2019 Future of the Humanities Lecture | Islam and Reform: Myth and Realities
Seminar
It is often suggested that Islam needs a reformation, especially in the face of extremism and the lack of social and political liberalisation in Muslim societies. The call for reform is propagated by critics of Islam who view the religion and its adherents as incapable of embracing change and…
Books that Changed Humanity | Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Seminar
Books that Changed Humanity is an initiative of the Humanities Research Centre, based at the Australian National University. The HRC invites experts to introduce and lead discussion of major texts from a variety of cultural traditions, all of which have informed the way we understand…
Conversations Across the Creek: Landscape Regeneration in Australia and Beyond
Seminar
Conversations Across the Creek is an initiative by the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) and the Research School of Chemistry (RSC) to provide a space for continuing dialogue among scientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. Meetings are held monthly, with the…
Books that Changed Humanity | Gulliver's Travels
Lecture
Books that Changed Humanity is an initiative of the Humanities Research Centre, based at the Australian National University. The HRC invites experts to introduce and lead discussion of major texts from a variety of cultural traditions, all of which have informed the way we understand…
An Investigation in Digital Humanities: Analysis and Visualization of the 山海经 (Shanhaijing)
Seminar
Conversations Across the Creek is an initiative by the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) and the Research School of Chemistry (RSC) to provide a space for continuing dialogue among scientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. Meetings are held monthly, with the…
Digging Where We Stand: Social Movement Activists and The ‘‘Inevitably Political Craft” of Archiving and History-Making
Lecture
This talk will draw on the speaker’s experience of working with and research into the establishment and use by social movement activists of independent archives, libraries and museums for history-making practices which directly inform and impact their struggles. Activists in the UK (and elsewhere)…
National Graduate Student Workshop: Public Humanities and Activism
Workshop
ANU Humanities Research Centre (HRC) and Interdisciplinary Cross Cultural Research (ICCR) Program National Graduate Student Workshop PUBLIC HUMANITIES AND ACTIVISM 4th – 6th September 2019 The Australian National University, Canberra Public humanities invites…