Humanities must act on future, says professor

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Humanities schools must do more to demonstrate the value of their teaching and research to prevent being an easy target for university funding cuts, says a leading Queensland academic. The founding director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland, Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner, said the Humanities had endured years […]

Identity key to cultural symposium

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Esteemed academic, author and researcher, Associate Professor Anita Harris, will be the keynote speaker at Griffith University’s Fifth Annual Cultural Research Postgraduate Symposium. The Monash University-based Australian Research Council Future Fellow will return to Queensland to address the symposium at Griffith’s Gold Coast campus on November 1. Hosted by the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research […]

Seminar to analyse media role in federal poll

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Griffith University willhost a seminar analysing the influence and performance of the media during the recent Federal Election campaign. Political Imperatives: Media and the 2013 Election will be held in the Bray Centre at Griffith’s Nathan campus from 9.30am on Friday (September 27). The 2013 Federal Election was one of the more memorable in recent […]

Speaking up on Coast culture strategy

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Griffith University’s Shanene Ditton has firm ideas about the Gold Coast’s evolving cultural identity.That’s why she regards the Gold Coast City Council’s Draft Culture Strategy 2013-23 ascrucial to the city’s future. The strategy will be the focus of a free public symposium to be staged at rabbit + cocoon creative arts precinct at Miami on […]