Prof. Hartmut Leppin (Goethe University) - ‘Emperor Maurice: from failure to holiness’
Seminar
‘Emperor Maurice: from failure to holiness’ Although Emperor Maurice (582-602) emerged as one of the preeminent military leaders in late antiquity, and despite having his own sons as potential successors, he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers led by Phocas. Phocas not only dethroned the emperor…
THE SACRIFICE OF THE YAMS: Tubers, Procreation, and Chiefly Hierarchy in the Trobriands Mark Mosco, ANU
Seminar
James Scott (Against the Grain, 2017) has famously argued that tuber- as distinct from cereal-based agriculture offers an escape from political subjugation in archaic states. In this chapter, I describe how, through sacrificial bwekasa reciprocities with ancestral baloma spirits, Trobriand…
Rainbow Chan | From Grief to Light: Reflections on a Multidisciplinary Practice
Seminar
Chun Yin Rainbow Chan (b.1990, Hong Kong, lives and works in Melbourne/Naarm, Victoria, Australia) is a multidisciplinary artist who works across sound, visual art, performance and installation. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Sydney, she is interested in mistranslations, matrilineal knowledge…
Sharing Stories Arts Exchange Public Information Session
Advisory session
The Sharing Stories Arts Exchange is a creative participatory project focused on building positive reciprocal relationships between the Canberra community and local regional Indigenous and non-indigenous communities. The Sharing Stories Arts Exchange (SSAE) features culturally rich learning…
ANU Classics Museum Annual General Meeting and lecture
Lecture
Friends of the ANU Classics Museum invite you to an Annual General Meeting and lecture: Mighty Aphrodite The Archaeology of Roman Cyprus and Imperial Cult Worship Cyprus was Aphrodite’s island. The goddess was said to have been born on the coast of Paphos at Petra tou Romiou, and was worshipped…
Celebrating 50 Years of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology
Conference
Please join us for a two-day conference and a Celebratory Reception to celebrate the 50 years of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology! Conference: Thursday 1 February 2024, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Friday 2 February 2024, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm ANU Union, 3 Rimmer Street Celebratory…
Catherine Vidler’s Selected Visual Poems: A Book Launch and Memorial Seminar
Book launch
Catherine Vidler’s Selected Visual Poems: A Book Launch and Memorial Seminar: Catherine Vidler (1973-2023) was one of Australia’s foremost visual and lyric poets, editor of the Trans-Tasman literary magazine Snorkel, author of Furious Triangle (Puncher & Wattman, 2011), Wings (Cordite, 2021)…