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Masterclass & Seminar with Sisonke Msimang
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: 108 Napier Building, University of Adelaide
Celebrated writer Sisonke Msimang, author of Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home, will be giving a masterclass on 'Writing Lives', as well as a seminar on her most recent works. In the masterclass, Msimang will lead a discussion on the practice of life writing through reflections on her recent memoir of exile and home and her forthcoming biography of Winnie Mandela. To register and to obtain preparatory readings for these exciting events, please email the centre. These events are presented with the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice and the Department of English & Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide.
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2018 Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018, 12:00 am
- Location: Madley Rehearsal Space, Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide
Composer and sound artist Professor Cat Hope (Head of the Sir Zelman Cowan School of Music, Monash University) will examine the current situation for music creators in Australia by bringing together some current debates and proposing appropriate actions to improve inclusion and opportunity for all people. For the second year in a row, the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice is proud to be supporting the Adelaide iteration of this important national forum for contemporary music discourse, presented by the New Music Network and the University of Adelaide. To register for this free event, please visit the eventbrite site.
Public Lecture with Michael Taussig
- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: G04 Napier Building, University of Adelaide
In his free public lecture chaired by esteemed professor Stephen Muecke, acclaimed anthropologist Professor Michael Taussig will attempt to figure out the mastery of non-mastery. He will pause on Marcel Proust’s alignment of the mimesis between wasp and orchid as consonant with that of the sexual encounter between a baron and a tailor—prelude to his thoughts on inter-species sex, shamanism, and paramilitary massacres as copies chasing copies. Through these pauses, Michael will speculate on the fate of the mimetic faculty in relation to global meltdown and metamorphic sublimity.
Masterclass with Michael Taussig
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location: 108 Napier Building, University of Adelaide
Following on from his free public lecture join renowned anthropologist Professor Michael Taussig as he attempts to figure out the mastery of non-mastery. He will pause on Marcel Proust’s alignment of the mimesis between wasp and orchid as consonant with that of the sexual encounter between a baron and a tailor—prelude to his thoughts on inter-species sex, shamanism, and paramilitary massacres as copies chasing copies. Through these pauses, Michael will speculate on the fate of the mimetic faculty in relation to global meltdown and metamorphic sublimity.
In Conversation with Elleke Boehme
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: 618 Napier Building, The University of Adelaide
Professor Elleke Boehmer will discuss her latest book with Gillian Dooley as part of a seminar that we are co-hosting with the Department of English and Creative Writing.
Re-creating Two Feet: Meryl Tankard
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Mercury Cinema
We are proud to collaborate with Dr. Maggie Tonkin to present Re-creating Two Feet: Meryl Tankard. Just a day after the last performance of her sold-out Adelaide Festival show, acclaimed Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard will show a film of her own performance of Two Feet, shot in the mid-1990s; editing of the film has been made possible through funding from the Jim Bettison and Helen James Award. This will be followed by a Q&A hosted by Maggie Tonkin.
Masterclass with Marlene van Niekerk
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019, 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: 618 Napier Building, The University of Adelaide
This masterclass with Marlene van Niekerk will interrogate the possibility of a poetics of the Anthropocene.
The Anthropocene Salon
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar, 6:00 pm - Wed, 22 May 2019, 8:00 pm
- Location: Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George Street, Thebarton
The Anthropocene Salon is a new conversation on why and how we live in a changing climate.
Impossible Music: World Premiere Launch
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Hartley Concert Room, University of Adelaide
Join acclaimed author Sean Williams and a team of South Australian luminaries to celebrate the launch of his latest book.
Oratunga Winter School #2
- Date: Sun, 21 - Sat, 27 Jul 2019
- Location: Oratunga Sheep Station
A team of distinguished scholars and creative practitioners will guide you through the art of creative place-making in storied Country.
