CASS Events
Culture Matters For Health - Exploring Cultural Epidemiology And Related Approaches
 SYMPOSIUM
Culture Matters For Health - Exploring Cultural Epidemiology And Related Approaches
Monday, 26 October 2009 - Thursday, 29 October 2009
University House
A symposium and short course for social epidemiologists, public health social scientists, medical anthropologists and public health policy makers. more»
Monday, 26 October 2009 - Thursday, 29 October 2009
University House
A symposium and short course for social epidemiologists, public health social scientists, medical anthropologists and public health policy makers. more»
PhD Seminar: Swearing in tune (tone): phonology of a Chinese dialect
 SEMINAR
PhD Seminar: Swearing in tune (tone): phonology of a Chinese dialect
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Graduate Lounge, University House
Come and hear William Steed, PhD candidate in the School of Language Studies, talk about listening to, imitating, measuring and manipulating the human voice with sophisticated software. more»
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Graduate Lounge, University House
Come and hear William Steed, PhD candidate in the School of Language Studies, talk about listening to, imitating, measuring and manipulating the human voice with sophisticated software. more»
Health system performance measurement and Indigenous health
 SEMINAR
Health system performance measurement and Indigenous health
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, Eggleston Road
In 2008 the Prime Minister and the leader of the Federal Opposition along with the Australian health leadership signed a commitment to close the Indigenous health gap within a generation. This significant development has been associated with renewed focus on goals and targets for Indigenous health. Health system performance measurement first arose within the context of development of program budgeting and the broader reforms associated with economic rationalism. more»
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, Eggleston Road
In 2008 the Prime Minister and the leader of the Federal Opposition along with the Australian health leadership signed a commitment to close the Indigenous health gap within a generation. This significant development has been associated with renewed focus on goals and targets for Indigenous health. Health system performance measurement first arose within the context of development of program budgeting and the broader reforms associated with economic rationalism. more»
String Soiree
 CONCERT
String Soiree
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Rehearsal Room 3, ANU School of Music, Building 100, Childers Rd
String Soirees are on again in 2009. Coordinated by the String Area, these hour long musical moments feature talented staff and students performing music to both relax and inspire you as you indulge in a complimentary glass of champagne or orange juice. $5 all tickets Tickets available on the day at the door more»
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Rehearsal Room 3, ANU School of Music, Building 100, Childers Rd
String Soirees are on again in 2009. Coordinated by the String Area, these hour long musical moments feature talented staff and students performing music to both relax and inspire you as you indulge in a complimentary glass of champagne or orange juice. $5 all tickets Tickets available on the day at the door more»
Revisiting Inequality and Obesity
 SEMINAR
Revisiting Inequality and Obesity
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre
Social and economic factors are important in the production of population obesity, contributing to widely differing rates among similarly economically developed nations. Cultural factors also contribute to differences in obesity rates by way of perceptions of appropriate, healthy and beautiful body size. In industrialised society, obesity is a characteristic of lower social and economic classes, having been once associated with higher classes prior to widespread economic prosperity. more»
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre
Social and economic factors are important in the production of population obesity, contributing to widely differing rates among similarly economically developed nations. Cultural factors also contribute to differences in obesity rates by way of perceptions of appropriate, healthy and beautiful body size. In industrialised society, obesity is a characteristic of lower social and economic classes, having been once associated with higher classes prior to widespread economic prosperity. more»
A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures
 FILM
A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 8:00 PM - 9:34 PM
HC Coombs Theatre, Building 8a, Fellows Rd
Chris Waitt directs and stars in this documentary in which he tries to analyse why he has thus far been unsuccessful in relationships. He decides to do this by contacting all his ex-girlfriends and trying to get an interview with them on-screen. more»
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 8:00 PM - 9:34 PM
HC Coombs Theatre, Building 8a, Fellows Rd
Chris Waitt directs and stars in this documentary in which he tries to analyse why he has thus far been unsuccessful in relationships. He decides to do this by contacting all his ex-girlfriends and trying to get an interview with them on-screen. more»
Migrants' and International Students' Psychosocial Adjustment and Transition to the Workplace
 SEMINAR
Migrants' and International Students' Psychosocial Adjustment and Transition to the Workplace
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Seminar Room A, HC Coombs Building 9
This seminar seeks to discuss the emerging issues in the skills utilisation, social integration, and psychological health of migrating Asian talent to Australia, from a cultural learning perspective. more»
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Seminar Room A, HC Coombs Building 9
This seminar seeks to discuss the emerging issues in the skills utilisation, social integration, and psychological health of migrating Asian talent to Australia, from a cultural learning perspective. more»
Aggregative Environmental Games
 SEMINAR
Aggregative Environmental Games
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Seminar room 4, First floor, Crawford Building 13, Ellery Cres
In spite of the large and rapidly growing literature dealing with the theoretical analysis of non-cooperative games involving many players, the analytical tools that economists regularly use have profound and irksome limitations, and quickly go beyond the expertise of all but the most pure of theorists. more»
Tuesday, 27 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Seminar room 4, First floor, Crawford Building 13, Ellery Cres
In spite of the large and rapidly growing literature dealing with the theoretical analysis of non-cooperative games involving many players, the analytical tools that economists regularly use have profound and irksome limitations, and quickly go beyond the expertise of all but the most pure of theorists. more»
Having Fun With Cement - A night of carefully mixed plays
 THEATRE
Having Fun With Cement - A night of carefully mixed plays
Thursday, 22 October 2009 - Saturday, 24 October 2009
ANU Drama Lab
The National University Theatre Society presents a night of carefully mixed plays. Hours of Fun with Cement are a collection of comedies, devised to tickle the funny bone and provoke the 'mind bone'. more»
Thursday, 22 October 2009 - Saturday, 24 October 2009
ANU Drama Lab
The National University Theatre Society presents a night of carefully mixed plays. Hours of Fun with Cement are a collection of comedies, devised to tickle the funny bone and provoke the 'mind bone'. more»
Brand Nationalism, Uses of Media Culture and Usefulness of Media Cultural Studies
 SEMINAR
Brand Nationalism, Uses of Media Culture and Usefulness of Media Cultural Studies
Friday, 23 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Humanities Conference Room, A.D. Hope Building
ANU Asian and Pacific Cultural Studies Network Seminar Series presents: more»
Friday, 23 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Humanities Conference Room, A.D. Hope Building
ANU Asian and Pacific Cultural Studies Network Seminar Series presents: more»
Cosmopolites and their Critics in the Eighteenth Century
 SEMINAR
Cosmopolites and their Critics in the Eighteenth Century
Friday, 23 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Theatrette, Old Canberra House
Roger Chartier has suggested that the French Revolution invented the Enlightenment, and the same might be said of cosmopolitanism. Although today the Enlightenment is almost synonymous with "cosmopolitanism", the word did not exist before the late 1790s and the meanings of "cosmopolite", the term most often used, were contested. more»
Friday, 23 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Theatrette, Old Canberra House
Roger Chartier has suggested that the French Revolution invented the Enlightenment, and the same might be said of cosmopolitanism. Although today the Enlightenment is almost synonymous with "cosmopolitanism", the word did not exist before the late 1790s and the meanings of "cosmopolite", the term most often used, were contested. more»
Harnessing assets of advantage: Building sustainable enterprises & employment in Arnhem Land Aboriginal Communities
 SEMINAR
Harnessing assets of advantage: Building sustainable enterprises & employment in Arnhem Land Aboriginal Communities
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Humanities Conference Room, First Floor, A.D. Hope Building 14 (opposite Chifley Library)
Building sustainable enterprises and employment in Arnhem Land Aboriginal communities through cross sector relationships in land management, tourism and the arts. more»
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Humanities Conference Room, First Floor, A.D. Hope Building 14 (opposite Chifley Library)
Building sustainable enterprises and employment in Arnhem Land Aboriginal communities through cross sector relationships in land management, tourism and the arts. more»
Creative Approach to Complex Issues: A Design-led Research Methodology
 SEMINAR
Creative Approach to Complex Issues: A Design-led Research Methodology
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Forestry Lecture Theatre, Forestry Building 48
Creative practices, like design, are largely dismissed as not being valid forms of knowledge construction. I propose this unbalance has more to do with historically based bias and propaganda. more»
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Forestry Lecture Theatre, Forestry Building 48
Creative practices, like design, are largely dismissed as not being valid forms of knowledge construction. I propose this unbalance has more to do with historically based bias and propaganda. more»
Death, Disasters and Rituals: The northern working classes in England, 1919-39
 SEMINAR
Death, Disasters and Rituals: The northern working classes in England, 1919-39
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
McDonald Room, Menzies Library
Between 1918 and 1939 the northern coal miners experienced more deaths in peacetime than any others and responded in ways which were deeply rooted in the past. And yet the dominant narrative of death in the interwar years was that of the commemoration of the Great War soldiers, which eclipsed that of individual civilians who died in peacetime. more»
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
McDonald Room, Menzies Library
Between 1918 and 1939 the northern coal miners experienced more deaths in peacetime than any others and responded in ways which were deeply rooted in the past. And yet the dominant narrative of death in the interwar years was that of the commemoration of the Great War soldiers, which eclipsed that of individual civilians who died in peacetime. more»
Australia-China Youth Association forum on the Coalition's vision for an Asian-literate Australia
 PUBLIC LECTURE
Australia-China Youth Association forum on the Coalition's vision for an Asian-literate Australia
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
ANU Law Theatre
The ANU Chapter of the Australia-China Youth Association will host this forum on the Coalition's vision for an Asian-literate Australia with guest speaker The Hon Julie Bishop MP. more»
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
ANU Law Theatre
The ANU Chapter of the Australia-China Youth Association will host this forum on the Coalition's vision for an Asian-literate Australia with guest speaker The Hon Julie Bishop MP. more»
Triumph
 CONCERT
Triumph
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 - Thursday, 22 October 2009
Llewellyn Hall, School of Music
In the final Llewellyn Series concert for 2009, the CSO celebrates the 80th birthday of Australia's most influential musical voice, composer Peter Sculthorpe, with a re-working of his atmospheric piece Port Essington. Brilliant Australian cellist Emma-Jane Murphy then joins us for the sonic journey that is Elgar's beloved Cello Concerto. The season concludes with the stunning melodic creations of Sibelius' Symphony No 2. more»
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 - Thursday, 22 October 2009
Llewellyn Hall, School of Music
In the final Llewellyn Series concert for 2009, the CSO celebrates the 80th birthday of Australia's most influential musical voice, composer Peter Sculthorpe, with a re-working of his atmospheric piece Port Essington. Brilliant Australian cellist Emma-Jane Murphy then joins us for the sonic journey that is Elgar's beloved Cello Concerto. The season concludes with the stunning melodic creations of Sibelius' Symphony No 2. more»
Art Forum
 PUBLIC LECTURE
Art Forum
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
School of Art lecture theatre
David Broker, Director of Canberra Contemporary Art Space and Barbara McConchie, Director of Craft ACT, will discuss practical issues relevant to everyone who is getting ready to embark on their post-art school careers. more»
Thursday, 22 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
School of Art lecture theatre
David Broker, Director of Canberra Contemporary Art Space and Barbara McConchie, Director of Craft ACT, will discuss practical issues relevant to everyone who is getting ready to embark on their post-art school careers. more»
'Why don't they just talk with us?' Aboriginal perspectives on their engagement with governments
 SEMINAR
'Why don't they just talk with us?' Aboriginal perspectives on their engagement with governments
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Humanities Conference Room, First Floor, A.D. Hope Building 14, opposite Chifley Library
Using the voices of Aboriginal people Annie Kennedy presents preliminary findings from her PhD field research which shed light on how people in a remote desert environment experience and respond to government initiatives. more»
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Humanities Conference Room, First Floor, A.D. Hope Building 14, opposite Chifley Library
Using the voices of Aboriginal people Annie Kennedy presents preliminary findings from her PhD field research which shed light on how people in a remote desert environment experience and respond to government initiatives. more»
Diverse aspects of teaching Persian language
 PUBLIC LECTURE
Diverse aspects of teaching Persian language
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CAIS Al Falasi Lecture Theatre, ANU
A gathering in recognition of Samineh Baghchehban, eminent Iranian educator living in Santa Cruz, California, who will share her life-time teaching experience. more»
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CAIS Al Falasi Lecture Theatre, ANU
A gathering in recognition of Samineh Baghchehban, eminent Iranian educator living in Santa Cruz, California, who will share her life-time teaching experience. more»
Is Australia's Good Governance in Jeopardy? A Forum
 SYMPOSIUM
Is Australia's Good Governance in Jeopardy? A Forum
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
University House
Professor Jeff Bennett, Dr Henry Ergas and Mr Harry Evans, the former Clerk of the Senate, will speak on challenges to good governance in contemporary Australia. Questions, comments and discussion from the floor will follow. more»
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
University House
Professor Jeff Bennett, Dr Henry Ergas and Mr Harry Evans, the former Clerk of the Senate, will speak on challenges to good governance in contemporary Australia. Questions, comments and discussion from the floor will follow. more»