Past events
School of Demography Weekly Seminar - Have gender disparities in STEM occupations been wittled away?
Seminar
Abstract This study uses equivalent samples from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series in the United States to explore the representation of women in STEM occupations and compare their earnings with those of their male counterparts. Concerns over the representation of women in STEM…
Conversations Across the Creek | October
Seminar
Conversations Across the Creek is an initiative by the Humanities Research Centre (HRC) and the Research School of Chemistry (RSC) to provide a space for continuing dialogue among scientists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. Meetings are held monthly, with the aim of stimulating and…
Mubali Belly Casting Talk and Exhibition
Exhibition
Proudly presented by the ANU Gender Institute, ANU School of Sociology, and ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics Indigenous women from Moree in northwest NSW will visit the ANU to mark ACT Mental Health Week, and share the Mubali: Sea of Bellies program. Belly Yarn” Talk by…
Papiers Flottants (Floating papers)
Exhibition
Reception: 6pm Thursday, 12 October 2017 Exhibition dates: 10 - 21 October 2017 PAPIERS FLOTTANTS (Floating papers) presents the recent works of the artist and designer Marilou Chagnaud. Approaching paper and printmaking with an eye to its sculptural possibilities, this exhibition explores the…
NGA Birthday Lecture with Marc Quinn
Lecture
This is the next installment of the ANU Centre for European Studies Art and Europe Lecture Series with the National Gallery of Australia. Join Marc Quinn, an artist known for his unique, often controversial, explorations of the human body and his role in shaping contemporary British art, to…
Eat, Drink and be Literary with Gareth Evans & Laura Tingle
Other
Professor Gareth Evans will join Laura Tingle in conversation to discuss his new book, Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir, in which he looks back over the highs and lows of his public life as a student activist, civil libertarian, law reformer, industry minister, international…
CASS Professorial lecture: On living longer
Lecture/seminar
In this lecture, we welcome Professor Heather Booth from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Demography.Professor Booth explores reasons for why Australians are living longer and data on mortality trends. She also jests about referendums and surveys on raising the pension age.…