Symposium "Looking at Bodies, Sex and Gender in the Health and Medical Humanities"
Symposium
Looking at Bodies, Sex and Gender in the Health and Medical Humanities The ANU Health Humanities Network is delighted to invite you to the 1.5-day symposium on 5 and 6 June, 2024. Aimed at bringing together ANU researchers and scholars from around Australia, the symposium will…
Suddenness and the Composition of Poetic Thought
Seminar
‘I believe many a great speaker to have been ignorant when he opened his mouth of what he was going to say.’ So poet and dramatist Heinrich von Kleist notes, in an 1806 fragment entitled On the Gradual Production of Thoughts whilst Speaking (2004). In that piece, Kleist recommends speaking your…
Andromeda is Coming and Artificially Intelligent Friends
Performance
A 60-minute performance of new music for new AI musical instruments featuring Alec Hunter, Charles Martin, Yichen Wang and Sandy Ma. Andromeda is Coming is the improvised music project of Charles Martin and Alec Hunter dedicated to exploring new sounds and music making technologies in long-form…
Dates-as-data for inscriptions: using summed probability analysis with Latin epigraphic databases to investigate population changes in the Roman Empire
Seminar
Since the 1980s, archaeologists have used Summed Probability Analysis (SPA) of radiocarbon dates to reconstruct demographic trends. This ‘dates as data’ approach assumes that radiocarbon dates represent occupation events, and that large enough datasets of dates can be used as a proxy for population…
Prof Mariano Siskind: On loss and melancholia
Seminar
Seminar on loss and melancholia with Prof Mariano Siskind (Harvard University) RSHA visitor Prof Mariano Siskind will be running a seminar for HDRs, Early- and Mid-Career Researchers in the humanities and the arts. We will be reading and discussing: “One Art,” by Elizabeth Bishop…
Dr Fernanda Peñaloza: Bringing Latin American cultural expertise to TV series 'Bump'
Seminar
Seminar: Bringing Latin American cultural expertise to TV series Bump with Dr Fernanda Peñaloza (University of Sydney). Fernanda Peñaloza is Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies and Chair of the Spanish and Latin American Studies Department at the University of Sydney. Prior to…
What's your Canberra story? A student-led workshop
Workshop
Draw, weave and share at Canberra Museum & Gallery! Drop into anytime between 12.30pm and 2.30pm to Canberra Museum and Art Gallery (CMAG) for an afternoon of free student-led public programs. Begin at the Canberra Times Fountain and follow the chalk drawing through Civic Square and…