Anmatyerr Ceremony in the Twenty-first Century: Struggles Beyond Continuity
Seminar
In recent decades, ceremonial objects and recordings made by anthropologists have been gradually making their way back to Anmatyerr communities in central Australia. The reintegration of this material has prompted diverse responses from different communities. At the community of Laramba, a project…
The earliest multi-island obsidian exchange network and exciting discoveries from Wetar Island, Indonesia
Seminar
Our species embarked on the world’s first great maritime journey from Sunda (greater Southeast Asia) to Sahul (greater Australia) at least 50,000 years ago. In the process they settled Wallacea, the archipelago of thousands of islands lying between these two continental landmasses. While this…
Frailty, mortality and complexity: The osteological paradox and beyond
Seminar
Paleoepidemiology is concerned with exploration of disease of past population, and in particular the mortality risk associated with factors such as skeletal indicators of disease (such as bone lesions), as well as socio-cultural factors such as class which may impact health. The exploration of such…
British art, Pacific subjects, Contemporary values
Workshop
A public lecture and following workshop, convened by Prof. Kate Fullagar. In March 2023 the longstanding battle for ownership of Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai (1775) was resolved. After more than two decades of struggle to retain the work in public British hands for its “historical…
Student Lunchtime Chamber Music Concert
Performance
ANU Chamber Music students perform works from the Baroque era to the present day as part of their assessment. Program Georg Philipp Telemann Methodische Sonate E moll, TWV 41:e2 …
Jemima McPhee (Australian National University)- ‘Fire, earth and astrologia: writing science under Augustan stars’
Seminar
What makes Roman science ‘Roman’? How did the Romans investigate natural phenomena? And how did changing institutions influence scientific discourse? Contemporary ancient science scholarship focuses on positioning science in the wider ancient world and investigating how social, cultural, and…
Penelope Jackson | Cataloguing the Crimes Against William Dobell’s Artistic Legacy
Seminar
Many will consider the biggest art crime committed against Sir William Dobell’s artistic career was being dragged through the courts in 1944 following his Archibald Portrait Prize win of the previous year. However, predating this now famous event, his work has been consistently subjected to an…