2010 Event Archive
Conferences
War Stories Conference: Humanities Research Institute and The Violence and Social Order Research Program
Monday 22 November 2010
Would like to invite members of the public to hear Prof Jay Winter (Yale University) speak on: Memoirs, Witnessing and Silence
In the Hannell Room of the Crowne Plaza, at 9 am on 22 November 2010
Please RSVP Philip.Dwyer@newcastle.edu.au before Friday 19 November in order to assist with seating and catering.
Australian Social Work: Inspirations, challenges, and new directions
Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th of October, 2010
To be held at the Shortland Union, University of Newcastle.
The 4th year social work student conference is an annual event where final year students present the results of their extensive review and analysis of available knowledge in a chosen area of practice. It provides an exciting opportunity for practitioners to be informed about the latest practice research. Students gain experience in writing an abstract and a conference paper, and presenting their paper to a live conference audience.
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NewMac 2010: Constructing and Reconstructing Authority
Saturday, 20 February, 2010 10:00 am-3:30 pm
Venue: The University of Newcastle, Social Sciences Building, lecture theatres 2 and 3
RSVP: NewMac2010@gmail.com by 11 February, 2010
Cost: $15.00 payable by cash on the day and includes morning tea and lunch. Please send your name, university affiliation, discipline, address and phone number to NewMac2010@gmail.com by 11 February 2010 to register.
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Public Lectures and Seminars
Best Australian Stories and Poems for 2010
Friday 3 December, 6-8pm
Six writers associated with the School as either academics or research students in English/Creative Writing have had their work selected for publication in the respected annual anthology series 'Best Australian Stories 2010', and in 'Best Australian Poems 2010' published by Black Inc.
The writers are Anthony Lawrence, Dr Keri Glastonbury, Michael Sala, Ryan O’Neill, Karen Hitchcock and David Kelly. The 'Best Australian' anthologies will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
The Writing Cultures Research Group is hosting a book launch at the Hunter Writers' Centre on Fri 3 Dec 6-8 pm to celebrate the success of these writers. All welcome.
RSVP by 29 Nov to Hunter Writers' Centre: T: 4926 3485 or email: hwcentre@optusnet.com.au
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Launch of the great Australian novel
Tuesday 16 November at 5pm
The Co-op Bookshop and Brolga Publishing will launch The Great Australian Novel – A Panorama by Jean-François Vernay, translated from French by the University of Newcastle’s Dr Marie Ramsland.
The Co-op Bookshop and Brolga Publishing will launch The Great Australian Novel – A Panorama by Jean-François Vernay, translated from French by the University of Newcastle’s Dr Marie Ramsland.
Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle Dr Ros Smith, will launch the
English edition on Tuesday 16 November at 5pm at the Co-op Bookshop, Shortland Building, University Campus, Callaghan.
For more information call Dr Marie Ramsland 02 4969 6948.
Preserving lost languages
Wednesday 10 November at 5pm
Preserving the world’s threatened Indigenous languages will be the aim of a new University of Newcastle research group to be launched this week.
Research has found a language dies every two weeks. Launching the Humanities Institute’s endangered languages documentation, theory and application research group, Professor Nick Evans from the Australian National University will discuss his studies into the little-known and endangered languages of northern Australia and south New Guinea.
The public lecture and launch will be held at 5pm on Wednesday 10 November, in the McMullin Building, University of Newcastle, Callaghan. For more information or to RSVP, telephone 02 4921 7915.
Click here to visit the Endangered Languages Documentation, Theory and Application Group (ELDTA) website
Master of Applied Linguistics Program - LING6950/60 Seminar Presentation
Thursday 4 November, 2010
Time: 9.30 am - 4.00 pm
Venue: W301A (Behavioral Sciences Building)
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History Seminar Series - Special History Week Presentation
Friday 29 October, 10am
“Francis de Witt Batty: advocate of the Middle Way and custodian of Empire” presented by Dr Troy Duncan, University of Newcastle.
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Venue: Held in the Cultural Collections (near the Information Desk) Level 2, Auchmuty Library, Callaghan Campus
Time: 10am- 11am, followed by morning tea
Click here to download Semester 2 program
John Turner Lecture ‘The Black War - A new look at an old subject’
Wednesday 27 October 2010, 6pm
The University of Newcastle and WEA - Hunter is pleased to invite you to the 2010 John Turner Memorial Lecture. This is an annual event exploring the regional history of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. The lecture will be presented by Professor Henry Reynolds who won a Prime Minister's Literary Award in 2009.
Join Professor Reynolds as he talks about the much debated and contentious question of the frontier wars between Aborigines and settlers. Henry will come back to the topic after looking again at the Tasmanian Story, as well as Australia's War Story and the question of Anzac.
Venue: Newcastle City Hall, 290 King Street, Newcastle
Cost: FREE (RSVP is essential as seats are limited)
RSVP by Monday 25 October 2010 to enrolments@weahun
Getting Published: A Seminar for Post-Graduate and Masters Students
Friday the 15th of October, 2-3 pm
Presented by Richard White
Post-graduate students are under increasing pressure to publish journal articles during their candidature. However, the process of achieving a publication can be mysterious and daunting. This seminar will deal with the challenges and advantages of publishing during your masters or PhD candidature. Richard White, co-editor of the journal History Australia and an expert in academic publishing, will discuss key issues relating to the publication process such as, writing articles, identifying appropriate journals for your work, preparing your work for submission and the submission process.
All post-graduate and masters students from the Faculty of Education and Arts are welcome to attend.
Please RSVP to Claire Lowrie for catering purposes by Wednesday the 13th of October
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“Playful fictions and serious games: Georges Perec, his friends, and making up stories”
Tuesday 5th October at 6 pm
The French discipline is pleased to be able to announce an evening lecture by Dr David Gascoigne, Honorary Senior Lecturer in French at the University of St Andrews.
David's presentation is entitled “Playful fictions and serious games: Georges Perec, his friends, and making up stories”; it is designed as an introduction to the writings of the OuLiPo group, who write against constraints of a mathematical and linguistic nature, and will be accessible to non-French speakers.
The date is Tuesday 5th October at 6 pm. The venue is the City campus, UNH240 (University House).
Entry is free.
Possible Scholarship and Scholarship of the Possible: Digital Methods and the Humanities
Friday 17 September 2010 at 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Venue: The Treehouse, Callaghan Campus
RSVP: By 13 September to Kristy Atkins - Executive Officer, HRI
GUEST SPEAKER - WILLARD McCarty is Professor of Humanities Computing, King’s College London, and Professor, University of Western Sydney. Currently he is Editor of the British journal, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (2008-), founding Editor of the online seminar Humanist (1987-) and founding Convenor of the London Seminar in Digital Text and Scholarship (2006-). He is recipient of the Canadian Award for Outstanding Achievement, Computing in the Arts and Humanities (2005) and the Richard W. Lyman Award, Rockefeller Foundation (2006). He is editor of Text and Genre in Reconstruction (2010) and author of the first comprehensive theoretical treatment of his field, Humanities computing (2005).
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Leading Archeologist to Deliver Seminar
Monday 30 August, 2010
Each year, the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens brings to Australia an expert to undertake a lecture tour to AAIA institutional members across the country. This year's AAIA Visiting Professor is PROFESSOR ROBERT LAFFINEUR from the University of Liege, Belgium.
Professor Laffineur will present a seminar on Monday 30 August, 2010, 11am-12pm in Room W301a, Callaghan Campus, The University of Newcastle. This presentation, "Early Mycenaean Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean" will provide new insights into trading.
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Leading Archeologist to visit University
Tuesday 31 August, 2010
Professor Laffineur will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday 31 August, 2010, 6-7pm in Room SRLT1, Callaghan Campus, The University of Newcastle. Entitled "The Shaft Graves at Mycenae: From Homer to Schliemann" this lecture will discuss the controversial 19th Century archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, who went looking from Homer's Mycene, the palace ruled by the legendary Greek king, Agamemnon, who allegedly led the Greek forces against Troy.
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Social Work in the City - Seminar Series, 2010
Social workers, academics and human service professionals are invited to attend this series of seminars on current research, presented by social work academics from the University of Newcastle.
Free of charge. Just turn up (no need to RSVP) and join us for a drink afterwards at the Clarendon!
Venue: University City Campus, 4th floor University House UNH4-19, Cnr King & Auckland Sts, Newcastle City
Time: 4.30 - 5.30pm
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Theology & Religious Studies Postgraduate Seminar - Semester 2, 2010
Friday, 27th August, 2010
"Hearing the voice of the Saint: Re-reading the narratives of Mary MacKillop" presented by Kath Mcphillips (University of Newcastle)
Venue: Life Sciences Theatre, Callaghan Campus
Time: 4pm
Click here to download Seminar Series Program for Semester 2
Sociology and Anthropology Seminar Series - Indigenous Peoples, Hydro Schemes and Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: The Waimiri-Atroari, Pitinga Mine, Balbina and other hydroelectric dams.
Thursday 27 May, 2010, 3pm-4:30pm
The next Seminar in this Series will be presented by Dr Stephen G. Baines, Associate Professor, Dept of Anthropology, Universidade de Brasília; researcher at the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq; Visiting Fellow, School of Archaeology & Anthropology, ANU, with post-doctorate research grant from the CAPES, Brazilian Ministry of Education.
Venue: Friends Reading Room, Cultural Collections, Level 2, Auchmuty Library
Click here to download the abstract for this presentation
Click here to download the Semester 1 timetable for the Sociology and Anthropology seminar series
See weekly program details @ UoN Cultural Collections
Philosophy Seminar - "Global Warming: Sceptics and Believers"
Tuesday 13 April, 2010 1-3pm
The Philosophy and Religious Studies disciplines invite you to the following seminar, and to lunch at Isabella's beforehand (12-1pm, RSVP 10am on day of paper)
Time: 1-3pm Tue 13 April
Venue: McMullin Building, MC110
Speaker: Dr Colin Wilks
Abstract: Is the issue of climate change as black and white as the terms 'Climate Sceptic' and 'Climate Believer' suggest, or do these terms simply serve to simplify a grey area issue that is too grey for most people's grey matter to cope with?
Forthcoming: "On Singer and radical life extension" (Dr Russell Blackford, 27 Apr)
The FEDUA Ourimbah seminar series
Thursday 18 March, 2010, 5pm
Our first speaker is Jennifer Debenham, a doctoral candidate in the School of Humanities and Social Science, presenting "Indigenising Filmic Storytelling: Narrative, Memory and Cultural History"
Synopsis: For Indigenous filmmakers, the purpose of making a film is not simply producing a celluloid version of a story, dance or song. The process, by its very nature, must involve many different types of cultural protocols. It is a community production because of ownership, and kinship associations. Michaels found amongst the Walpiri that People did not make things up for the camera; rather they were careful to perform everything in a true and proper manner (Michaels, 1994 @30). The concern not to make up things for the camera is evident in most films made by Aboriginal people, where an understanding of reality is tied semiotically to the performance being filmed.
Venue: The Humanities Meeting Room. Refreshments provided
The New Institute - First Meeting for 2010
Tuesday, 9th March, 2010, 7pm
THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
VENUE: South Leagues Club, Llewllyn St. Merewether.
DATE: Tuesday 9th March 2010 TIME: 7.00 till 8.30pm
ADMISSION: $5 or more (donation to the New Institute)
FURTHER INFORMATION: Angie Di Lorenzo 0422 401129
Planned Program for 2010
An exciting mixture of local and visiting speakers are being organised for our regular seminars on the second Tuesday of each month. In April, the forum will focus on the structure of government in the Hunter - and what strategies could be used to increase the Hunter's 'voice' in State and National politics, and secure more resources for the Region. We welcome Economics Professor Howard Dick, and Hunter Business Chamber President Brett Derwin, to lead this discussion.
Planned topics for later in the year include the Australian Republic; New Technology and Media; protecting the independence of public servants; the appropriate management of charitable funds; and 'town hall' forums leading up to the Federal and State elections.
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Scholarly Editing in the Late Age of Print: Debating a New Hardy Edition
Wednesday 17 March, 2010, 3-5pm
Professor Simon Gatrell in conversation with Associate-Professor Tim Dolin, presented by the Writing Cultures Group
In this presentation two Hardy scholars debate the continuing viability of scholarly editions in print, the relationship between traditional critical editions and digital text archives, and the appropriate principles for a print-digital edition of Hardy's fiction.
Simon Gatrell is professor of English at the University of Georgia. He co-edited the Clarendon Tess of the D'Urbervilles with Juliet Grindle in 1983 and is general editor of the Oxford World Classics edition of Hardy's collected novels. He wrote a study of Hardy's methods of composition, Hardy the Creator (Oxford, 1988), Thomas Hardy and the Proper Study of Mankind (1993) and Thomas Hardy's Vision of Wessex (2003).
Tim Dolin teaches in the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts at Curtin University in Perth. He is the author of several articles on Hardy and editor of three novels in the Penguin Classics Thomas Hardy.
He is working on a cultural biography of Wessex since 1928.
Venue: W301A, Behavioural Sciences Building, Callaghan campus. Refreshments provided.
Kirsten Tranter discusses her debut novel The Legacy
Friday, 5 March, 2010 5:30-7:30pm
Hunter Writers Centre and the Writing Cultures Research Group at the University of Newcastle present Kirsten Tranter - in conversation with Trisha Pender. Kirsten will discuss her dazzling debut novel, The Legacy. "Both an unputdownable mystery and a compelling meditation on the nature of art, truth, friendship and love, The Legacy announces the arrival of a major new talent".
Venue: The Lock Up, 90 Hunter St, Newcastle
Audience: All Students, Staff, Alumni, Open to the Public
Cost: Free
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RHD Symposia and NUPSA Annual Dinner
RHD Symposia
8 June & 9 November 2010
Each semester the School of Humanities and Social Science conducts a symposium for Research Higher Degree candidates.
