Book launch for 'The Persistence of Melancholia in Arts and Culture', edited by Andrea Bubenik
Image: Front cover of The Persistence of Melancholia in Arts and Culture, Routledge 2019.
Date: Thursday 29 August 2019
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Bloodhound Corner Bar and Kitchen, Upper Level Bar, 454 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
RSVP: By August 28 to uqche@uq.edu.au.
Please join us in celebrating the publication of The Persistence of Melancholia in Arts and Culture, edited by Andrea Bubenik with contributions by Mieke Bal, Amelia Barikin, Andrea Bubenik, Rex Butler, Sally Butler, Denis Collins, Drew Daniel, Laurinda S Dixon, Allison Holland, Michael Ann Holly, and Chari Larsson.
The book will be launched by Professors Peter Holbrook and Rex Butler, followed by a performance of melancholic melodies by the electro-acoustic troubadour Sanfeliu.
The book emerges from a symposium and exhibition sponsored by the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions at The University of Queensland in partnership with The University of Queensland Art Museum.