Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History: Book Launch & Panel Talk
Panel discussion
Professor Ann McGrath AM and Professor Lynette Russell AM, editors of The Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History, wish to invite guests to the launch of this new publication featuring a special panel event. The Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History presents exciting…
CAIS Public Lecture "Vanguard of Modernity: The Muthaqqafun (Intelligentsia) in Kuwait"
Lecture
The Gulf region is often portrayed as a timeless domain of tribes and tradition, untouched by the modern socio-political dynamics experienced in the wider Arab world. This lecture will challenge this stereotype through a detailed examination of the muthaqqafūn in Kuwait, a social stratum composed…
Environmental Exchanges: Sarah Bendall
Seminar
Whaling, Consumer Culture and Changing Understandings of the Natural World in Early Modern Europe Dr Sarah A. Bendall, Australian Catholic University This presentation by Dr Sarah A. Bendall is part of Environmental Exchanges, a seminar series organised by the Centre for…
Barbara Minchinton: The Women of Little Lon
Workshop
Barbara Minchinton, The Women of Little Lon: Biographies of the Unknown When does a family history become a biography? After establishing the usual births, deaths and marriages data, how do we reconstruct the lives of women like Madame Brussels, Melbourne’s most famous brothel keeper of the…
Webinar on Women in Trade
Webinar/Online
The Embassy of Ecuador is pleased to invite you to the webinar on Women in Trade: Participation and involvement of Australia, Ecuador and Uruguay in the "She Trades" Initiative, next Wednesday the 30th of March at 8.30am AEDT. All attendees must register https://www.alabc.com.…
The Idea of Human Antiquity in Australia, 1860-1960
Seminar
In 1859, European men of science reached a consensus that overthrew traditional chronologies and asserted that humans had existed on Earth for upwards of hundreds of thousands of years. For Australian historians and archaeologists, the consensus on human antiquity was an intellectual revolution…
Persian New Year "Nowruz" and Harmony Day Celebrations
Activity
The Persian Australian Community Association of ACT has the pleasure of inviting you to the Persian New Year "Nowruz" celebration and Harmony Day event, supported by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. The event takes place this Saturday from 10am to 4pm at Civic Square, with the official opening…