Licinia Eudoxia: Writing the Life of a Fifth-Century Empress
Seminar
Content warning: this talk includes references to incidents of sexual violence.The Empress Licinia Eudoxia (c. 422–470CE) lived an extraordinary life. Born the daughter of an east Roman emperor at Constantinople, as a teenager she travelled to Italy to marry her cousin, the west Roman emperor, and…
Vulnerable Life Writing: A conversation about the ethics, politics, and craft of telling hardship stories
Seminar
In this special seminar Dr Kim Huynh (ANU) will discuss the ethics, politics, and craft of telling hardship stories in a conversation with Emeritus Professor Christine Helliwell about Kim's latest book, My Old Man and Me: A story of escape, survival and caring.Kim Huynh is an author, senior…
Approaching the International Life of Coral Bell
Seminar
Coral Bell (1923-2012) was a Sydney-born scholar of world politics. Following half a decade as a diplomat in the postwar Australian Department of External Affairs, she sailed to London to start postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics. A distinguished international career followed,…