Professory of Art History and Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic Excellence)
University of Newcastle
Joined October 2014
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The John Mulvaney Fellowship supports vital Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research in the humanities. Open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early-career researchers and PhD students in the humanities to undertake research or fieldwork!
humanities.org.au/grants-and…
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THREAD: A shout out to the participants at the #ARCSenateInquiry yesterday who stood up for transparency & integrity of process, and affirmed their support for the #SHAPE & #HASS disciplines – including from our #STEM colleagues and university peak bodies. [1/4]
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New in @UDelPress’s Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture Series! Making Ideas Visible in the Eighteenth Century, edited by @JenniferDMilam and Nicola Parsons. Series information: udpress.udel.edu/book-series…. Order here: udpress.udel.edu/book-title/….
Event February 11-12, 2022
Death, Disease, and Mystical Experience in Early Modern Art
Symposium in Honour of Louise Marshall and her contribution to the field of Art History sites.google.com/view/ddmesy…
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“It’s not only possible to study outside of academia—it may be impossible to study within it. And if the university has grown inhospitable to the humanities, perhaps scholars can smuggle them out, book by book, one affordable seminar at a time.” edsurge.com/news/2021-12-09-…
Looking forward to travels through Jefferson’s gardens at Monticello and Poplar Forest next week. Join me.
We are excited to have @JenniferDMilam join us for the final 'A Foreign Country: Travels through the Past' online talk. Jennifer will discuss Thomas Jefferson's ornamental & experimental gardens next Tuesday 9 November at 5.30pm.
Free, register here: ow.ly/RELo50GCN7N
Congratulations to Built Environment colleagues at the University of Newcastle for their award winning entry in the AILA Awards and Competitions aila.awardsplatform.com/gall…
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Excellent tribute to Carla Zampatti this morning by Peter McNeil: theconversation.com/how-carl…
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"The notion that science is all about falsification has done incalculable damage not just to science but to human wellbeing. It has normalised distrust as the default condition for knowledge-making."
Popperian falsification and the rise of neoliberalism aeon.co/essays/how-popperian…
Who’s Responsible for a Ph.D. Student’s Success? chronicle.com/article/whos-r…
My copy of a Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment arrived today. Thanks to @ProfGhervas and @DavidRArmitage for involving all of us in this project and congratulations to them for seeing it published.
Sums it all up betootaadvocate.com/headline…
The Right-Wing Medievalist Who Refused the Loyalty Oath
Superb article by @SimonDuring Sadly, Simon, you are right, but so few accept the fact that by not speaking out they are participating in the break up of the real university. chronicle.com/article/the-ri…
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A reminder that the #CFP for our third season is still open. If you are a PhD candidate, ECR (loosely defined!) or museum professional, we want to hear from you!
Deadline = 30th November
*CALL FOR PAPERS* for season 3 of NDENCA (Jan- Mar 21) is now open! We want to hear from PhDs, ECRs (broadly defined) and museum professionals. Send your abstracts for a 40 min seminar paper to [email protected] by 30 November 2020
ndenca.wordpress.com/call-fo…
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Last Friday, Professor Colleen Thomas and her dance students gathered (at a distance) for the first time since March in what was a joyful reunion for all. Check out this video of them performing Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Co.'s work, Continuous Replay: Come Together.
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Some of the take-aways from Stephen Gaukroger's excellent 'Failures of Philosophy'. (This on why 'science' may not be a good model for philosophy)
