‘Save Cow, Save India’: Interspecific vulnerabilities in India’s cow protection politics
Seminar
India criminalises cow slaughter, based on Hindus’ reverence of cows as sacred and a Hindu nationalist imagination of the cow as a Hindu nation. Simultaneously, India is also a leading beef producer. This talk addresses this puzzle by demonstrating how the cow-worshipping, aspirational Hindu state…
Palaeocological insights into the causes and consequences of Late Quaternary megafauna extinction in Asia and Australia
Seminar
Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and Australia Mid-Late Quaternary megafauna extinctions have long intrigued researchers seeking to understand the causes and consequences of these significant ecological events. What role…
Neil Hogan’s TPR, “Imagining the future: Science and ‘Science (in) Fiction’ in early twentieth century Australian newspapers”
Seminar
Please join us for the next CuSPP Seminar online on Thursday, 29 February from 1-2pm. Please refer to the CuSPP email or email Wesley.Lim@anu.edu.au for the link. This thesis proposal explores the relationship between science and science fiction in Australian newspapers of the early 20th…
SCIENCE. ART. FILM Jaws + Panel
Arts & entertainment
Billed as ‘The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 bestseller’ Jaws has indelibly shaped the way many of us view sharks. The great white from Steven Spielberg’s early masterpiece has become one of the most enduring and frightening villains in thriller history. To…
Julie Allen (BYU), “Screening Europe in Australasia: Recovering the Silent Era Through Trove”
Seminar
Please join us for the next CuSPP Seminar in-person on Tuesday, 27 Feb. in the Lady Wilson Room (2.10) in Sir Roland Wilson Building from 4pm-5:30pm. In the era of silent films, when Australian domestic film production fell far below audience demand, French, Danish, and German films were…
Park rangers, pig hunters and pigs: The unruly world of invasive species management and control in a Cape York national park
Seminar
Biosecurity and invasive species management is an enduring concern for environmental managers in Australia. In Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland, significant energy, and resources are devoted to controlling the ever-expanding population of feral pigs (Sus scrofa). Reviled for their…
The biology of fatherhood in context: Evolutionary origins, cross-cultural perspectives, and health implications
Seminar
Human fathers have a fexible psychobiological capacity to respond to committed parenting with shifts in hormones such as testosterone, prolactin, and oxytocin. These findings hint at evolved neuroendocrine capacities that help facilitate refocused priorities as men make the transition into…