Thursday 12 August 7:30-9pm, Institute of Postcolonial Studies A conversation between Tony Birch and Ross Gibson Two figures from the early days of the Australian colony that have fresh relevance today – an English scientist at the founding of Sydney and an indigenous leader at the birth of Melbourne. image William Dawes arrived on the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sydney’
Islands and Archipelagos: Mapping Contemporary Art from Australia, Asia and the Pacific
A talk by Francis Maravillas Wednesday, 12 May, 12-2, TfC Bagel, UTS Building 3, Room 4.02. Abstract: In its six iterations since 1993, the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art has established itself as the premier ‘international exhibition’ that focuses on the diverse artistic cultures of the region. Significantly, these Triennials also offered a powerful and [...]
Australia’s Re-engagement with Africa
The University of Sydney International Forum Australia’s Re-engagement with Africa Friday, 19 March 2010, 9.30am – 12.30pm McLaurin Hall, Quadrangle The University of Sydney is Australia’s first University, founded in 1850.The International Forum series brings together leaders and thinkers from around the world to present their views on strategic international issues and the way in [...]
Verticalism talk
Transnational and Transcultural Research Network is developing a conference “Transcultural Mappings : emerging issues in comparative, transnational and area studies” (see here for details). They are having a network meeting and seminar this Thursday 13 August. All welcome. Network meeting: 4-5pm. Come to meet others in the network, bring along colleagues who may be interested, [...]
Planet Bollywood
The Indian Ocean and South Asia Research Network invites you to its third seminar in 2009: Anjali Roy (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India): “PLANET BOLLYWOOD” DATE: Thursday, 28th May TIME: 12.00 pm VENUE: TfC Bagel, UTS, Building 3 (Bon Marche), Level 4, Room 4.02 Please RSVP: Cornelia.Betzler@uts.edu.au Abstract Walter Mignolo has defined cosmopolitanism as [...]
The Impact of the Antipodes on Ecological Thought: Landscape, Evolution, and Sustainability
Friday, 8 May 2009, 1–5pm Sutherland Room, Holme Building, Science Road, The University of Sydney Convenor: Iain McCalman Presenters: Julia Horne ‘Landscape and Wonder’ Peter Denney ‘Picturesque Farming: The Sound of ‘Happy Britannia’ in Early Australia’ Martin Thomas ‘Cross-Cultural Exchange in Arnhem Land: The Legacy of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition’ Richard Waterhouse ‘Taming the [...]
Ex Plus Ultra post-colonialism
From the University of Sydney comes a new postgraduate journal Ex Plus Ultra, which means ‘nothing further beyond’. The journal sets out to question the categories of ‘colonial and ‘post-colonial’: There was no cataclysmic rupture heralding the arrival of the ‘post-colonial’ nor was the advent of colonialism defined, uncontested or in some cases even as [...]
Sydney University Research Community for Latin America seminar series
SURCLA (Sydney University Research Community for Latin America) Research Seminar Series Semester 1 – 2009 Venue: Room S225, Main Quadrangle, Camperdown Campus Time: 5 pm March 10 Paul Allatson University of Technology Sydney “Star Spangled Trespass: Auditory Dissonance and the Latinization of the USA” Please note: this seminar will be followed by a Wine Reception [...]
Interview with Raewyn Connell
Professor Raewyn Connell explains the thinking behind her book Southern Theory. What were your aims in writing "Southern Theory"? Fourteen years ago, when I began this work, I aimed simply to correct a historical error – the textbook belief that sociology was invented to explain the new industrial society of Europe. I found that the [...]
Summer Exercises
image Ross Gibson’s new publication The Summer Exercises draws from an archive of police photography to reflect on the way history was created in post-war Sydney.
