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ASA thanks all its travellers for thirty years of support!
In 2007 ASA celebrated a thirty-year journey. Before 1977 I had been teaching Art History at two universities, constantly asking myself two questions: 'How can Australian students feel the excitement of being part of world history?' 'How do I convey the richness, meaning and context of art works located in the faraway places our culture sprang from?' This is how ASA started, with a few university student tours to Europe. Australia has changed and so has ASA. Australia now must engage with the world to fulfil its role as a culturally rich and varied member of a global community. This challenge has given ASA a new sense of excitement and purpose. After thirty years we now explore the fullest possible range of cultures and environments on nearly every continent - and you, our many fellow travellers, form a community dedicated to exploring places in a vast variety of manifestations: art, architecture, archaeology, theatre and music, literature, customs and rituals, landscape and garden history - the list is endless because the possibilities are infinite. Chris Wood, Director
Posted: 15 Feb 2008 .
MELBOURNE • SYDNEY
Explore the world in free public lectures hosted by Australians Studying Abroad
All lectures are illustrated. Reservations & enquiries: info@asatours.com.au or telephone 03 98226899.
LECTURERS
Susannah Fullerton studied English Literature at the Uni. of Auckland and Uni. of Edinburgh. For the past 14 years Susannah has been President of the Jane Austen Society, Australia. She is the co-author of Jane Austen - Antipodean Views. She has also published Jane Austen and Crime (2004) and Brief Encounters: Literary Travellers in Australia (Picador) which was launched in May 2009. Susannah is very well known as a public lecturer, has worked on literary prize committees, and organised literary conferences. Susannah has led ASA’s literary tours to England, Ireland and Scotland. Her forthcoming tours include:
• A Literary Tour of the East Coast of North America 21 September – 12 October 2010 & 16 September – 7 October 2011
• Exploring More English Literary Landscapes 23 May – 12 June 2011
Laura Jocic is Assistant Curator, Australian Fashion and Textiles at the NGV. Laura majored in Visual Arts and Linguistics at Monash Uni. and completed a Postgrad. Diploma in Art Curatorial Studies and a Masters in the Fine Arts Dep. at the Uni. of Melb., focusing on costume and textile collections. She has been a costumier and wardrobe supervisor for theatre, film and television in Australia and Great Britain. Laura has lived in Syria and Israel and travelled extensively throughout Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt. Laura has led ASA’s textiles & ceramics tour to Uzbekistan (2005-2008). Her forthcoming tours include:
• Uzbekistan: The Silk Road Cities 21 September – 6 October 2010
• Architecture, Arts & Crafts of Bhutan: The Dragon’s Gifts 4 – 23 November 2011
Lucia Lancellotti is a landscape archaeologist, currently completing her PhD on the landscape archaeology of Neapolis in S.W. Sardinia. She has degrees in Classics & Archaeology and Geography and Environmental Science. She has worked on archaeological digs in Crete and has been coordinator of multi-disciplinary fieldwork at the archaeological site of Neapolis, Sardinia. She has gained a number of awards, at present works for Heritage Victoria, and has a special interest in Maritime Archaeology. She joins ASA in 2011 as lecturer for ASA’s tour:
• Sardinia & Corsica: Islands of Forgotten Riches 16 September – 7 October 2011
Assoc. Prof David Marshall has published widely on aspects of painting and architecture in 17th and 18th-century Italy, especially depictions of architecture, and ruin and topographical painting (Codazzi, Panini, Canaletto). His major book is Viviano and Niccolo Codazzi and the Baroque Architectural Fantasy, Rome, Jandi Sapi, 1993. His research also includes the paintings of garden design, antiquarianism, collecting and display, and connoisseurship. He is founder/editor of Melbourne Art Journal. David has run University of Melbourne credit courses in Rome with ASA for many years. In 2011 he will lead ASA’s tour:
• English & Welsh Gardens: From the 18th Century to the Arts & Crafts Movement 9 – 30 June 2011
Dr Alex McKay has a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) and has been Lecturer in South Asian history and a Research Fellow at both the Uni. of London (SOAS & UCL) and the International Inst. for Asian Studies in Leiden, Netherlands. His publications include: Tibet and the British Raj (1997), a study of the British officials who dealt with Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet in 1904-1947; and Footprints Remain (2007), on the introduction of Western medicine into this region. He is currently writing a history of the Indo-Tibetan pilgrimage to Mt Kailas. Alex first joined ASA in 2008 and has led ASA tours to Bhutan (2009) & Tibet (2010). His forthcoming tours include:
• Bhutan: Himalayan Fortress of the Gods 18 October – 2 November 2010; 7-22 May 2011
• The Silk Route: From Xian to Tashkent 31 August – 26 September 2011 Alex lectures for this tour in China and Kyrgyzstan
Dr Uldis Ozolins, originally from Latvia, returns frequently to the Baltic States for work and study. He is an active researcher and commentator on contemporary Baltic issues. He gained his PhD from Monash Uni., has taught at the Uni. of Melb., Deakin, La Trobe and RMIT in several disciplines (politics, philosophy, education, interpreting/translating). He also runs a consultancy: ‘Language Solutions’. He has a passion for the peculiar tenacity of the Baltic States and their cultures. Uldis joined ASA as lecturer for Heritage Cities of the Baltic in 2004.
• Heritage Cities of the Baltic: Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Helsinki & the Savonlinna Opera Festival 28 June – 19 July 2011
Kenneth W. Park is Curator of Collections at Wesley College Melbourne and a curatorial consultant. An inveterate traveller, he lives by the motto that ‘life is a grand tour, make the most of it’. With tertiary qualifications in fine arts, museum studies, history and international relations, Kenneth lectures across Australia at universities, museums, conferences and for cultural organisations. Kenneth has led ASA tours since 2004 to England (2008-09), Berlin (2004-08), Ireland (2005, 2007), Italy (2005), France (2004-09), the USA (2006-10), Prague & Vienna (2006) & Canada (2008). His forthcoming tours include:
• Discovering 'Le Grand Nord': Eastern Canada & Rebellious Boston 31 August – 20 September 2010
• New York, New York 20-26 September 2010
• Art and Gardens of Provence & the Côte d'Azur 13-24 October 2010; 7-18 October 2011
• The New Berlin 27 September – 5 October 2010
• A Paris Affair 6-13 October 2010; 30 September – 7 October 2011
• Art & Architecture in the USA: Chicago, Boston & New York 21 April – 4 May 2011
• A Journey from Paris to Normandy: The Lure of the Sea 1-16 June 2011
• Islands Apart: Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Alderney & Sark 16-27 June 2011
Christopher Wood is founder/director of Australians Studying Abroad (1976). He has led over 120 tours to Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, the USA and Asia. He has taught for six Australian universities and for the Rhode Island School of Design (USA). He has assisted in designing post-graduate courses in cultural tourism (Monash Uni. Uni of Melbourne) and in the development of six Australian State cultural tourism policies. Chris has published books and articles on history, architectural history and cultural tourism, scripted and narrated documentary films on Tuscan history; his travel photographs have appeared in over 250 books and magazines worldwide. In May 2010 he co-led ASA’s first tour to Macedonia and Albania. His forthcoming tours include:
• Gardens, Villages & Châteaux of North Western France 5 – 25 June 2010
• The Silk Route: from Xi'an to Tashkent 25 August – 20 September 2010; 31 August – 26 September 2011. Chris lectures in Uzbekistan
• The Wine Dark Sea: Southern Italy & Sicily 3-26 October 2010; 16 October – 6 November 2011
• Bulgaria & Romania: From the Danube to Transylvania 6 - 26 June 2011
MELBOURNE LECTURES
Monash Art & Design Faculty Theatre, Caulfield Campus, Dandenong Road
SATURDAY 10 JULY 2010
1.00-1.50pm Bhutan: Seeing the Land of Gross National Happiness - Dr Alex McKay
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm Asia's Ancient Trail: The Silk Road - Dr Alex McKay
SATURDAY 24 JULY 2010
1.00-1.50pm Between East & West: The Complexity of Balkan History - Christopher Wood
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm From 'Turkey in Europe' to New Nation States: Creating Albania and Macedonia - Christopher Wood
3.10-3.20pm break
3.20-4.10pm Empires and Principalities: Bulgaria and Romania from Rome to the Soviets - Christopher Wood
SATURDAY 7 AUGUST 2010
1.00-1.50pm Sardinia: An Island of Forgotten Riches - Lucia Lancelloti
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm English and Welsh Gardens - Assoc. Prof. David Marshall
SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2010
1.00-1.50pm Heritage Cities of the Baltic - Dr Uldis Ozolins
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm The Lure of the Sea: From Paris to Normandy - Christopher Wood
3.10-3.20pm break
3.20-4.10pm The Impressionists in NW France - Kenneth W. Park
SYDNEY LECTURES April - May 2010
Lecture Theatre, The Australian Museum, Cnr College & William St
SUNDAY 11 JULY 2010
1.00-1.50pm Bhutan: Seeing the Land of Gross National Happiness - Dr Alex McKay
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm Arts & Crafts of Bhutan - Laura Jocic
3.10-3.20pm break
3.20-4.10pm Asia's Ancient Trail: The Silk Road - Dr Alex McKay
SUNDAY 25 JULY 2010
1.00-1.50pm Exploring More English Literary Landscapes - Susannah Fullerton
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm English and Welsh Gardens - Assoc. Prof. David Marshall
3.10-3.20pm break
3.20-4.10pm A Literary tour of the East Coast of Nth America - Susannah Fullerton
SUNDAY 8 AUGUST 2010
1.00-1.50pm Between East & West: The Complexity of Balkan History - Chris Wood
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm From 'Turkey in Europe' to New Nation States: Creating Albania and Macedonia - Chris Wood
3.10-3.20pm break
3.20-4.10pm Empires and Principalities: Bulgaria and Romania from Rome to the Soviets - Chris Wood
SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010
1.00-1.50pm Islands Apart: Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Alderney & Sark - Kenneth W. Park
1.50-2.20pm break
2.20-3.10pm The Impressionists in NW France - Kenneth W. Park
3.10-3.20pm break
3.20-4.10pm Heritage Cities of the Baltics - Uldis Ozolins
Posted: 20 May 2010 .
Posted: 21 Dec 2009 .