Friday 15 November, 3.00-3.30pm Towards the end of The Lucky Country, Horne references Vance Palmer’s ‘Battle’ (Meanjin No.8 March 1942) and its exhortation to foster the wartime and post-war Australian culture that best determined “not only whether we are to survive as a nation, but whether we deserve to survive.” It’s one of twenty impactful […]
Friday 15 November, 1.00-1.30pm Professor Sarah Collins FAHA will launch the Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia edited by Dr Amanda Harris FAHA and Professor Clint Bracknell FAHA. About the book: Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia, edited by Amanda Harris and Clint Bracknell As a companion to ‘music in Australia’, rather than ‘Australian music’,
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Event details ‘Australians—the aristocrats of Asia?’ Donald Horne dedicated a full chapter of The Lucky Country to challenge Australians to take Asia more seriously. In 1964, Australians clearly needed reminding that, rather than being just off the coast from Portsmouth, in fact, we were just off the coast of Denpasar. In the sixty years since
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Friday 15 November, 3.30-5.00pm In this session, we invite each speaker to imagine what the country looks like in 60 years – 2084. What shape and direction will Australia take – demographically, politically, economically, culturally and digital futures? What position will it occupy in the region? What would ideal and dystopian futures look like? What
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Friday 15 November, 11.00am-12.30pm Australians of The Lucky Country era were beginning to reimagine their place in the world, and even in the cosmos, in the era of space travel. This session will explore the ways available for Australians to think about environment, space and place today and their historical background; examining space, the planet,
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Friday 15 November, 10.10-10.30am What is Donald Horne’s legacy? Surely a writer’s legacy is his work and this paper will take a concise look at his writings with particular emphasis on his liberal humanism, pluralism and thoughts about social change. In the belief that thoughts don’t spontaneously generate this paper will also examine the forces
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Thursday 14 November, 9.00 – 9.45am Speakers Professor Stephen Garton AM FAHA FRAHS FASSA FRSN Stephen Garton became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2000, and was elected the Academy’s 20th President in November 2023. An eminent historian, Stephen’s research expertise is in Australian history. He has also published in the
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Join us on Monday 2 September for the 2024 Hancock Lecture. Presented by Dr Nathan Gardner from the University of Melbourne. Event details Hancock Lecture: Dr Nathan Gardner, University of Melbourne Lecture Date: 5.30pm, 2 September 2024 Venue: Gallery room, State Library of New South Wales Registration: book here What makes a multicultural nation? The contribution of Chinese Australian
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Joanne Tompkins worked at the University of Queensland and at the Australian Research Council before retiring to consult on research and research management to the humanities sector. Her recent research develops virtual reality models of theatres that no longer exist to explore the performance parameters of the past. She is a founder of AusStage, the
Kimberlee is a Professor of Law at the University of Sydney focusing on the regulation of technology and intellectual property law, and a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She is a Fellow at the Gradient Institute, a research institute developing ethical AI. She has been researching, speaking, and writing
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Jenny is working with key stakeholders to plan, manage and coordinate all activities relating to the HASS and Indigenous RDC initiative. She has a wealth of experience in the collection, management and dissemination of research and cultural heritage data and resources through digital humanities platforms, most recently as Executive Officer of AusStage. Jenny will provide
Event details When: 12.00-12.10pm, Friday 17 November 2023. Where: Kaleide RMIT Union Theatre Foyer Jenny Fewster, HASS and Indigenous RDC Director, ARDC will provide an update about HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons. In 2020 the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons (HASS&I RDC) was announced as a first step toward developing a more
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The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.