Science Fiction as a Literary Genre: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture This part of the symposium included the following talks: Introduction...
Do Romance Novels Reinforce Gender Stereotypes? Professor Catherine Roach considers how contemporary literature is presenting new...
What Would Jesus Do? Christian Culture Wars in the Modern West Christian Culture Wars in the Modern West Europe and North...
A History of European Abolition: An English Language Phenomenon? Professor Alec Ryrie examines the idea that the abolition of...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: The 'Song Triptych', and fin-de-siecle Visual Culture Debussy composed eight sets of three songs between 1891 and...
Voices of the Land: Nga Reo o te Whenua In his solo presentation of traditional instruments (taonga puoro), Richard...
Culture and Resistance: Indigenous Responses to a Globalised World This lecture looks at the place occupied by indigenous cultures...
Rare and Endangered Languages - 'Why should we protect endangered languages?' Dr Nicholas Ostler argues for the preservation of the world's...