Cavendish and the Aesthetics of Beating Spacetime
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The Humanities Research Centre in partnership with the Gender Institute present the 2024 HRC-GI Distinguished LectureCavendish and the Aesthetics of Beating Spacetime Presented by Professor Anne M. Thell (National University of Singapore) Margaret Cavendish (1623-73) is newly relevant in all…
How to Withstand the Threats to our Shared Humanity
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Presenting the HRC 50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture, as part of the HRC 50th Anniversary Celebration How to Withstand the Threats to our Shared Humanity: "The Only Way to Fight the Plague is with Decency" Periodically, current events propel old books to renewed public interest. After the…
My Journey Through Words: Why I Am Writing Again
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The HRC invites you to a special evening lecture presented as part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations Dr Farjana Mahbuba will explore how her passion for reading and writing shaped her identity and personal growth. Raised in a home filled with books, words became her sanctuary and a…
Maree Clarke - HRC 2024 Visiting Fellow - Time, Place, Everywhen "Practicing Reclaiming and Revival"
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Join us for a special evening artists talk and discussion as part of the HRC 50th Anniversary Celebration. Light refreshments from 5:30pm, talk commencing at 6pm. Maree Clarke is a Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung multi-disciplinary artist and curator. She has contributed to…
Diversity Arenas? A Roman Pre-History of Racial Capitalism
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The 2024 HRC-Centre for Classical Studies Distinguished Lecture Diversity Arenas? A Roman Pre-History of Racial Capitalism This talk will introduce key themes from the speaker’s forthcoming book on Roman diversity, using examples from the Roman gladiatorial arena to illustrate how the value…
Unsettling Oedipus. Psychoanalysis and the ancient Greek chorus
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Presenting an HRC-Centre for Classical Studies Distinguished Lecture Unsettling Oedipus. Psychoanalysis and the ancient Greek chorus Many of us insist on an idea of living as a sequence of events, moving through challenge, conflict, space, and eventually finding an end. The linear trajectory of…
On the Rise of Sign Languages in Contemporary Film and Television
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The 2023 HRC Future of the Humanities and Social Sciences Lecture On the Rise of Sign Languages in Contemporary Film and Television What can films and series in sign languages teach us about deafness and social power? What is the relationship between signed language and cultural identity, and how…