Wellspring Series: Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra from Antiquity to the Present
Arts & entertainment
Her Infinite Variety: Cleopatra from Antiquity to the PresentArchaeological evidence of Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt from 51-30 BC, depicts her as an independent and powerful monarch whose authority stemmed from Zeus, king of the gods. In contrast, the public image of Cleopatra is shaped by…
Book Launch: Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art
Event
Join us for the launch of Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art Crosscurrents in Australian First Nations and Non-Indigenous Art (Routledge 2023) edited by Sarah Scott (ANU), Helen McDonald (Melbourne) and Caroline Jordan (Latrobe) is a collection of essays that…
Critical AI in the Art Museum Online Panel
Seminar
Critical AI in the Art Museum is brought to you by the Computational Culture Lab, in the School of Art & Design at The Australian National University with financial support from the College of Arts and Social Sciences. Organised by A/Prof. Katrina Sluis and SoAD HDR student Erica Molesworth.…
A Quest for Justice: Restitution of Africa’s heritage as a process rather than an event
Lecture
This presentation will provide both an overview and well as specific cases of heritage appropriation (including human remains) from Africa starting from the colonial times and the quest for their return. The demand for restitution has been ongoing since before independence of the various African…
ANU Sculpture Walk - Guided Tour November 2023
Tour
Join us for our final HRC guided walking tour of the ANU Sculpture Walk for 2023. 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…
Indigenous Cinematics: The Legal Lives of Indigenous Filmmaking in Abiayala/Latin America
Seminar
In Indigenous film cultures across Abiayala/Latin America, the connection with Law is (at least) threefold: cinema portrays legal doxa, notably concerning territoriality and colonial claims to land and water; films – including the vast ethnographic archive and new, original works – are used to…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - November
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength…