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You are invited to attend the ACSACS Conference “Anzac Day: Then and Now” Tuesday 14 April 2015 Military Theatre, UNSW Canberra 8:45am 9am Session 1 9:30am 10:10am 10:50am Session 2 11:10am 11:50am 12:30 Arrive and register Welcome Ken Inglis “Anzac and Christian: Two Traditions or One?” A 50 Year Retrospective on a 50 Year Reflection Carolyn Holbrook John Moses Morning Tea “Commemorators-­‐in-­‐Chief” Anzac Day as the nation’s requiem Gareth Knapman Peter Stanley Lunch The Pre-­‐History of Anzac Day 1916 Naming the day: ‘Anzac’ or ‘ANZAC” Day & why it matters? Session 3 1pm 1:40pm Heather Neilsen Christina Spittel 2:20pm 3pm Michael Gladwin Afternoon tea The One Day of the Year: Critique or Criticism? “They’ve got a right to their feelings”: The One of the Year Reconsidered Anzac Day and its Uniformed Custodians Session 4 3:20 Jeff Doyle 4pm 4:30pm Tom Frame Closing discussion Lest We Remember or Best We Forget: Sentimental Rituals within Anzac Day Verse Hymns Ancient and Modern? The Music of Anzac Day To be circulated during the conference: Jeff Grey The Fall and Rise of Anzac Day, 1965-­‐1990 The seminar is free but bookings by 10 April are essential. Please RSVP: Mrs Shirley Ramsay [email protected] or (02) 6268 8845 1