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Previous Humanities events

Ngā kaupapa e heke mai

Clocktower.
25 Jan January

Alexander Turnbull and the Book-Collecting Game

Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 5:30pm - Burns 2 and via Zoom, Dunedin
Join us for a public lecture by Anthony Tedeschi, FSA, Curator Rare Books and Fine Printing at Alexander Turnbull Library

08 Feb February

National Security School 2023

Wednesday, 8 February 2023 at 10:05am - St Margaret's College, 333 Leith Street, Dunedin
Rethinking New Zealand's National Security.

13 Feb February

Reading Buddhist poetry from Southeast Asia – Lecture 1: Language

Monday, 13 February 2023 at 3:00pm - Information Services Building AV Conference Suite 1 W05b, University of Otago Dunedin campus, and online via Zoom
Many Buddhist poems from Southeast Asia are products of an interconnected web of translations between languages across the region over a period of centuries. How do these historical and linguistic layers affect how we read Buddhist poems?

14 Feb February

Reading Buddhist poetry from Southeast Asia – Lecture 2: Prayer

Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 3:00pm - Information Services Building AV Conference Suite 1 W05b, University of Otago Dunedin campus, and online via Zoom
Most Buddhist poems in Southeast Asia begin and end with stanzas of homage, aspiration, or absolution. How does the logic of these distinct forms of Buddhist prayers and vows affect the formal structure and aesthetic sensibility of Southeast Asian poetry?

15 Feb February

Reading Buddhist poetry from Southeast Asia – Lecture 3: Debt

Wednesday, 15 February 2023 at 3:00pm - Information Services Building AV Conference Suite 1 W05b, University of Otago Dunedin campus, and online via Zoom
A common thread in Southeast Asian Buddhist literature is the repayment of debts to parents, teachers, and other revered figures.

16 Feb February

Reading Buddhist poetry from Southeast Asia – Lecture 4: Shock

Thursday, 16 February 2023 at 3:00pm - Information Services Building AV Conference Suite 1 W05b, University of Otago Dunedin campus, and online via Zoom
How do the aesthetics of shock shape the way poems are written and performed in Southeast Asia?

17 Feb February

Reading Buddhist poetry from Southeast Asia – Lecture 5: Pleasure

Friday, 17 February 2023 at 3:00pm - Information Services Building AV Conference Suite 1 W05b, University of Otago Dunedin campus, and online via Zoom
What is the role of pleasure in how Buddhists have written and received poetry in Southeast Asia over the past millennium?

06 Mar March

Pass it on! The channeling method in consumer ethics

Monday, 6 March 2023 at 5:15pm - Burns 5, Arts Building, 95 Albany Street, Dunedin
How should consumers respond to the numerous ethical concerns about products they might want to buy? Ewan Kingston (College of Charleston) explores this topic in relation to the role NGOs might play.

14 Mar March

Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Ben Schonthal

Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 5:45pm - Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin, and online via live-stream
Professor Ben Schonthal delivers his Inaugural Professorial Lecture (IPL) titled: "Law's Karma: Cause and effect in courtroom and cosmos".

16 Mar March

TRN Seminar

Thursday, 16 March 2023 at 12:00pm - Zoom, Dunedin
Join us for our Transport Research Network (TRN) online seminar: Weather or not to go: The travel impact of nuisance flooding and heavy rain for disabled and older people. Presented by Emily Ward from the University of Canterbury. This is a free online TRN seminar, all welcome!

 

Fire and Climate across scales: A North American perspective

Thursday, 16 March 2023 at 12:00pm - Centre for Sustainability, Toroa Seminar Room, 563 Castle St, Dunedin
Fire and Climate across scales: A North American perspective. Seminar presented by Piyush Jain, Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service.

17 Mar March

Dunedin Fringe Festival at Allen Hall – Wonderful

Friday, 17 March 2023 at 8:00pm - Allen Hall, Corner of Union and Leith Streets, University of Otago, Dunedin
Wonderful – the story of the divine Lady Hermione and her loyal butler Roberts.