Past events
Ethnic statistics and racial politics in Britain from Enoch Powell to Big Data
Seminar
This paper explores how state statistics in Britain transformed migrants into ethnic categories during the 1960s and 1970s, and who these were powerfully shaped by a series of interventions by Enoch Powell that racialized the children of immigrants from the 'New Commonwealth'. The standardization…
ANU/Canberra Times meet the author event with Ashleigh Wilson
Book launch
Ashleigh Wilson will be in conversation with Sasha Grishin on Wilson's new book, Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and The Other Thing. Written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley artworks, rare notebook sketches and…
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…