Possessions emerges from the fifth Cambridge French Graduate Conference, which took place in 2001. The theme has provoked a broad scope of investigation, covering French literature, film and theory, and ranging from the early medieval period to the present day. Despite the lack of attention which has so far been explicitly devoted to the idea of possession, it is shown to be an ever-present concern, and this volume seeks to fill this critical blind spot. The essays confront the central notion on several levels, tackling issues of authorship and ownership, postcolonialism, gender, and the potential trauma implicated in possession. The juxtaposition of different media, periods and critical schools allows common links to emerge, demonstrating ways in which possession acts as both problem and enabling notion. As a stimulating and original investigation into an under-explored area of critical thinking, the volume offers a critical examination of the possessing power of the text.

Reshapes the current public and academic conversations about higher education policy and practice to determine what is good higher education policy. Brings together a group of higher education experts from different disciplinary backgrounds including policy studies, history, sociology, political science, and education to explain the Australian university experience today. Covers topics of great interest to researchers, postgraduate students, practitioners of higher education policy and practice; historians of education, politics, and Australian life; and general readers interested in universities as social institutions. Australian Universities: A conversation about public good highlights contemporary challenges facing Australian universities and offers new ideas for expanding public good. More than 20 experts take up the debate about our public universities: who they are for; what their mission is (or should be); what strong higher education policy entails; and how to cultivate a robust and constructive relationship between government and Australian universities. Issues covered include: How to change a culture of exclusion to ensure all are welcome in universities, especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students as well as those from low socio-economic backgrounds. How "educational disadvantage" in Australia often begins in school and is still the major barrier to full university participation. The reality that funding for research and major infrastructure requires significant additional funds from non-government sources (e.g. international student fees). A lack of policy recognition that international university students increase Australias social, cultural and economic capital. Pathways to making policy decisions wide-ranging, consultative, inclusive and inspired rather than politically partisan and deologically driven. The impact of COVID-19 on universities, and particularly how the pandemic and governmental responses exacerbated extant and emerging issues. Australian Universities rekindles a much-needed conversation about the vital role of public universities in our society, arguing for initiatives informed by the realities of university life and offering a way forward for government, communities, students and public universities together to advance public good.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Kunst - Malerei, Note: 1,0, Philipps-Universitat Marburg (Fachbereich 09 Kunstgeschichte und Germanistik), Veranstaltung: Transformation der Texte in Bilder. Ovids Metamorphosen," Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Liebschaften und Intrigen der Gotter bilden einen thematischen Schwerpunkt innerhalb der 15 Bucher der Metamorphosen" des Ovid, das in der bildenden Kunst so haufig rezipierte Werk der romischen Antike. Oft diente Ovid den Kunstlern jedoch nur als Ausgangspunkt fur ihre ganz eigene Interpretation der Sagen und Geschichten aus dem Altertum. In der vorliegenden Arbeit soll die Episode von der Liebesgottin Venus und dem Kriegsgott Mars im Vordergrund stehen, deren Affare von dem Sonnengott Sol entdeckt, und von Venus Ehemann Vulkan geracht wird. Der Hauptschwerpunkt der Arbeit soll dabei auf Tintorettos Gemalde Vulkan uberrascht Venus und Mars" liegen ( Jacopo Tintoretto: Vulkan uberrascht Venus und Mars, Ol auf Leinwand, 135 x 198 cm, um 1550-1555, Munchen, Alte Pinakothek). In der Italienischen Renaissance fand man vor allem zwei Aspekte dieser Geschichte erheiternd: Einmal das Thema zweier, miteinander konkurrierender Manner, ein verbotener Liebhaber und ein betrogener Ehemann, die um die Gunst einer schonen Frau wetteifern. Zum anderen das Thema der Konfrontation des tapferen, aber zugleich auch zornigen, unberechenbaren und mitunter auch bosartigen Gott, als Teil seiner kriegerischen Natur mit der sanften und schonen Gottin der Liebe. In der folgenden Arbeit werde ich zunachst eine genaue Bildbeschreibung des Gemaldes vornehmen, um es anschliessend mit dem ovidschen Text vergleichen zu konnen. Dabei soll erlautert werden, inwieweit der Kunstler sich mit seinem Werk an die literarische Vorlage hielt oder sich von ihr entfernt hat. Es wird auch berucksichtigt, welche anderen bildthematischen und literarischen Einflusse moglicherweise bei der Entstehung des Gemaldes mitgewirkt haben. Im Anschluss werde ich