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Creative endeavour now a PhD

Thursday, February 17, 2022

It’s fantastical (and futuristic) but a lecturer’s doctoral thesis reimagines modern Australia’s founding through the experiences of a teenage girl who is neither convict nor coloniser.

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Love in the time of corona

Friday, May 8, 2020

The middle-age of the day is a slow slog of work; of forcing words that would usually flow naturally between people into a digital space. I make lists to remind myself to be human—breathe/stretch/read/drink water. It seems manic and eternal. By evening I’m old; exhausted by ennui. To find my way through this, I start a Facebook group with my students in response to a National Poetry Month challenge: “a poem a day for April.”

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Lynnette Lounsbury: Getting things wrong

Monday, May 4, 2020

In by Brock Goodall

Episode 4 of the PULSE Isolation Edition featuring Avondale University College School of Humanities and Creative Arts Head Lynnette Lounsbury in conversation with Chaplain (Lake Macquarie campus) Pr Brock Goodall.

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Family Life in Ancient Rome

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

In by Brenton Stacey

Discover with historian Lynnette Lounsbury more about the roles of everyday citizens in this entertaining look at life in an ancient Roman family. Is it easy to see ourselves?

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New meaning of life drives doco

Sunday, October 27, 2019

An award-winning documentary produced by two Avondale lecturers through a crowdfunding site tells the story of an alternative pursuit of freedom on the road.

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Feminist? #metoo

Thursday, March 8, 2018

International Women’s Day (March 8) commemorates the movement for women’s rights and celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. So, the Avondale news blog this week and the next two is featuring the expertise, creativity and opinions of some of the women of Avondale College of Higher Education. Inspired by the theme #pressforprogress, women are taking over the press and making progress. In this post: lecturer Lynnette Lounsbury on the need for men and women to claim the title “feminist”.