![]() This saw Amy become a leader in the emerging discourse of ‘heritage diplomacy’, and she published a comprehensive review of this concept in The Handbook of Cultural Security (2018). Chair of the University of Queensland Press Board (2005-13), he thinks public universities should make all their research freely available to the public, hence his work on the Queensland Places and Victorian Places websites, the only states in Australia yet to have such scholarly websites.ĭr Amy Clarke's primary research interests are focused on the promotion of regional and national identities via architecture, themed environments, and cultural heritage. His book Sydney’s Century won the NSW Premier’s prize in 2000. He has held posts at Macquarie, Monash, ANU, and the University of Potsdam. His research interests include housing, public transport, heritage conservation, coastal greenspace and urban water policy. Born in Melbourne, and educated at North Sydney Boys High School, the University of Sydney and ANU, Peter Spearritt is an Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Queensland. Professor Peter Spearritt is Emeritus professor at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, Faculty of Humanties and social Sciences at the University of Queensland. Her report, How Australian theatre rebalanced its gender disparity, published by the ABC, won the Arts Journalism Prize at the 2019 Mid-Year Walkley Awards. Jane’s artistic work explores writing in collaborative digital spaces and her research work has primarily looked at the status of women in the arts. She has had writing commissioned in England, Scotland, Canada, and the Czech Republic been translated into multiple languages and has appeared in publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, RealTime, Meanjin, The Lifted Brow, Crikey, Junkee, and The Stage, and Kill Your Darlings where she was contributing editor. As a freelance journalist and critic working across Australia and Asia, Jane is a regular contributor to Guardian Australia. She is currently editor of arts and culture at The Conversation, and sits on the board of Writers SA. Jane Howard (Chair) is a Walkley award-winning journalist. ![]() #Entwined with you audible seriesState Library and The Conversation join forces to bring you a series of events with subject matter expertsįrom universities and research institutions discussing, challenging and reflecting on the issues that concern us.īe part of discussions – based on evidence not alarm – that encourage a better understanding of current affairs and complex issues. Soak up history and all things nostalgic while you reminisce, remember and see what comes out in the wash. They will answer important questions such as what drives our urge to collect? Is art printed on a tea towel still art? What types of souvenirs should we have at the Olympics? Are pineapples, surfers and kangaroos still the best way to represent Queensland? ![]() Hear from historian Emeritus Professor Peter Spearritt history professor and passionate defender of ‘kitsch’, Amy Clarke, Director of the UQ Anthropology Museum and ARC Research Fellow, Michael Aird, and The Conversation’s Arts & Culture Editor, Jane Howard – as they look at Queensland’s cultural artifacts from 1950 on and explore how we have changed (or not). ![]() Join our panel of experts as we take a look at Queensland’s past and future culture and identity through tea towels, travel art, amateur collecting and the changing depiction of Queensland through our enduring motifs. What are the images and motifs that define Queensland? ![]()
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