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”
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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”
ECDI Update: December 2021 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News 1,500 endangered languages at high risk, ANU media release What is the future of the world’s linguistic diversity?, Ecology & Evolution ‘More than words’: Australia urged to lift its game in preserving Indigenous languages, The Australian LanguagesContinue reading “ECDI Update: December 2021 activities”
ECDI Update: November 2021 activities
This is a monthly update about the Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative (ECDI) activities and upcoming events. News Meet new ECDI researcher Ray Tobler Meet new ECDI researcher Joao Teixeira A fascinating tale from Futuna Island: Repatriating ancestral remains after 56 years Check out the stories about Shimona Kealy (p42-45) & Ben Shaw (p64-65) in the newContinue reading “ECDI Update: November 2021 activities”
RSB Directors Seminar 8 Nov
This seminar is part of RSB Directors Seminar Series Seminar: Interdisciplinary adventures in language evolution: exploring the past, present and future of language diversity Speaker: Lindell Bromham When: 8 Nov 2021, 12.30pm-1.30pm AEDT More details here This is an online event and will be hosted via Zoom. Abstract: The past decade has seen a flowering of collaboration between evolutionary biologists and linguists. UsefulContinue reading “RSB Directors Seminar 8 Nov”
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