Failed or Unfinished? On The Fragments of Colonial History in Scotland’s Enlightenment
Seminar
The subject of my paper is an ambiguous figure whose career illustrates the perils, as well as the promise, entailed in the attempt to write a genuinely colonial history…
Patterns of the Deep Past. Interrogating the ‘long term’ in archaeology and history
Other
Ann McGrath to Co-Convene a session at the 25th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists Co-Convened by Shuman Hussain, Ann McGrath and Martin Poor…
‘Together we stand for Empire Service’: Impressions of the Dreadnought Boys
Lecture
About 7000 British youths arrived in Australia in the early twentieth century under the Dreadnought scheme of agricultural settlement. In this talk Ben will examine…
Deep History: time, culture and collections
Lecture
Many aspects of collections relate to time. Identity and significance are often linked to an understanding of dates and historical periods. Some institutions pride…
Sacred Histories symposium
Symposium
Convenors: Laura Rademaker and Clare Monagle. Hosted by the ARC Laureate Program for the Deep Human Past & ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Co-hosted with…
In Search of the Never Never: Mickey Dewar: Champion of History Across Many Genres
Book launch
You are invited to celebrate the contributions of Dr Mickey Dewar to Northern Territory history and to be present at the official launch of In Search of the Never-…
Thinking with Walter Benjamin
Conference
Conference 'Thinking with Walter' convened by Adil Hasan Khan and Ben Silverstein includes 'What is Walter Benjamin's Idea of Communist Society?', 'Walter Benjamin: the…