Environmental change and behavioural flexibility: Japanese monkeys and disability on Awaji Island, Japan
Seminar
What does it mean for an animal to have a physical disability? As human-induced environmental change increasingly impacts species and ecosystems in every part of the world, understanding behavioural flexibility and how animals cope with challenges can point to the selection pressures animals face…
Flexible fires: cultural burning and the settler-Indigenous interface
Seminar
Please note this event is available via Zoom only “What exactly is cultural burning?” During the seven years that I have been researching the revitalisation of Indigenous land and fire management practices in southeast Australia, this is the question I have been asked repeatedly by non-Indigenous…
The 2023 Student Exhibition of the Exquisite Corpse
Project Space
An exhibition showcasing the connection between art and anatomy as investigated through the interdisciplinary, intensive winter course, the Exquisite Corpse – Insight into the Human Body. The Exquisite Corpse is an undergraduate, transdisciplinary course, offered to students across the Australian…
On the Rise of Sign Languages in Contemporary Film and Television
Lecture
The 2023 HRC Future of the Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture On the Rise of Sign Languages in Contemporary Film and Television What can films and series in sign languages teach us about deafness and social power? What is the relationship between signed language and cultural identity, and how…
Workshop on the Role of Arts and Creative Practice in Addressing Bigotry.
Workshop
The Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry invites contributions for a one-day workshop focused on the role of arts and creative practice in addressing bigotry. The term bigotry is varied, complex, and changes over time, but has seen a resurgence in recent political debates (McClain 2020). It…
Symposium "Nineteenth-Century Worlds of Vision, 1820s-1870s"
Symposium
Symposium, "Nineteenth-Century Worlds of Vision, 1820s-1870s" to be co-hosted by the ANU and NPG, 16 - 18 July 2023 This symposium brings together artists, curators and scholars of nineteenth-century visual culture, who work across and beyond traditional art historical methods. The…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - July
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…