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10
Sep
2017

Gender responsive budgeting and breastfeeding policies: insights from the Asia-Pacific region

Seminar

Global progress in improving infant and young child feeding practices has been hindered by a lack of funding of national breastfeeding policies and there are renewed calls at the international level to address funding gaps. In parallel, some thirty countries in the Asia-Pacific region have taken…

09
Sep
2017

In Conversation: Angelica Mesiti, Making Work in Contemporary Europe

Lecture

This is the next installment of our Art and Europe Lecture Series. Join Senior Curator Jaklyn Babington in conversation with Australian born, Paris-based video artist Angelica Mesiti for a discussion about her creative practice and work on view at the National Gallery of Australia. This event is…

09
Sep
2017

NGA Public Lecture - In Conversation: Angelica Mesiti, Between European and Australia

Lecture

This is the next installment of our Art and Europe Lecture Series. Join Senior Curator Jaklyn Babington in conversation with Australian born, Paris-based video artist Angelica Mesiti for a discussion about her creative practice and work on view at the National Gallery of Australia. This event is…

08
Sep
2017

Books that Changed Humanity: The Satanic Verses

Lecture

Books that Changed Humanity is an initiative of the Humanities Research Centre, based at the Australian National University. The HRC invites experts to introduce and lead discussion of major texts from a variety of cultural traditions, all of which have informed the way we understand ourselves…

07
Sep
2017

Feminist Utopias: past, present and imagined

Conference

Presented by ANU Gender Institute & ANU School of History   What does it take to maintain optimism in a time of anger, fear and division? How can we revive hope in the midst of despair? And what can feminist thinking and mobilisation offer in our search for answers to these questions?…

06
Sep
2017

3MT - The Three Minute Thesis competition - final

Activity

Imagine condensing hours, days and even years of complex research into a short presentation while being judged by an expert panel and lecture theatre full of your peers and strangers. An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to read, they have 3 minutes. Join us for an evening of smart…

06
Sep
2017

Effective communication in hospitals: applying discourse analysis to improve clinical handover interactions.

Lecture

Effective communication in hospitals: applying discourse analysis to improve clinical handover interactions. Clinical handover – the transfer between clinicians of responsibility and accountability for patients and their care – is a pivotal, high-risk communicative event in hospital practice.…