2026 John Passmore Lecture
Lecture
Smaller Chance of Mistake, More Innocents Dead: A Different Problem with Using AI Systems in War (and Elsewhere) Join us for the highly anticipated 2026 John Passmore Lecture by Professor David Enoch.Abstract Using AI systems in identifying targets may very well increase accuracy, in the…
“Something about this job and many other kinds of jobs is essentially rotten”: Autofiction in the Amazon Fulfilment Centre
Lecture/seminar
In German novelist Heike Geissler’s Seasonal Associate (translated into English in 2018), the author details her time working as a temporary labourer in an Amazon fulfilment centre. As a work of autofiction, Geissler’s novel offers an unconventional twist: the novel is written in the second person…
Collective Punishment of the Other: Perceptions of Groupness and Public Responses to Foreign Influence
Lecture/seminar
When rival governments interfere in each other’s domestic affairs, disclosures of that interference often trigger demands for “collective punishment”—broadly punitive policies impacting the rival country’s ordinary citizens. Why do people support such indiscriminate policies that impose costs…
Confirmation of Candidature - Islamic Finance
Lecture/seminar
Join us for the Confirmation of Candidature for two students both working on research related to the topic of Islamic Finance.The first presentation will be by Tayyaba Jabeen Fazal followed by the presentation by Moniruzzaman. Both students are PhD candidates at the Centre for Arab and Islamic…
New Method Masterclass – Introduction to World-Literature
Workshop
Does it make sense to talk about Australian Literature, or English Literature, in the age of globalisation? As far back as 1848, Marx and Engels argued that international trade would mean national literatures would be superseded by a Weltliteratur. To what extent might the aesthetic features of the…
Queering Auto/Biography: The Many Lives of Alison Clark
Seminar
Please note that this presentation will discuss gender based violence and trauma associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In life-writing by and about queer lives, there are few examples of auto/biography that reflect, in their presentation of both content and structure, the anti-normative…
Explore Postgraduate Study in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Advisory session
Explore postgraduate study with the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences at the ANU Postgraduate Expo. Meet academics and learn about our graduate certificate and master's programs, including Applied Criminology, Social Research Methods, Museum and Heritage Studies, General and Applied…