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Title: Collaborative Festival Event for the 40th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies, 50th Anniversary of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and 60th Anniversary of the UNE Museum of Antiquities (UNEMA)
Contributor(s): Hopwood, Bronwyn  (creator)orcid ; Koehn, Clemens  (project team member)orcid ; Bourke, Graeme  (project team member)orcid 
Corporate Author: Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS)
Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH)
Publication Date: 2019-02-04
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52221
Related Research Outputs: https://www.ascs.org.au/news/index.html
https://www.une.edu.au/info-for/visitors/museums/museum-of-antiquities/exhibitions-and-programs/past-exhibitions
Open Access Link: https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences-and-education/hass/news-and-events/australasian-society-for-classical-studiesOpen Access Link
Abstract: 

In 2019 the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) and Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) collaborated with the UNE Museum of Antiquities (UNEMA) to create a regional festival event including public exhibitions and lectures, combined with a Classics research conference, to explore how Classics can engage researchers, school teachers, and the general public in a regional centre of learning, and work to ensure that Classics is neither the preserve of wealthy white elites nor a metropolitan privilege (Hall & Stead 2013; Lawrence 2018). Festival events included diverse public lectures on social revolution in the Roman Republic, Pagan and Christian architectural thought, Sudanese archaeology, and the dialogue between Classics and LEGO. The public exhibitions included a photographic exhibition on the New England region, the unveiling of an Ancient Egyptian sandal (the oldest shoe in Australia) accompanied by an exhibition on footwear, and an exhibition displaying together for the first time classical and archaeological books in the collections of the UNE Department of Classics, the UNE Heritage Centre, and Dixson Library Rare Books Collection. The public events were held concurrently with the ASCS Annual Conference, which brought over two hundred researchers in Classics, Ancient History, Museum and Reception Studies, and Archaeology to Armidale, and which for the first time was registered with NESA to provide an accredited professional development opportunity for NSW school teachers.

Publication Type: Curated Or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions And Events - Festival
Publisher: University of New England
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210306 Classical Greek and Roman History
210204 Museum Studies
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430305 Classical Greek and Roman history
430202 Critical heritage, museum and archive studies
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 950504 Understanding Europe's Past
950503 Understanding Australia's Past
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130704 Understanding Europe’s past
130703 Understanding Australia’s past
Format: Website, 102 pp Conference Book, 5 Public Events, 3 Exhibitions
HERDC Category Description: Z18 Curated or produced substantial public exhibition and events - Festival
Publisher/associated links: https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences-and-education/hass/news-and-events/australasian-society-for-classical-studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly0AAH9dDTo
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2226003847669516
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1207286292757213
https://vimeo.com/321346707
Description: Output included: Conference Website, Conference Book: 102 pages including 115 research paper abstracts, 4 Public Lectures, Public unveiling of UNEMA Commemorative Artefact (Australia's oldest shoe - Ancient Egyptian Sandal), 3 Exhibitions: "Classics in the Library" with 17 books; "O.N.E: Our New England" with 23 photographs, 1 tactile map, 2 page text; Exhibition: "40,000 Years of Footwear" with brief pictorial outline and 5 display artefacts; 4-7 February 2019
NTRO Venue: University of New England
NTRO Location: Armidale, Australia
Type of Work: Photographic exhibition; Artefact Display exhibition; Book exhibition; Public Lectures; Conference Book containing Research paper abstracts
Original Performance Date: 2019
Appears in Collections:Curated Or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions And Events - Exhibition/event
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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