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History, Culture & Collections 2017 lecture series

Details and recordings from the Humanities Department's History, Culture and Collections 2017 lecture series.

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Shelving in a collection store

08 November 2017

Curatorial Conversations

Behind the Scenes Stories on Acquiring Artefacts

11 October 2017

The astronomical lantern slide and the visual communication of popular science

Black and white photograph of a man looking through a movie camera

09 August 2017

Reel History: a look at life through motion film

Group of people in high-vis vests standing by a large telescope

14 June 2017

What Makes a Telescope “Great”?

Observations on the restoration of a once great reflector

Man photographing rock formations in bushland

10 May 2017

Fish traps and stone houses

New archaeological insights into Gunditjmara use of the Budj Bim lava flow of southwest Victoria over the past 7000 years

Beach with storm clouds

12 April 2017

"In the Beginning was the Ocean"

Pacific Cosmogony in Epeli Hauʻofa’s Oceania and Disneyʼs Moana

Remnants of an ancient building

08 March 2017

Syria: Ancient History – Modern Conflict