, ecological, political and creative components. All welcome, please register.Paul Girrawah House,…
The domestication of vegetatively propagated field crops: Theory, method and practice
Seminar
Vegetatively propagated field crops are some of the most important in terms of global food production, and are especially important subsistence crops in the tropics and subtropics (as well as some mountainous and temperate regions). These crops include: root crops (such as potato, manioc/cassava,…
Chewing it over: Why what (and how) we eat has shaped primate and human evolution
Seminar
Repeated adaptations in the masticatory apparatus have continually redefined how vertebrates interact with their environment. Today, humans experience high rates of dental pathologies, and in comparison to other primates we have small jaws and teeth and a radically reorganized skull. This talk will…
Book Launch: Dancing with the Modernist City (2024) by Dr. Wesley Lim
Book launch
Please join us for the book launch of Dr. Wesley Lim's new book Dancing with the Modernist City (2024). He will be in conversation with Dr. Meindert Peters (Oxford), a fellow collaborator and dance scholar. As the 20th century dawned, authors, artists, and filmmakers flocked to cities like Paris…
Tyla Cascaes(University of Queensland) - 'Roman Empress Meets Modern Temptress: Cinema’s Fascination with Rome’s Leading Ladies'
Seminar
Roman Empress Meets Modern Temptress: Cinema’s Fascination with Rome’s Leading Ladies From its conception, cinema has been captivated by the morally corrupt and corrupting women of ancient Rome – especially Messalina, Agrippina the Younger, and Poppaea Sabina. In the midst of the political shift…
Dionisia Salas | Recent Paintings: In-Between States of Being
Seminar
Dionisia Salas (b.1982, Larrakia Country, Darwin, Australia) explores in-between states of being, using the material tussle of painting to tap into areas of consciousness, subconsciousness and dream states; to play around in what is reality and what is imagined. This year she has two…
ANU Sculpture Walk - Guided Tour - July
Tour
Join us for our popular guided walking tour of the ANU Sculpture Walk. The tour is led by HRC’s Emeritus Professor David Williams, whose esteemed career included, amongst other things, being Director of the ANU School of Art from 1985 to 2006. Tours commence from the Baldessin…