Past events
ANU Enlighten Minds | Thinking Spaces
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Light up your autumn and enlighten your mind as ANU partners with Enlighten Festival this March 2018. The ANU campus will come to life over five thrilling nights with vibrant projections, special night food markets and entertainment. Download the event map and plan your adventures. Join the…
In conversation with Craig Emerson and Andrew Leigh
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ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT Craig Emerson will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh on Craig's new book The Boy from Baradine, a deeply human tale of trauma and triumph, from Craig's troubled family childhood in outback New South Wales, to an ANU economics PhD, to joining…
Andrew Leigh's book launch - Randomistas
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Across medicine, business and government, there’s no simpler or more powerful tool for finding out what works than a randomised experiment. Investigating everything from jails to ad campaigns, philanthropy to schools, the randomistas are building evidence and busting myths. Randomised tests are…
Vice-Chancellor's Packed Lunches
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Hi everyone, This year, I am going to be out and about meeting with staff and students. I want to better understand how you experience the campus and what is impacting you or your workplace. I also want to share some updates and hear your thoughts. Please bring along your packed lunch and any…
Books that Changed Humanity: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
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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…
Uncovering the True History of Australian Literature
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Newspapers were the main sources of fiction, international and local, in Australia in the nineteenth century. But the lack of records of this fiction and the enormous size of the newspaper archive have left us with very little understanding of the types of stories published, where they came from…
In conversation with Jacqui Lambie
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ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT Jacqui Lambie will be in conversation with Alex Sloan on Jacqui's new book Rebel with a Cause. The event will be chaired by The Canberra Times' Karen Hardy. Rebel with a Cause, subtitled 'You can't keep a bloody Lambie down - my story from…