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Director: Professor C.I.E. O:nal.dscn, RA l.felb, ?7' .. Oxon, FAHA

;ct.inq Director (fran 11 A1xJust. 1977) : :Flreritus Professor ~.H.V. Elliott, f4A St And & Adel, FAHA

~ Fello·r: Dr J.C. F.ade, 1'll\ st And & Adel, PhD ANU

Visitina Fellows: ProfesROr L.L. Al.be.rtsai Dr c;.r.:. Davie, r , DIJ.tt Edin

Profes.'JOr T. P.. !Xn'sch, r-l\ Adel , l <::.!\. Oxf I"r Valerie I .J. Flint, FA, DPhil Oxf

Dr Peter Prance, ~' D'P.hil OJtf

Profe~sor J.D. Frodsham, t~ Camb, PhD NU

n.rs Dorothy Green, EA (Hons) I ltJ\ (Hons) Syd i'r Sasha ~ruun, RA (Hons), ~ H lb Professor J.P. F.anly, M Old, ?~, DPhil Orf Dr R. P. S. ~~e.rbnarm, 'l'rar'..slator' s Dip Vi nna, BSc & DCam\ Vienna School of Economics, '~~ S.Illin AsBociate Professor ~.anji ~~yashi, PA Dosh.t•ba, ''A Columbia Professor Victor Iange, "'A Toronto, PhP Le1pzig Professor And~ Lefevere, ?'A, PhD Bssex Dr Eini.ly Lyle, r7\. St And, Di.;£d Glas, PhD Leeds Profesoor Sidney ltaas, AD Prine, AU & PhD Barv l~ Sian ~, ~-~ Oxf

Pxofessor ~·Milyn ~' PA Central Meth Coll, PhD Miss

Professor ~ SharT.ocl:, ~, PLitt Oxf

~ Secretarv: Pr .... T.C. Haran, 'Pl\ Syd, r~ Chron

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46/1978 The Director I rrofes:""-Or c. I.E. Donaldson ient an sabbatical leave in Au;rtJ..qt and EPeritus Professor R.P.V. Elliott:, r•aste.r of university House, was a~ints:l l-.ctinq Director rmring h::. s absence. The };Ost of Deputy Director ranainerl unfillec! since the deat.11 of Profesf",or r.raharre Johnston in Decatt>er 1976.

In March 1977 Dr J .c. Eade vras appointe:l Pesearch Fell~1, ith spec:ial responsibili~r for siiblicx.r.ca-.1hical and ooitorial \"Qrk :in t!1e Centre.

tb:!:n the Hu:na.ttlties r.eSP...arch C'.entre was established, it uas detennined that its broad area of concern "YtUuld be 1ith European t.°lru:Jht m'ld culture and their influence ov-cl'seas. This is a very wide province, arrl it was recogni.serl early an that the Centre would have to decide mether it should seek to maintain interests over the whole field of the hunanities, or whether it sOOuld c:x:n:entrate its energies, and its limited resources, in c~ areas of research where it might achieve special dif:itirction.

le.search institutions in Britain, Europe and t"!-ie USA oould be adchx::ed to justify eit-.he.r course. Sare oon.f ined thansel :...:. to what appeared to be narrowly restricted tha:TeS1 others operated within the nost liberal of limits. As the first institute of its kind in Australia, and with its OOjective of playing a natiooal role in E>tinulating research in the hu:nanities, the Hunanities P.esearch Centre was pre.c;ented with a difficult choice. After nu:h discussion, it was agreoj that the Centre shcW.d naninate each year a new t.hene for special study, and that a. substantial nurber of its Vi.sitin:J Fellc:11rahips would be ~~..Erl to people with interests relevant to the annual thar€-. At the sane 1:.i.m"; it is reaJ.i::;ed that t-here arc m:my naw initiatives to he taken in Australia at t.i-ie pr~S<>..nt tiroe, ane. t.bat - anart fran ~ .AcadE!"'"ly of the HuTanities --· there are no natiooa.1 bodies to en:ourage such initiatives. It r...ras the.ref.ore agre<:rl that SC100 of the advantagP..s of flexibility s.ln.lld be retained. and that \'ihile the erphasis would be en the annual t.'lere, a certain n'l.Jlber of Visit:i..rr.J Fellowships ~ be reserved each year for tl:ose ·;orkin:r in other areas of the hunanities.

This f'Olicy has ~ ~lffne11tCC.1 for the first tiJre this j'°..Ar t when the annual t..~ was literary translation. The Centre's interests in translaticn were organized in <:i rrajor we.ek-· lon ~ c.Er.J..r.-1 held in May, and b-~ three-day se:iinars, in Ju y a'id Septarber. The ecnv·ener was Prof~sor J.D. Frodsham of Murdoch University. Appro-.. drrately 40 papers we.re deli~~ while the subjects ranged. OVE"..r t.t-ie Thole field of translatioo, the main ~is was directe1 to the theorv of translation, the translatioo of poetry, the special problans of translating drama for the stage, and oo the use of translations in teaching. In aClditioo to the form:il sessions, there were readings of J:X')etry in translation, a pe.rfarroance of Jens Bj8rneboe's ~ticn, and an opera "'°rk-shop perfcmnancc of Benjamin Britten's Albert Herr!l!J. '!his series of seminars was. not only a new venture far the Centre. It was the first occa.:;;icn in Australia when literarv translation, whic.'1 touches 00 many of the central issues of literary criticism aOO 1.in;uistics, am of the social sciences as well, was cxnsidered in suc."'1 depth by a representative grCJU? of scholars drawn fran manv di8Cipli:nes.

'lW:::> other t:hree-day san:inars were arranged on topics unrelated to translation but of intere..<tt. to nast and present rrerbers of the Centre. 'n1ere were scm:: 40 participants in t~le seminar on mmerism held in June, and convened by Professor Andrew t~edie, of the University of Adelaide. The fields of interest were raJsic, art and lit?...rary history. The proceedings of

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this seminar will appear as the ray issue in 1978 of !!'iscellanea Musicologica. In Au;Just, a similar nun.tier took part in t.~ seninar ~ and Painting, convene:l !Jy Professor Patrick I-1c:Caughe\1 , of M:mash University; the nain areas of discussion were the relationships in general between fine art and. literature, and specific questions relating to particular periods and coontrie..q, irx:luding Australia.

~!rlle these five sarinars were org~nizro by the centre and held in its Reading lban, they were convenei and planned by mellbers of other Australian universities, in keeping with the Centre's claim to hold a national status in addition to its special responsibilities to the Australian National University.

These ccnferences se_'!'"Ve:.l to crncentrate activities upon particular topics, but the Centre's wider inter<?.sts were maintained in sare 50 lectures and seminars given by Vis iting Fellows and invited lecturers fran other parts of Aust--alia throughout the year. In addition to tlx:>se dealing with various aspects of translation on which nanbers of the Centre were engaged, lectures dealt with questions of literary criticisn, art history, bibliography, philosophy and history.

The Hum:mities Research Centre has only ~ acadenic staff; t.m1ike other sect:i.als of the University, it has an establisbm=nt consisting prircipally of Visiting Fel.kMs. Scire of these receive direct invitatioos; others are selecte.d frQ'l1 tOOse who ".pply in response to an advertisaient which is issued cnce a year and distributed widely in Australia and abroad.

Of t00 17 Visiting Ff".llCMS who spent tirre in the Centre this year 1 9 had najor interests in the theo:ry and practice of translation, while the 8 others were working in philosophy, art, English an:l foreign literatures.

Professor L.L. Albertsen (Institute of Gennan Philology, University of Aarhus; February-!'l'ay 1977) contributa:l the opening paper in the first translaticn saninar, and brought close to carpletioo a book on SUIKJ lyric.

Dr G.E. Davie (Department of Philosop:tw, University of reinburgh: March~Novelt>er 1977) carried rut research {which inclt..'ltied interviews and discussions with philosophers throughout Australia} on the Scottish philosophical tradition, with particular reference to the work of Professor John Arrlerson.

Professor T.s. rorsch (Department of En9lish, University of Dlrham; Noveni>er 1976-March 1977) pursued two principal lines of research, a study of the Elizabethan background of Shakespeare's .Measure for Jl!.easure, and a stu:ly of the writings of the English antiquaries fi"Ciri JOfui wand to Th:Jnas Fuller.

Dr Valerie Flint (Department of History, University of Auckland; Decari>er 1977""1"une 1978) arrived only at the end of b'1e year. She prop::>SeS to work en the Imago Mundi, and t.o take part in the i'!edieval seminars in 1978.

Dr P. France (School of European Studies, University of SUssex; July-Septe:Ii>er 1977) \o.Ur:Jr..ai on a translation c-f Fousseau' s Reveries du Praneneur Solitaire, ;;ind on m:idern Russi.an poetry, particularly translatioo of Gennady ~igi. He delivered papers in two of the translation saninars.

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Professor J. D. Frodsham (School of Ifurran Carrnunieation, .t-!urdoch Harch---l''iav 1977) , was the Convenf'.r of the Translation saninars. ~ .

Mrs Dorothy Green (formerly nepart:nent of EIY:Tl:ish, 1'.NU ~ Decanber 1976··April 1977) cantinued work on a revision and continuation of H.M. Green ° s History of :Ailstralian Liw.rature. ·

~ Sasha l"'.._rishin (Departnent ·of Slavonic I~guages, J\tlU~ :Pebruary 1977-February 1978) held an appo~1tmsnt jointly in the Jmanities· Research CE!'ltre and the Faculty of Arts: his tir.e was divided. evenly between teaching the unit in Fine Art in the Facult\• of Arts and work on a critical e:lition of the 'fJex:mencia. He delivered a paper in the Poet & Pain~ ·s~ ~ org~ed a major retrospective exhibition pf the 'l.~rks'. ~f Jo~.· ~ap¥.'.·n: .

, . · Professor J.P. Rattly (Del,?artrnent of Engl~, NlJ_; Jl.pril 1976-f\~$ 1977)' beg~ "~rk on a book on-. Dr Johnson,.·~ b~ght the ,man'1SC~ipt :to an ~ _fit;.ciqe. o/, -, t.l'ie conclusion of his Fello·1sbir,). .·· . ·: - · . · . .,, '·

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· .. DI: R.R.K. Hartmann (Language Centre, University of Exeter~ 0annary-May l'.9775 : ~~rked on problems in contrastive text:ol.ogy and contributed a paper ; to ~ trilns~ti?Il ssninar. · · · ; . . , · " . , ": .v;: - • .·• '-: .. - . . .

~~~·.i ·' .. "' > ·. ."Jl.!$Sociate Professor. ·r1fanji I<obayashi. (Def:'ii,ttrnent of Engli:sli, Kobe .. ' I,1piyers~~; Septarber 1976-l'·~y 1977) cont.inued ~ study of 1lllstralian ·poetry, - mawy, ii.rice the 1930°s, and \o."Orked on prablaris relating to the translation

of poetry fran English to Jnoanese. He aelivered b;o pa!)f'.rs in the translation sen.inar.

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. · Professor V. Iange (Department of Ge:Q,nanic Languages, Princeton~ August-Decanber 1977) warkec-: on Gel::rnarl. literary theory in the eighteenth century. He delivered a paper to b"'le translation sar.inar and served as a menber of the Review camrl.ttee of· b~ ANU Departnent of Gf·"".Illanic Languages.

Professor Andre U!fevere (Deparbnent of English Literature, University of Antwerp, July-~ber 1977) worked on the theory of translaticn, am an the transla-::ian of Dutch poet.cy into English. He delivered b.10 papers in the translation Seninar •

. ,. Dr Ehily Lyle (School of Scottish Studies, UPiVersity of F.dinburgh; Octd:>er 1976-f!tarch 1977) gathered material for her research on develq::m;mts in the Scottish oral tradition surviving in Australia.

_·_. 1 • c ..•• ,. -r·· :,~:.Profe~~ s'. ?-~~srr(~t._of.--~Sla~c ~ges,~.Uni~i.ty of • r •• ~r ,~epteriiber ~976) pursued his ~e.rests m literary translation,

· " r. • \ Cl!_ld ,w:>tj{ed cm a book on .. the ll'IYtl1 of St. Pet:ersburg in Russian literature. • . "' He ·deliVered a · paper in: the ~tr~lation sanin?.r. . ' :.' ' - n'.: ••

,~ ;~ ,j ·' j I j·, . \ ., / · ·"' · · . Ps Siem ~lds {SchOOl pf. European sttr.ies, University of Sussex:

'.-'..t J\Jly--:Septenoer ·19.7./~· ~rked on a translat'.ioo intt;> EnglisJ;l of re Roy ·Ladurie's " . . ., .. '.Le territoire de l 'hiSto.rien, and delivered a paper in the transla.t.ian. seminar .. ·.~: •.".r,-.' .. ~ '" "). ~ • '\I_ • .. > , .. ~ ·~:i 'J.~ ... t I

Professor Ivfarilyn Rose (Translation Crnt:er; S~e· Uni~ity of . "' New York at Binghamton: January-Jaj.y 1977) ~ked on t.J.'le \theory. of •,translaticn, am al French .'decadent' literatqre of the late 19t.11 centu.Dy • <' .... ~l'Je delivered papers in tl)e translation saninar; -. ..~

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Professor !?cxjer Sharrock (Department of ~lish, King's College, _University of I.ondon; January-october 1977) continued his study of rananticism and autobio;Jraphy, and '..Orl-"m on twentieth century poetry.

Ck1 the initiative and with the assistance of the Centre, ·all of the Visiting Fella"1S i-iho caJre fran abroad spent periods in teaching or discussial at other universities in Australia; sane also visibrl New zealand. By neans of these visits the Centre iF a.l:>le to e.'Ctend tl.ie benefits of its Visi~ Fel.l.a-lShips programre more widely, and the opporttmities for meeting people workirv;:r in their .. fields in other miversities are, of caJrse, of especial benefit to the Visiting Fellai-1s than.selves.

~fessor J. ShP..annan (Deputy Director, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London) was a Conference Visitor for the l2nnerism seninar in June. Mr David Blackbmn {l.rtist, EnQland) worked in the Centre for three naiths, ~ed work-in-progress seltinars and held a major exhibiticn of his work at a canberra art gallery. A number of other vi.c;itars e:e 'associated with the Centre for short. ~iods to deliver lectures or to work on 11iaterial available in .Canberra librariesg Professor H.P... Icyn (H=.dieval History, University College, Cardif,;}; , Mr Petr->.r Porter (Poet, England): Professor F.arl Miner (English, Princeton) i . . Professor Stepl:el P.oss (Philosophy·, · State University of New York at Binghamton); Dr Daniel Hawley (French, Flinders).

'11le ~entre ~ntin\1,ed its linkirKJ role with the University Library arx1 the National Library of Australia in an atterrpt to coordinate and rationalise the purchase and holdings of major series in the huranities. The policy of strengthening ooldings ·in H~:lieval Studies continued in preparatim for the 1978 programne of t..'l.e Centre, which will cany a special arphasis ai this area.

· Steps lJ.Jere taken this yec..r that are expected to lead to the CXJrpil.ation of an ~.ustralian and New Zealand Union Catalo:;ue of early printed books. In the course of a ccnfe.l.:'ence at the C'.entre in late Q:tober a Ccmnittee , ... -as fonred and a programne of acticn initiated. The ~rk will be cC!'lductai largely on a voltmteer an.1 part-tine basis, the interested parties having recognised that in these tirres it \O..lld be quite ~ssible to acquire funding for a full-scale institutional cxe:-cise.

The Centre has made progress this year ta.lards its objective of initiating and encouraging trork in the hunanities throughout Australia. It has associations with, for instance, the Institute of .?'ic:rlern Biogra~ at Griffith University, the Centre for F.eseai"Ch in the Na·1 Literatures in English ra:::ently established at Flimers University, and the Australian Theatre Stu:lies Centre at the Unive_?"Sity of N~7• It has been engaged in dj srussions which nay lead to the establishrrent of bJo new centres for work in specific areas of the humanities in a.not.her university.

Contacts exte:OO 001ond Australia. An :i.np:>rtant link is develop~ ·with Victoria Un.iversitv, Ne-1 Zealand., and relationships are maintained with m.:nerous centres in Britain and the United States.

Thanks are due to the Secretary, ~iss Uary 'l1l1eo, who was assisted at various periods by lJrs Patricia Hutchison, Mrs Elizabeth Smith and Mrs Julie Barton. A large part of the arraD:Jenents for saninars falls to the Secretary and the administrative staff, and it was due to their efforts that five major san:inars ·were organized during the year without apparent strain.

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Towards the ertd of the year, discussions "Jere 1.mdertaken with the Faculty of Arts Which will give the Centre a distinctive role in the ~'bdem European Studies programme of the Faculty. t-hlle the broa.C lines

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of the association ·with the Faculty \;°ierEl accepted., details of the arranganent are still to !1e \'JOrked out, and a full acoomt will be incluCl.erl in the Centre's rep:>rt for 1978.

· . ·. This has been a satisfying ye.ar for the Centre. Its Visitincr

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Fellowship and saninar prograrrrnes have been productive, and it can be said that it is now ac.kna!Tledged as a strong influence in humanities studies throughout Australia, and is achieving recognition overseas.

~.ere are, of course, frustratiO!ls. It is undeniable that many a._.,-p_a5 of tr.e humanities have lag?Erl reltind the progress made in J\.ustralia in recent years in ot.11.er fi.elC.s? to look no further rl ian this University, the first fonual organization of research in the humanities ca!Y'.e sare 'bt:enty

.. , , years after the establishment of the :Flesearch Schools for t.'li.e social am natural sciences. It is ~..refore particularly UJ.'1.fortunate that the hunanities a:.e trying to achieve a reasonable level of activity at a tine of great financial hardship for universities v and t.he u..n.certainties of the n&t few years fall especially hard on a Centre which rm .. i.st plan well in advance to secure t.1-ie Visitors it needs.

For all that, there is a sense tha.t the first, and largely expermental s+-...age is fe,sSed. t'·hlle it will continue to explore na-1 ·are.as of research and new roodes of operation, the Centre has IlO'\i'T achieved a position of relative assurance where the ma.in lines of develorroent in the next ferv years can be clearly disCP.rned.

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