Events: arts business law economics

A Public Conversation Featuring Stuart Ward with Frank Bongiorno

Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Lecture Theatre G04, Napier Building The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Professor Stuart Ward is a global historian specialising in the enduring legacies of the British empire. Frank Bongiorno AM is Professor of History at the Australian National University and President of the Australian Historical Association. The two will discuss 'The End of Britain: Writing a Global History'.

Political Lives Symposium

The Kaurna Learning Circle at the University of Adelaide

Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Level 7 Conference Room, Ingkarni Wardli, the University of Adelaide, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000

Political Lives Symposium, co-hosted by the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice and the History Trust of South Australia.

What Barbie can teach us about equity, diversity and inclusion

A scene from the Barbie movie shows Barbie and Ken driving in a pink car

Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2023, 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: The Braggs Lecture Theatre, University of Adelaide

From the acting to the writing to the costumes, the Barbie movie was global phenomenon following its release earlier this year. In addition to Barbie’s outstanding production values, the movie was also praised for the way it promoted themes including feminism, gender equity, and diversity.

Modernist Print Cultures of the South: A Workshop on Methods and Archives

Cover of the Dec 1945 issue of Angry Penguins, featuring a cover design by Albert Tucker (1867-1944)

Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Ingkarni Wardli L7 Conference Room, North Terrace Campus, The University of Adelaide

The study of small magazines, presses, and print cultures in general has reconfigured understandings of Modernist literature in recent years. How might we begin to address the imbalance in scholarly attention paid to modernist print cultures of the southern hemisphere?