ANU Sculpture Walk - Guided Tour May
Tour
Join us for a guided walking tour of the ANU Sculpture Walk. 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 commence from the Sir Roland…
Engendering Hope: Youth and the Gendering of Development Discourse
Seminar
Engendering Hope: Youth and the Gendering of Development Discourse On 12 July 2013 then sixteen year-old Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Youth Takeover Day. She called on ‘the developed nations to support the expansion of educational opportunities for girls…
Cultural Conversations: May 2022
Meeting
Presented in partnership between the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) ACT and the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) at the Australian National University. Cultural Conversations aims to create space for deeper connections between museum professionals, academics, and students in…
Works that Shaped the World: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden
Lecture
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. Henry David Thoreau was a 19th century author in the United States, and his most famous book, Walden (1854), has often been seen as one of the first examples of “nature writing.” The book has had a…
Circulating Goods, Circuits of Caste: Cargo-cycling in Urban India
Seminar
Set against distinct visions of the city shaped by developmental logics of globalization, air pollution and environmental ideas, this paper explores the changing circuits of caste and the resilience of cargo-cycling in India. People’s diverse relationships with bicycles reorders caste and…
Thinking through (im)mobilities: A research agenda in investigating a migrant’s digital lifeworld
Seminar
This provocation offers a critical approach to investigate the diverse impacts of modern communication technologies on the personal, familial and social lives of migrants. Extending the mobilities lens in the context of digital and transnational communication, it interrogates the possibilities and…
Works that Shaped the World: John Ball and the Peasants’ Revolt
Lecture
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. John Ball was the most famous priest and theological voice of the so-called “Peasants’ Revolt” in England, 1381. We have letters attributed to him which appear to have been sent to rebels and we have his…