Activites and Events 2012

 

 March - May 2012

The Group for Religious and Intellectual Traditions (GRIT) would like to invite you to the first seminar of this series entitled:

Visit the GRIT web page to view upcoming events for Seminar 1 Series 2012
"Prof. Paul Oslington “Religion and Economics: Adam Smith as Theologian”
Tuesday 17 April 3.30-5pm
Dr. Craig Dalton “Gross National Happiness in Bhutan” - Piloting Contemplative Practice in Australian Public Health
Tuesday 15 May 3.30-5pm
Morpeth Lecture 2012, Dr. Timothy Stanley "What Can a Theology Do?", Tuesday, 29 May

 

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April 2012

ClassicsSeminar:

“Poet, Audience, and  Text: Some ANU reflections on mode and medium in Homer and Vergil”

Presented by Prof Elizabeth Minchin, ANU

Professor Minchin’s research focuses on the Homeric epics as oral poetry: the composition of the Homeric epics; Homer and memory; Homer's narrative; the speech Homer attributes to his characters. As a member of the ARC-funded ANU-University of Melbourne 2010 Gallipoli Project she developed a strong research interest in social memory and the landscape of the Dardanelles region, which she is now directing to a new project on myth and memory in the same region. Click here to view flyer.

When: 20 April
Where: McMullin Building, Room MC102, Callaghan Campus
RSVP: by 18 April to Linda.Hutchinson@newcastle.edu.au  

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May 2012

Humanities Research Institute Public Lecture

DICKENS ON FILM
To mark the 200th anniversary of the novelist’s birth

Presented by Michael Eaton

An inventive new documentary exploring the contribution that Charles Dickens has made to the history of film and television. Using footage from 1898 to the present day, the film investigates how the literary genius may have influenced the very creation of cinematic language.

When: Thursday 10 May 6:30-8:30pm
Where: The Theatrette, Newcastle Museum Workshop Way, Honeysuckle
RSVP: 4 May to Linda.Hutchinson@newcastle.edu.au 

 

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June 2012

Humanities Research Institute are proud to announce the inauguration of the new Australian Studies Research Network seminar series sponsored by the University of Newcastle and the University of New South Wales.  The Network aims to bring together scholars working in a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary contexts both within and outside of tertiary institutions.

Meeting will be held monthly during semester on Friday evenings in the auditorium of History House (133 Macquarie Street, Sydney).

'Turtle Power: Captain Cook's Environmental Crisis in the Great Barrier Reef'
Presented by Professor Iain McCalman, University of Sydney

When: 1 June 2012 5-7pm
Where: the auditorium of History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Further information, RSVP to: Nancy Cushing nancy.cushing@newcastle.edu.au or Lisa Ford l.ford@unsw.edu.au

Click here to view flyer

 

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July 2012

 GRIT & Humanities Research Institute Public Lecture at Ourimbah

The Humanities Research Institute and the Group for Religious and Intellectual Traditions are proud to host a public lecture at the University of Newcastle's Ourimbah Campus in July 2012.

"The American Religious Landscape Today"
Presented by Professor Barry Kosmin

Prof. Kosmin is Research Professor in the Public Policy & Law Program and Director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society & Culture at Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut. He is an authority on religion and secularism in America.

When: July (TBC)
Where: Ourimbah Campus
Further details contact: Linda.Hutchinson@newcastle.edu.au  +61(0)2492.17915

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August 2012

Centre for History of Violence Studies Conference

WHEN: 21-23 August 2012
WHERE: Crowne Plaza Newcastle
For more information visit the Centre for History of Violence  

 

 

 

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March 2012

Religion and Politics:How Powerful Is the Christian Right?

Presented by Professor Marion Maddox from the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion at Macquarie University.

Seminar Abstract:

A number of recent articles have argued that the Australian Christian right's political influence has been overstated, pointing to the failure of signature reforms and lack of electoral pulling-power. I respond that such analyses misconstrue the kind of pressure group politics in which Australia's Christian right engages and the purpose for which it raises iconic issues. I then draw a comparison with the way in which similar arguments have been made about the US Christian right, usually when it appeared to have reached a low ebb and often predicting its imminent demise, only to herald a resurgence. Where Australia's Christian right is often treated as a recent phenomenon, it, like its US counterpart, rewards a long-view analysis. Click here to view flyer.

WHEN Tuesday, 13 March, 3.30pm - 5pm
WHERE Auchmuty Library Cultural Collections
RSVP to Linda.Hutchinson@newcastle.edu.au by Monday 12 March

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March 2012

The Faculty of Education and Arts Research Institute and
School of Drama Fine Art and Music would like to invite you to a Guest Seminar:

Ars Electronica: Where Art, Science Technology, Culture and Society Intersect

Presented by Horst Hörtner, Director of the Future Lab, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria

 

Horst Hörtner directs the Future Lab at the prestigious research centre Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria. He is a media artist, researcher and expert in Human Computer Interaction design, holding many patents in this field. Since 1979, Ars Electronica seeks intersections and congruities, causes and effects between diverse fields of knowledge.  

Click here to download Flyer

WHEN: Wednesday 28 March, 1:00pm-2:30pm
WHERE: Isabella's, Callaghan Campus
RSVP: Kristy.Rocavert@newcastle.edu.au by Friday 23 March