This seminar is part of SYNAPSE: The CHL trans-disciplinary seminar series Seminar: No community is an island: Unpacking a tricky terminology using Oceanic examples Speaker: James L. Flexner When: 1 August 2022, 2pm-3.30pm AEST Registration via Eventbrite This is an online event and will be hosted via Zoom; Login details for the Zoom event will be included inContinue reading “SYNAPSE Seminar 1 August”
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ECDI Update: May 2022 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News Congratulations to Ben Shaw for being elected to the Society of Antiquaries of London as 2022 Fellow: www.sal.org.uk/2022/04/28-april-ballot-results/ Joao Teixeira interviewed for Who was the first human? Identifying them is tricky, but it was not our species, Homosapiens, 22Continue reading “ECDI Update: May 2022 activities”
SYNAPSE Seminar 2 May
This seminar is part of SYNAPSE: The CHL trans-disciplinary seminar series Seminar: Politics of migration: New perspectives on the 3rd millennium in Europe Speaker: Daniela Hofmann & Martin Furholt When: 2 May 2022, 6pm-7.30pm AEST Registration via Eventbrite This is an online event and will be hosted via Zoom; Login details for the Zoom event will be includedContinue reading “SYNAPSE Seminar 2 May”
SYNAPSE Seminar 2 May
This seminar is part of SYNAPSE: The CHL trans-disciplinary seminar series Seminar: “The disease spread like fire among flax” (Thomson 1859). Questioning in the 21st Century the timing, magnitude and consequences of Pacific depopulation following European contacts Speaker: Christophe Sand When: 2 May 2022, 2pm-3.30pm AEST Registration via Eventbrite This is an online event and will be hostedContinue reading “SYNAPSE Seminar 2 May”
ECDI Update: April 2022 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News New article out – Discovery sheds light on why Pacific islands were colonised – https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/discovery-sheds-light-on-why-pacific-islands-were-colonised. Ben Shaw has also made available a video of the excavations as it progressed – https://youtu.be/zq-CoqN8K_U Two Papua New Guinean sisters are using Tiktok to teach Enga and theirContinue reading “ECDI Update: April 2022 activities”
Zoom Seminar 9 May
Image: Women and Children of Roas Bay in Malaita, Beattie, 1906 Seminar: History, Culture and Contemporary Gender Discourse: Tracing the Historical Progression of Gender Roles in Solomon Islands Speaker: Anna Kwai, ECDI PhD When: 9 May 2022, 10am-11.30am AEST This is an online event and will be hosted via Zoom. (Meeting ID: 891 8773 2737; Password: 535821) AbstractContinue reading “Zoom Seminar 9 May”
ECDI Update: March 2022 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion – https://theconversation.com/world-first-research-confirms-australias-forests-became-catastrophic-fire-risk-after-british-invasion-176563 ANU Field Schools See the Dawn in Mornington – https://chl.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/2058/anu-field-schools-see-dawn-mornington The full set of four ILARA lectures that Nick Evans gave are now available on YouTube: LectureContinue reading “ECDI Update: March 2022 activities”
ECDI Update: February 2022 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News First ECDI field school diary summary – https://evolutionofculturaldiversity.anu.edu.au/2022/02/22/diary-of-the-ecdi-field-school-mornington-peninsula-6-19-feb-2022/ Great discussion with ECDI affiliate member Danielle Barth for International Mother Tongue Day – https://chl.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/2048/language-and-identity-conversation-dr-danielle-barth-occasion-international Welcome to the ECDI team Stephen Morey who is our latest affiliate member ____________________ Outreach Monthly SYNAPSEContinue reading “ECDI Update: February 2022 activities”
Diary of the ECDI Field school Mornington Peninsula 6-19 Feb 2022
“It’s been a long road getting to today with planning and CoVID postponements but the first ANU Archaeology Field school for a couple of years is underway with an amazing group of students, on the Mornington Peninsula.” Ben Shaw The field school took students to the Mornington Peninsula for two weeks, working across two fieldContinue reading “Diary of the ECDI Field school Mornington Peninsula 6-19 Feb 2022”
ECDI Update: January 2022 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News Congratulations to Kim Sterelny on his appointment as a 2022 Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ Welcome to the ECDI team Ross Pain who is our latest affiliate member. Congratulations to our ECDI researchers who have beenContinue reading “ECDI Update: January 2022 activities”
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