Past events
India’s Eucalyptus Affair: Development, Environmental Management and Politics, c 1960-1990.
Seminar
Between 1960 and 1990, India developed the world’s second largest area of Eucalyptus cover. Today, however, multiple states have banned its planting and state forest departments even uproot mature trees from the roots and replant with native species.Meanwhile, in other countries, this natively…
Seminar Series | Anthony Gardner
Seminar
Art in an Age of Perpetual Distraction We live in an age of perpetual distraction. Think of our compulsions for social media. Or the algorithmic marketing that seeks to lure our focus from website to website and product to product. Or the pervasiveness of mobile technologies and rapid editing that…
Unfolding plans: Projections, time, and political possibilities in Mumbai
Seminar
This paper explores how plans unfold over time, shaped by urgency, waiting, and tactical foresight. Based on long-term ethnographic research in Mumbai, it follows the revision of the city’s urban plan to show how plans operate simultaneously as images and as documents, moving through different…
International Online Agents Training (South Asia & Middle East)
Webinar/Online
International Online Agents Training (South Asia & Middle East)Join us for an exclusive online webinar tailored for international agents in South Asia & Middle East. This session will provide in-depth insights into the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, empowering agents to…
Transformers and the Format of Thought
Seminar
Transformers are an extraordinarily powerful computational architecture, applicable across a range of domains. They are, notably, the computational foundation of contemporary Large Language Models (LLMs). LLMs’ facility with language have led many to draw analogies between LLMs and human cognitive…
International Agents Online Training (Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and onshore ANZ)
Webinar/Online
International Online Agents Training (Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and onshore ANZ)Join us for an exclusive online webinar tailored for international agents in Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and onshore ANZ. This session will provide in-depth insights into the ANU College of Arts and Social…
International Agents Online Training (Mandarin)
Webinar/Online
International Online Agents Training (Mandarin)Join us for an exclusive online webinar tailored for international agents in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Taiwan. This session will provide in-depth insights into the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, empowering agents in the Mandarin-…