From the Lighthouse

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From the Lighthouse episodes

  • FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 3: Frankenstein Goes to the Movies

    To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.


    ​This week's recording features the following presentations:

    “’Yes Master, No Master’: The Cinematic Development of Igor in the Frankenstein Narrative” by Guy Webster

    ​“Monstrous Scions: Frankenstein and Posthumanist Mythology” by Paul Sheehan

    55 min
  • FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 2: New Perspectives on Frankenstein

    To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.


    ​This week's recording features the following presentations:
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    “The Tangled World of Frankenstein and Conflict of Laws” by Harry Melkonian ​ 


    “Frankenstein in Hyperspace: The Return of Twenty-first-century Digital Technologies to the Origins of Virtual Space in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” by Kirstin Mills

    1 hr 5 min
  • FrankenReads @ Macquarie Session 1: Revisiting Frankenstein

    To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we will be releasing recordings from the FrankenReads event at Macquarie University in September.

    This week's recording features the following presentations:


    “’My Beloved Sister’: The Other Family in Frankenstein” by Lee O’Brien

    'Using “the living animal” to re-animate “lifeless clay”: The role of vivisection in the creation of Frankenstein's monster' by Libby King

    “’The reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude’: Narrating Solitude in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein” by Geoffrey Payne

     

    For more info and some bonus materials visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org

    1 hr 27 min
  • Meredith Lake’s The Bible in Australia: A fascinating history of the part the Bible played in shaping Australia

    Meredith Lake, award-winning historian, traces the impact of the Bible on Australian culture, from Tony Abbott's misuse of the Bible to discredit the science of climate change to the distinctively Australian irreverence for authority that saw the coining of the expressions 'bible-basher' and 'wowser'. Join Michelle Hamadache as she interviews Meredith Lake about the complex ways the Bible and its reception has shaped Australian literature, language and politics.

    34 min
  • Meredith Lake's The Bible in Australia: A fascinating history of the part the Bible played in shaping Australia

    Meredith Lake, award-winning historian, traces the impact of the Bible on Australian culture, from Tony Abbott's misuse of the Bible to discredit the science of climate change to the distinctively Australian irreverence for authority that saw the coining of the expressions 'bible-basher' and 'wowser'. Join Michelle Hamadache as she interviews Meredith Lake about the complex ways the Bible and its reception has shaped Australian literature, language and politics.

    34 min
  • Adam Courtenay’s The Ship that Never Was

    Part colonial history, part biography of James Porter, a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land under the rule of the tyrannical Governor Arthur, The Ship that Never War is a story of human tenacity and ingenuity in the face of unimaginably harsh conditions. Join Michelle Hamadache as she talks with Adam Courtenay about the incredible but true story of a group of convicts who stole a brand new ship from Macquarie Harbour and sailed it all the way to Chile.


    For more info and some bonus materials, visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org

    43 min
  • Adam Courtenay's The Ship that Never Was

    Part colonial history, part biography of James Porter, a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land under the rule of the tyrannical Governor Arthur, The Ship that Never War is a story of human tenacity and ingenuity in the face of unimaginably harsh conditions. Join Michelle Hamadache as she talks with Adam Courtenay about the incredible but true story of a group of convicts who stole a brand new ship from Macquarie Harbour and sailed it all the way to Chile.

    For more info and some bonus materials, visit our website at: https://www.fromthelighthouse.org

    43 min

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From the Lighthouse is a literary podcast published out of the Department of English at Macquarie University. Your hosts Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr Michelle Hamadache love to talk about anything to do…