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Yarning Circle: A place for listening and sharing with an Indigenous leader, 20 April
Come and join Garth O'Connell from the Australian War Memorial for a yarn about our ‘Invisible Warriors’ in the lead up to ANZAC Day.
TfC Lunchtime Series: Tara Forrest & Antonella Biscaro, 16 May
Be invited to hear Tara Forrest speak about Hospitable Television and Antonella Biscaro about The fabrication of a respectable Italian identity in a field of tensions.
TfC Wednesday Lunchtime Series: Dr Stefano Mercanti, 26 October
Dr Stefano Mercanti will talk about Transcultural Partnerships in South Asian-Australian Literature.
Vice Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence Success
Congratulations to TfC member Dr Catherine Robinson who received the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence in the category Research Excellence through Partnership.
Joint Annual Lecture: Indigenous Government: A Solution in Settler States, 9 November
PLease be invited to a public lecture jointly organised by TfC and Jumbunna IHL: Prof Stephen Cornell and Dr Miriam Jorgensen will speak about the challenges around Indigenous Governance.
TfC Newsletter October 2011
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TfC/Jumbunna IHL Yarning Circle: Steve Widders
Come and join Steve Widders for a Yarn to share his story and experiences. Steve Widders is a blind Anaiwan and Gamilaroi man who successfully walked the Kokoda trek.
TfC 2011 Wednesday Lunchtime Series
The TfC Wednesday Lunchtime Series, 19 October,12.30 - 1.30 pm: Dr Meredith Jones: 'Photoshop with a Scalpel: Relations between Digital Imaging and 'Designer Vaginas. Emma Cannen: 'Presidential Masculinity in Images: A Patriot, a Ghetto-Style Cool Professor and a Venezuelan Caudillo'.
Book launch: Beside one's self by Catherine Robinson. 7 August
Please be warmly invited to the launch of Catherine Robinson's book Beside one's self: Homelessness felt and lived.
Touch Too Exhibition
Annual Research Exhibition - Read about it in a special research issue of U:magazine.
Public Lecture: Politics of Social Media: From Critique to Alternatives in Social Media, by Geert Lovink. 3 August
Please be invited to a Public Lecture by Geert Lovink, Research Professor at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (interactive media) and Associate Professor (new media) at the University of Amsterdam.
Newsletter May 2011
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Exhibition Discussion: 'change has come', 5 May
Curator Nicole Foreshew in conversation with artists Jonathan Jones & Shay Tobin
Public Lecture Recording and Power Point Presentation Available
Listen to the Lecture Professor Terry Threadgold delivered on the 7 April or download her Presentation.
Faculty In Conversation Recording Available
Listen to the information Professor Terry Threadgold shared in the Faculty In Conversation session titled 'The Future of the Humanities in the 21st Century', held on the 31 March.
HDR Workshop with Professor Terry Threadgold
13 April, 12.30 - 2.00 pm, TfC Bagel
The Art of Fact and Fiction
Thursday, 7 April, 3.00 - 4.00pm, UTS Gallery
Public Lecture by Professor Terry Threadgold: 'Changing the Name of the Game: doing research, building communities and developing staff in new times'
Thursday, 7 April, 5.30 for 6.00 pm, UTS Building 2, Level 4, Room 411
TfC 2011 Welcome Party and The 'Glass Wall Project', 4 March
All members are invited to the TfC beginning of semester celebrations and the 'Glass Wall' project: Friday, 4 March, 3-5 pm, TfC: UTS Building 10 (235 Jones St), Level 5, Room 219
Save the Dates: Visit of Professor Terry Threadgold from Cardiff University to TfC
Transforming Cultures is delighted to announce that Professor Terry Threadgold, ProVice Chancellor (Staff) and former Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) at Cardiff University, will be visiting the Centre from 28 March to 15 April, 2011. Please read further for information on Professor Threadgold and all activities organised around her visit.
The TfC Wednesday Lunchtime Series, Call for proposals
We are calling all TfC members to contribute to next year's Wednesday program, either by giving a seminar or similar or by suggesting a speaker you know may be interested in being part of the program.
Visiting Scholar Opportunities at TfC in 2011.
Are you interested in becoming a visiting scholar at TfC?
TfC Visiting Scholars
TfC welcomes two visiting scholars: Akesha Horton from Michigan State University, US, and Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen from Aarhus University, Denmark.
Knowledge asymmetries: Technologies of professional communication?
A presentation by Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen, TfC Visiting Scholar from Aarhus University, Denmark: Wednesday, 10 November, 12.30 - 2 pm, UTS Bldg 10, 235 Jones St, Level 9, Room 113 (use service lift)
TfC Lunchtime Seminar: Some Preliminary Thoughts on how the Cultural Manifestations of Aggression are Internalised and passed on through Generations
A presentation by by Dr Anna Hueneke, University of Canberra. Wed, 3 November, 12.30 - 2 pm, UTS Bld 10, 235 Jones St, Level 5, Room 580
HDR/Postgraduate Workshop: Title and Abstract
This workshop will explain why the title and abstract are so important. Held by Dr Katrina Schlunke, Wednesday, 27 October, 12.30 - 2 pm, UTS Building 10, Level 5, Room 580
TfC General Meeting, End of Year Celebration & Website Launch
Wednesday, 17 November 10.30 am - ending with lunch 10 Quay Street Level 2
TfC Grant Workshop: ARC Overview and Paragraph/Title
Please be invited to a Grant Workshop held by Professor Anne Cranny-Francis Wednesday, 20 October, 12.30 - 2 pm, UTS Building 10, Level 5, Room 580
TfC Lunchtime Seminar
Dr Isabel Karpin (UTS Law) and Dr David Ellison (Griffith University): 'Death without Life: Grievability and IVF', Wednesday, 13 October, 12.30 - 2 pm, UTS Bldg 10, 235 Jones St, Level 9, Room 113
