Past events
Burial Rites: Mortuary Practices of the Prehistoric Cultures of Coastal Northern Chile
Lecture
Note: This lecture will contain images of human remains The world's oldest artificial mummies are found along the desert coast of Chile. The Chinchorro were hunter/fishers who lived on the coast of northern Chile and southern Peru from 9,000 to 4,000 years ago. During that period they…
CAS (Canberra Archaeological Society) Lecture
Lecture
The Cultural Riches of Ancient S.E. Australia: From Cloggs Cave to Birrigai to Bogong Cave Archaeological investigation over the last 50 years of the ancient history of S.E. Australia has revealed a human story going back into the Ice Age. Dr. Flood excavated Cloggs Cave in Eastern Victoria in…
Transmit Politic Exhibition
Exhibition
Featuring: Alison Alder, Anna Madeleine, James Tylor (ADL), Lucinda Eva-May (MELB) and Soren Dahlgaard (MELB) Curated by: Anja Loughhead It seems both sensible and judicious given the circumstances. Cultural. Social. Environmental. Economic. How do we, how do I, how do you communicate these…
The Urban Brain. Living in the neurosocial city.
Lecture
Hear Professor Nikolas Rose argue that we should rethink the experience of living in the city in the light of recent developments in the sciences of life. We now know a great deal about the corporeal and cerebral impacts of the varieties of forms of life that we call ‘urban’. He argues that social…
Native title: the next 25 years
Seminar
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the High Court decision in Mabo. It seems timely to look ahead at what the next 25 years might entail in the native title policy space. The focus of the seminar will be on emerging strategic issues, both for government policymakers and also for Indigenous…
Legalising Authoritarianism in Egypt
Lecture
This talk examines the ways in which successive Egyptian governments have utilised lawmaking to eliminate opponents and silence voices of dissent since the coup of 3 July 2013. Key examples include the adoption of a draconian protest law and anti-terrorism laws. Most recently, the legislature…
Ensuring young people's social and emotional fitness - lessons from Canada and the USA
Lecture
In conjunction with the upcoming Universitry of British Columbia Visits in March 2017, the CSRM will be hosting a public lecture with international guest speaker Dr Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. What can we do to ensure young people are socially and emotionally fit enough to flourish in…