The Tension of Movement: Stanisław Chlebowski’s Istanbul years
Seminar
This paper analyses Polish artist Stanisław Chlebowski’s fraught relationship with his own mobility. Nineteenth-century Istanbul was a refuge for Polish nationals in exile, like Chlebowski, who was appointed court painter to Sultan Abdülaziz in 1870. Chlebowski’s home-studio, densely crowded with…
Works that Shaped the World: Gaetano Moroni’s Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica
Lecture
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. Gaetano Moroni’s Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica may be the most significant work of nineteenth-century amateur scholarship that you have never heard about. Running to 12,472 entries across 103…
Mobilizing Papal History
Seminar
The papacy can seem like a static fixture in world history. It is Europe’s most enduring political and religious institution, with continuity of activity since at least the third century. It is also inexorably grounded in place: the pope derives his authority from his office as bishop of Rome. His…
ANU Sculpture Walk - Guided Tour March
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…
Works that Shaped the World: The Covenants of Prophet Muhammad
Lecture
In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. The historic documents known as the Covenants of Prophet Muhammad refer to pledges he made to Christian, Jewish and other communities of his time to protect their lives and property, including places of…
The Nature of Hope: Models. Measure, and Meta-Theory
Lecture
Professor Anthony Scioli will present the 2021 Hans Mol Memorial Lecture in Religion and the Social Sciences, with a lecture, The Nature of Hope: Models. Measure, and Meta-Theory'. This talk is divided into three parts. I will begin by introducing an integrative perspective on hope (…
Works that Shaped the World: Mary Douglas’s Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (1966)
Seminar
In her Purity and Danger (1966) Mary Douglas begins with the fundamental rule of any classification system: that certain things must be kept apart. Classificatory systems always produce anomalies that cannot readily be placed into given categories. Residua potentially pollute the purity…