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21 October, 2017
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Word, Image, Song: Celebrating 500 years of Luther's Reformation
Date/Time: Monday, 16 October 2017 - Thursday, 30 November 2017
Location: Barr Smith Library, Rare Books & Special Collections, Level 1
Cost: Free: All Welcome
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On 31 October 1517 the German Augustinian monk, Martin Luther, attached his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Luther's objections to church doctrine and practices, relating especially to the sale of indulgences, sparked the Protestant Reformation and instigated social and political change on a global scale.
Luther's belief that Scripture alone is the sole authority for Christian belief and practice, and therefore that salvation is dependent on faith alone because of Christ's sacrifice, emphasised the value of the word of God and the need for the word to be available to people in their own language.
Luther's reforms spread rapidly through Europe, and also influenced the colonisation of South Australia and its German immigrants. The recording of Aboriginal languages by German missionaries in order to spread the word of God through the vernacular acted to keep languages alive and establish new traditions of Aboriginal song.
This exhibition will explore the importance of the word, its transmission through the new technology of printing, and its interpretation through images and song.
On display in the Rare Books & Special Collections foyer from 16 October - 29 October 2017 and in the Barr Smith Library Reading Room (level 2) from 30 October - 30 November 2017.
Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224
Evening Concert Series - Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra With Jazz Ensemble
Date/Time: Saturday, 21 October 2017, 6:30 pm
Location: Elder Hall
Cost: $30 Adult; $24 Concession; $19.50 Student
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Luke Dollman - Conductor
The Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and the Jazz Department of the Elder Conservatorium will collaborate for the first time in this concert, featuring works by George Gershwin and John Adams, and a new work by Mark Simeon Ferguson.
Contact: Mr Martin Victory, Email: martin.victory@adelaide.edu.au, Elder Hall Concert Manager, Elder Conservatorium of Music, The University of Adelaide, Business: 8313 5925