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Criticism as Intervention: The Fictions of J. M. Coetzee
Date/Time: Wednesday, 31 July 2019 - Thursday, 5 September 2019
Location: 209 Napier Building; 314 Ligertwood Building
Cost: Free
More information: Visit website
Audit the upcoming University of Adelaide's Arts Master Class (CRICOS #ARTS2004).
Taught by celebrated literary critic, philosopher and writer Professor Andrew Gibson, this course will introduce students to the work of arguably the world's greatest living writer, J. M. Coetzee, Nobel laureate and Professor at the University of Adelaide. Students will have a rare opportunity to practice literary criticism as cultural intervention.
This course will focus on J. M. Coetzee's oeuvre to discuss the politics of critical engagement in regard to the problematic character of contemporary global, neoliberal culture. It will consist of six lectures--six angles of approach to the work of J. M. Coetzee--that will explore the history and possible relevance of an interventionist form of criticism.
This course is presented by the School of Humanities in collaboration with the J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice. For more information: https://bit.ly/2M2Aho9
N.B.: Please note that while auditors can attend lectures, workshops and seminars, they won't be awarded a participation certificate or credits towards a degree. Auditing postgraduate students, however, can claim CaRST hours.
Contact: Dr Camille Rouliere, Email: camille.rouliere@adelaide.edu.au, Website: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/jmcoetzeecentre/, Business: +61 8 8313 9164
Exhibition: History of Book Illustration: 1400 - 1900
Date/Time: Sunday, 18 August 2019 - Friday, 27 September 2019, all day
Location: Level 1, Barr Smith Library
Cost: Free - All welcome
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Is a picture really worth a thousand words?
From woodcut to lithograph, this exhibition explores the history and methods of book illustration, and sheds light on the important role that co-existent images and text play in the transfer and retention of meaningful knowledge.
Visit Level 1 of the Library where you can learn more about these centuries-old techniques and view some of the finest illustrated books Special Collections has to offer.
On display during Barr Smith Library opening hours until 27 September 2019 date.
Contact: Ms Cheryl Hoskin, Email: cheryl.hoskin@adelaide.edu.au, Special Collections Librarian, Business: (08) 8313 5224
Improving Life on Earth in Space - guest presenter Jana Stoudemire
Date/Time: Thursday, 5 September 2019, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Location: North Terrace Campus - Lecture theatre TBC
Cost: Free
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The new ECMS Dean's Research Seminar Series is launching with guest speaker Jana Stoudemire, Director of Commercial Innovation at Space Tango, Kentucky U.S.A.who will inspire us with the science already being carried out in space.
The microgravity environment is a new frontier for discovery and innovation. Understanding the impact of microgravity at a cellular and molecular level will have useful applications here on Earth as well as preparing humans for future space exploration and life in space.
Space Tango is focused on creating a new global market 250 miles up in low Earth orbit and envisions a future where the next important breakthroughs in both healthcare and technology will occur off the planet.
Book your seat now using the link above!
Coming in February 2020:
Guest Speaker: Yuri Kivshar
Topic: Invisibility cloaks: Could science fiction become science fact?
Contact: Marian Maclucas, Email: marian.maclucas@adelaide.edu.au
