Works that Shaped the World: Declarations of the Multifaith Movement
Seminar
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. In 1993, the Parliament of the World’s Religions ratified a pivotal multifaith statement, Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration, consolidated by Hans Küng in collaboration with scholars and religious…
Highland Mermaids: Interwoven stories of a tapestry from the Victoria & Albert Museum
Seminar
Highland Mermaids: Interwoven stories of a tapestry from the Victoria & Albert Museum The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery is devoted to Europe between 1600 and 1815. 1100 objects are displayed across seven galleries, including some of the most magnificent works held by the…
Works that Shaped the World: U2
Seminar
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. Since forming in Dublin in 1976, U2 has often been referred to as a Christian band, with scholars finding explicit and coded Biblical references in their lyrics. Their music is often described as “spiritual”…
Conversations Across the Creek: Visualising research
Seminar
Conversations Across the Creek has been running for several years to provide a space for continuing dialogue among ANU scientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. It recognises that despite the physical separation of the sciences from the humanities on our campus (separated by Sullivan’…
Vagrant Lives and Colonial Mobility, New Zealand and Australia, 1840s-1890s
Seminar
Vagrant lives and colonial mobility, New Zealand and Australia, 1840s-1890s My new book (Vagrant Lives in Colonial Australasia, 1840-1920) seeks to place the stories of people who became vagrants at the centre of the narrative about colonial mobility. Along the way, it also explores the many…
COVID-19, Mobility and Identity
Seminar
Work in Progress Seminar – COVID-19, Mobility and Identity This seminar explores some of the ways in which the mobility restrictions as a population health response to the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact can be understood from perspectives related to a disruption of subjectivity and belonging…
Works that Shaped the World: The Exorcist
Seminar
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. When William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist appeared in 1971 it proved a publishing phenomenon, publicizing an arcane Catholic rite which had largely fallen into disuse. The resonance of the book was only…