ARTiculate Talk Series
Introduced in 2021, the ARTiculate Talk Series aims to provide senior high school students with additional support complementing the curriculum to enrich their understanding in HSC subjects related to arts, humanities, languages and social sciences.
Delivered by academic experts in the field, each talk explores key concepts taught in the classroom while providing further insight into the topics studied. These talks are designed to be a resource for teachers, and they provide a unique opportunity to engage with our outstanding academics as they share their knowledge and current research.
Upcoming topics
Exciting new topics are on the way. Stay tuned as we unveil more topics.
Ancient History | Greek Writers on Sparta: A survey of perspectives
Tuesday 7 May, 5 – 6pm | Webinar
HSC Topic: Ancient Societies | Option G – Spartan society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
Presenter: Dr Ben Brown
The body of literary evidence for ancient Sparta raises more questions than they answer. Collectively, this evidence (along with Sparta’s own obscure self-mystification) produces the so-called ‘Spartan Mirage’. Using them to solve the very mythology they have created is not easy. In this talk, Dr Ben Brown will suggest entry points to some of the literary testimonia and offer a straightforward way to identify the usefulness of each source and how that usefulness can be represented to students. While all the literary sources will be considered, we will focus especially on the importance of Herodotus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Plutarch, and Pausanias.
Economics | Exploring Australia's balance of payments and trade dynamics in a global context
Thursday 23 May, 5 - 6 pm | Webinar
HSC Topic: Topic Two – Australia’s Place in the Global Economy
Presenter: Dr IKM Mokhtarul Wadud
Learn about Australia's balance of payments (BOP) in the context of open economy macroeconomics. In this talk, Dr Wadud will highlight the evolution of Australia's BOP over recent decades, with a particular focus on how the dynamics of comparative advantage in trade of certain products and associated changes in foreign investment have shaped the Australian BOP and the Australian economy over the years. The role of the mining boom and the Australian economy’s growth trajectory in the post-GFC period will also be highlighted.
Studies of Religion | Three Versions of Paul (or more) and Christian bioethics
Thursday 30 May, 5 – 6pm | Webinar
HSC Topic: Religious Tradition Depth Study – Christianity
Presenter: Dr Christopher Humphrey Hartney
This talk will be divided in two parts: St Paul and Christian bioethics. There are a multitude of attitudes to St Paul academic, theological and mythic. Was he the real founder of Christianity? The first writer of Scripture? Here we examine his legacy from numerous academic viewpoints and survey the most relevant sources. We will also look at how bioethical responses from even a single tradition such as Christianity can change over time and lose and gain intensities and focus, as well as consider why with some telling examples.
Webinar recordings
To access the past ARTiculate webinar recordings, please visit our Learning Resources page.