Integrating Biocultural Functional Traits as Indicators of Heritage in Wetlands of International Importance in Southern Chile
Seminar
Habits and habitats of species can constitute distinctive biocultural traits, which transcend their purely ecological function and represent sociocultural constructions linked to local knowledge and practices. In wetlands especially, many of these bird species are migratory, making them key species…
Caesar’s Experiments in Crafting a New Model Warrior
Seminar
Towards the end of Rome’s republic, Sallust delivers a familiar litany bemoaning the fallen military ideal: ambitious men now seek personal glory and wealth, rather than fighting for the state. This paper examines the writings of Julius Caesar and his response to the moral panic surrounding Roman…
Student Lunchtime Concert #5
Performance
Join ANU School of Music Performance students for a relaxed lunchtime concert, The Art of the Duo: Voice & Guitar. Guitar and vocal duo pairings, featuring vocalists Sophia Carlton, Jess Green, Lillian Fromyhr, Imogene Blake and Imogen Roach, and guitarists Koebi Faumui, Michael…
Academic publishing (Online)
Workshop
Join us for a practical workshop on the essentials of academic publishing for health consumers, medical, and healthcare students or anyone interested in academic publishing in the health field! Explore publication and journal types and understand the concept of impact factors. Discover…
Research Seminar: Associate Professor Diana Blom and Dr Le-Tuyen Nguyen
Seminar
Asian influences in Australian music: two composers talk Australia has a long tradition of drawing on the sounds and music of Asian countries. Nguyen and Blom are composers who are part of this tradition but have different backgrounds which encourage these influences. Nguyen is…
Seminar: The Art of Justice in the Western Balkans
Seminar
Iva Glisic examines contemporary political art that engages with the legacy of ethnonationalist violence in the Western Balkans. Specific focus is placed upon the ways in which war crimes committed along ethnic, national, and religious lines during the conflict that followed the dissolution of…
Contemporary Craft for Experimental Archaeology: Understanding Metalsmithing in Bronze Age Crete
Seminar
In the ANU Classics Museum, parked conspicuously in a case of Bronze Age artefacts, is a large copper vase—a modern vessel modelled after a Minoan bronze hydria in the collection of the Chania Archaeological Museum in Crete, hammered into shape with stone and wooden tools. The copper hydria is not…