Past events
Carmen Aguirre: memoirs of a revolutionary daughter
Lecture
Carmen Aguirre is a Vancouver-based multi-award winning theatre artist, actor, director, and author. Born in Chile, Carmen and her family settled in Canada following the 1973 Pinochet coup, but later returned to South America and joined the underground movement opposing the regime. Carmen has…
Adolescent health and wellbeing in Africa: What do we know and what next? Reflections from a Kenyan perspective
Lecture
This lecture is hosted by: School of Demography, ANU College of Arts & and Social Sciences and National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment Adolescence: a period characterized by rapid physical, mental and social changes—is a life…
DELVE DEEPER: The Big Flight - cultural responses to refugee crises
Lecture/seminar
Segue 2016: DELVE DEEPER The Big Flight creative and cultural responses to migration and the refugee crisis in Australia and Europe A SEGUE EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTATIONABC Radio National/ANU Centre for European Studies 'Big Ideas from Europe' presentation, hosted by Paul Barclay. Join Radio…
Delve deeper: The Big Flight - creative and cultural responses to the refugee crisis in Australia and Europe
Lecture
DELVE DEEPER: THE BIG FLIGHT - creative and cultural responses to migration and the refugee crisis in Australia and Europe A SEGUE EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTATION ABC Radio National/ANU Centre for European Studies 'Big Ideas from Europe' presentation, hosted by Paul Barclay. Join Radio National Big…
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Seminar
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) – Moving into adolescence and emerging adulthood With the release of the sixth wave of LSAC, Australia now has nationally representative longitudinal data on children from birth through to age 16-17 years. This paper…
US Middle East Policy under President Obama and his successor
Lecture
There is a widespread view among analysts and policy makers in the Middle East region and beyond that President Barack Obama's handling of the oil-rich but volatile Middle East has not been deft. His policy actions or lack of them have contributed to regional instability, and…
Prospects of democratisation in Tunisia
Lecture
Amna Guellali is the Researcher covering Tunisia and Algeria, Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch. Her brief is to investigate human rights abuses in both countries. She produces detailed reports, news releases, and op-eds based on her findings and conducts local and…