Welcome to CuSPP! This network brings together researchers, scholars, and writers working in and beyond the Australian National University in Canberra in cultures of screen, performance, and print. CuSPP encompasses literary and screen studies, cultural history, theatre and performance studies, digital cultures and humanities, book history and reception studies. It explores relationships across time and place, from the ancient world to the present day. On this website you will find information about our upcoming events, which we hope you will find of interest.
Katherine Cox, ‘Age of the Supersoldier’
Join us for this week’s CuSPP seminar: Age of the Supersoldier: Subversive Cyborgs in Iron Man and Avengers: Age of Ultron Thursday 16 August, 1pm, Milgate Room, AD Hope Bldg, SLLL In 2013, the U.S. military began development of an ‘Iron Man’ suit – a powered, armored exoskeleton – heralding the possibility of technologically enhanced … Continue reading
Julianne Lamond & Melinda Harvey
Join us for this week’s CuSPP seminar: Book Reviewing in the Australian Literary FIeld Thursday 9 August, 1pm, Milgate Room, AD Hope Bldg, SLLL Most of the writing about books that is published in Australia takes place outside the academy: more than 3,000 book reviews are published each year in Australian newspapers and magazines. These … Continue reading
Deirdre Byrne on Black Panther
Join us for this week’s CuSPP seminar: Give the Black Girl the Remote: Decolonising and Depatriarchalising Technology in Black Panther Thursday 2 August, 1pm, Milgate Room, AD Hope Bldg, SLL In Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film, Black Panther, the small African kingdom of Wakanda is situated on a huge vein of vibranium, the strongest and most … Continue reading
James Underhill on Creating and Translating Worldviews
Join us for this week’s CuSPP seminar: Creating and Translating Worldviews Thursday 26 July, 1pm, Milgate Room, AD Hope Bldg, SLLL Writers create worlds. This session will raise the question of what translators do when they translate authors. What worldviews are they translating when they translate the words and worlds of authors? What role does … Continue reading
Bloomsday 2018, June 16 Event
Bloomsday 2018 will take place on Saturday June 16, in celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Join CuSPP member Russell Smith at the Canberra Irish Club: 6:30pm Saturday 16 June Dress: Edwardian. Door Prizes for Best Dressed! Canberra Irish Club, 6 Parkinson St, Weston $40, includes two-course dinner & entertainment Bookings (up to table of 10): Visit: … Continue reading
Kate Flaherty on the Touring Actress as Vector of Political Change
Join us for this week’s CuSPP seminar: Moving Women: The Touring Actress as Vector of Political Change Thursday 31 May, 1pm, Milgate Room, AD Hope Bldg, SLLL In 1869, one year before the first women’s suffrage bill was presented in the British parliament, John Stuart Mill published his treatise on the subjection of women. One … Continue reading
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
The 2018 Canberra Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is running from May 29 to June 5 at Palace Electric Cinemas. This year’s ambitious program is shining a light on some of the greatest human rights challenges of our lifetime, including: gender equality; conflict and the global movement of people, and Indigenous rights. Click here to … Continue reading
