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25
May
2016

Damascus to Berlin: Europe's Refugee Crisis

Lecture

Since the Syrian civil war began, over 4 million people have fled the country as refugees. The European Union estimates over 1.3 million made asylum claims in 2015 alone. With over 6 million Syrians still internally displaced (UNHCR), how is Europe responding to the crisis and…

25
May
2016

art forum CONVERSATION: Margo Machida

Lecture

Trans-Pacific Visions in Asian American Art This talk focuses on the Asia Pacific region and selected works by contemporary U.S.-based Asian American artists that engage themes of trans-Pacific circulation and global systems of cross-cultural exchange. Referencing discourses of diaspora,…

24
May
2016

Book discussion - 'Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia'

Lecture

This event consists of speakers discussing Professor Ann McGrath's latest book 'Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia'. Illicit Love is a history of love, sex, and marriage between Indigenous peoples and settler citizens at the heart of two settler colonial…

23
May
2016

Postgraduate Information Evening

Lecture/seminar

Advance your career with a postgraduate qualification from Australia's leading university. If you are a professional looking for a career change, have just finished your degree and want to do more study, or are looking to specialise in a your field, come to our…

21
May
2016

Factory

Workshop & workshop

A fully operational factory production line will be set up at Hotel Hotel. The textile-making factory will produce a pencil case. The assembly line will open up the various steps at different stages of production from pattern making, to cutting, sewing and labeling, to quality control, pressing…

20
May
2016

Ensemble Offspring Residency

Entertainment

Ensemble Offspring is a Sydney-based New Music Ensemble performing new and innovating compositions. The core ensemble comprises Lamorna Nightingale (flute), Jason Noble (clarinet), Veronique Serret (violin), James Cuddeford (violin), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Bree van Reyk (percussion and…

20
May
2016

Conversations Across the Creek #3

Lecture

The Conversations Across the Creek series is an initiative of the Humanities Research Centre and the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. ‘Conversations’ seeks to highlight the commonalities and interesting intersections that exist across the university through TED-style talks delivered by…