Books that Changed Humanity: The King James Bible
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…
Welcome, Stranger? Attitudes to outsiders in Mediterranean antiquity
Seminar
The notion of the stranger in historical, literary, mythic and other contexts is ubiquitous across cultures and periods; yet who qualifies as a stranger may manifest itself differently. After brief allusions to some instances in 19th and 20th century literature and history, the paper will focus on…
Book Launch // The West Verandah: The Life and Work of Les Murray
Other
The Humanities Research Centre and the Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University proudly invite you to the launch of The West Verandah: The Life and Work of Les Murray, edited by Sonia Mycak and published by Boraga Academic. The event will feature a poetry reading by…
‘Out of Place’: Diasporic travel writing and the impossibility of return
Seminar
In the last fifty years forced and unforced migrations have resulted in some of the greatest upheavals and displacements seen in history. Refugees, economic migrants, and political exiles have moved away from their geographical places of origin to settle in foreign places, carrying with them (in…
Film Screening // Kurosawa's 'The Lower Depths'
Other
Kurosawa’s The Lower Depths (1957) is an adaptation of a play by the renowned Russian writer Maxim Gorky. Published in 1902, Gorky's original work is a hallmark of socialist realism, and has been adapted into numerous films by directors such as Jean Renoir and Chetan Anand. According to…
A Christmas Carol
Lecture
In our fifth and final event for 2016, Associate Professor Jenny Gribble will introduce and discuss A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens in 1843. Known formally as A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, Dickens' novella tells the story of the peevish miser…
HRC Seminar Series 2016, Dr Rob Conkie & Dr Kate Flaherty, 22 November
Seminar
How is performance research best articulated? Does live presentation afford the researcher opportunities that are commonly untapped? How is research a kind of performance? When the first ANZAC Day (25 April 1916) collided with the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (23 April…