Past events
2016 John Passmore Lecture: Changing Visions of an Egalitarian Society
Lecture/seminar
Image: Lamartine in front of the Town Hall of Paris rejects the red flag on 25 February 1848 by Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux The 2016 John Passmore Lecture for the ANU School of Philosophy By Professor Elizabeth Anderson Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, John Dewey Distinguished University…
John Passmore Lecture: Changing Visions of an Egalitarian Society
Lecture
Professor Elizabeth Anderson Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan Abstract: How should a society of equals be organized? Egalitarians themselves have been divided among three visions:…
ANU in New Zealand
Advisory session
The Australian National University will be in New Zealand from Tuesday 2nd August to Friday 5th August 2016. Come and meet our representatives to chat face-to-face about: Your choice of study options at ANU. Programs and courses available to you. Our admissions process. Our broad range of…
Women and violent extremism: myth and reality
Seminar
Presented by the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies and The Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs What prompts a young, educated woman brought up in the West to run away to join a fundamentalist society where the role of women is highly circumscribed? Until recently terrorism and…
Launch of ANU Classics Museum app
Other
The ancient world meets the 21st century in the only app of its kind in Australia. The app, which gives an overview of a small selection of items from the ANU Classics Museum's superb collection, offers an excellent introduction to the museum as a whole. Details about the availability of the free…
Emeritus Faculty Annual Lecture 2016 - Understanding the Value of Arts and Culture
Lecture/seminar
Professor Crossick is Director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Cultural Value Project and author, with Patrycja Kaszynska, of the major 2016 Report: Understanding the Value of Arts & Culture. This report highlights the diverse contexts of the value of culture and how the digital…
Emeritus Faculty Annual Lecture - Understanding the value of arts and culture
Lecture
Crossick asks “How should we understand the difference that arts and culture makes to individuals and to society? The case is too often presented in terms of benefits that are thought to be important to the government of the day while neglecting some of the more fundamental benefits that matter to…