Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative

18/11/2024

Ben Shaw and team, reuniting communities in Papua New Guinea with long-lost burial pots
https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/reuniting-communities-in-papua-new-guinea-with-long-lost-burial-pots
(School of Culture, History & Language)

Stolen burial pots provided Dr Ben Shaw the opportunity to right historical wrongs and teach ethical research practice.

04/10/2024

If you missed yesterday's SYNAPSE seminar by Frederik Saltre, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/3GZHVhcn6Og
(School of Culture, History & Language)

SYNAPSE Seminar: Pathways into Australia: Past Environmental Context of Modern Human ExpansionSpeakers: Frederik SaltreDate: 3 October 2024Abstract:Australia...

04/10/2024

For those who could not attend ECDI's Carmel O'Shannessy's recent SYNAPSE seminar, you can access it here:
(ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics School of Culture, History & Language)

SYNAPSE Seminar: Adults, children and how languages diversify – a case study of Light Warlpiri, an Australian mixed languageSpeakers: Carmel O’ShannessyDate:...

26/09/2024

ECDI's Evan Kidd talks about the race against time to study the world’s linguistic diversity before it fades into silence
(https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/the-language-universe-is-shrinking-can-we-stop-it)

Languages across the planet are disappearing at an alarming rate. Are multilingual societies key to reversing this trend?

04/09/2024

And the 2024 PNG field school being led by ECDI’s Ben Shaw and Bethwyn Evans has begun!
(School of Culture, History & Language Asia & the Pacific at ANU)

09/07/2024

13th Conference on Oceanic Linguistics (COOL13) at ANU in Canberra, 23-27 June 2025. Le 13e colloque de linguistique océanienne aura lieu à l’Australian National University à Canberra, du 23 au 27 juin 2025. Call for papers deadline: 30 October 2024. La date limite de soumission des résumés est le 30 octobre 2024. For more details see / Pour plus de détails voir : https://sites.google.com/view/cool-13/

13th Conference on Oceanic Linguistics (COOL13) at ANU in Canberra, 23-27 June 2025.

Call for papers deadline: 30 October 2024.

For more details see https://sites.google.com/view/cool-13/

Asia & the Pacific at ANU AAPS: The Australian Association for Pacific Studies ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics Evolution of Cultural Diversity Initiative ANU Alumni

09/07/2024

For those who missed our last SYNAPSE seminar, you can enjoy it here: https://youtu.be/R3EPqHy_2kY
(School of Culture, History & Language)

SYNAPSE Seminar: Trying to model the history of Mian speakers (Telefomin District, PNG) without the skyhooks of social science: some preliminariesSpeakers: D...

31/05/2024

Photo collection by CHL Communicate

30/05/2024

Join Don Gardner for his rescheduled SYNAPSE seminar 13 June 11am AEST - register via eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/synapse-seminar-trying-to-model-the-history-of-mian-speakers-tickets-915794093787
(School of Culture, History & Language)

07/05/2024

A new publication for the bookshelf involving ECDI's own Ben Shaw

‘Forty Years in the South Seas’ brings together the latest research on the human history of Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region from an archaeological perspective, spanning the length and breadth of this diverse physical and cultural landscape.

Register your interest: doi.org/10.22459/TA57.2024

22/04/2024

Join Frédérik Saltré for our Oct SYNAPSE seminar - register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/synapse-seminar-pathways-into-australia-tickets-887364480047
(School of Culture, History & Language)

22/04/2024

Join ECDI's Carmel O'Shannessy for our Sept SYNAPSE seminar - register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/synapse-seminar-adults-children-and-how-languages-diversify-tickets-835559911187
This seminar will also be part of IMMERSIA 2024
(School of Culture, History & Language)