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26
Aug
2015

Herbert & Valmae Freilich Foundation annual lecture in bigotry and tolerance 2015 'Beyond Social Justice'

Lecture

The idea of social justice is not new when we are talking about education. What is new and increasingly urgent in the light of an unstable world and regressive government policies and changes to the law in this country is the need to reframe the discourse from social justice to human rights. My…

26
Aug
2015

2015 Schuman Lecture. The European Union’s climate and energy policy, a driver for growth and innovation.

Lecture

Please note change of venue to Molonglo Theatre, Level 2 JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU.  Why does the European Union continue to set ambitious climate targets, go further in pricing CO2 emissions and strengthening low-carbon regulation and standards, notwithstanding its…

26
Aug
2015

Turkish Foreign Policy, The Middle East and the JDP

Lecture

Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East under the Justice and Development Party - in reality - means the foreign policy of Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the former prime minister and the president since 2014. In this lecture Barış Doster reflects on Turkey's foreign…

26
Aug
2015

2015 Schuman Lecture: The European Union’s Climate and Energy Policy, a driver for growth and innovation

Lecture/seminar

Why does the European Union continue to set ambitious climate targets, go further in pricing CO2 emissions and strengthening low-carbon regulation and standards, notwithstanding its economic crisis? How is this being perceived by citizens, cities and businesses? Are there…

25
Aug
2015

Milestones in Music: Sonic Representation and the Current Moment

Lecture

Do embodied micro-gestures contribute to creating and perceiving coherent sounds streams? The phenomenologist Edmund Husserl uncovered the perceptual structure of the current moment (the “specious present”) as it flows sequentially from the 'retained' (memory) of an event just passing to the “…

25
Aug
2015

The Invisible Guardian - A Book Reading by the Author

Book launch

Join us for a book presentation and Q&A with the author who is taking Europe by storm. A public event in English from the Reading Across Borders public lecture series. About The Invisible Guardian The naked body of a teenage girl is found on the banks of the River Baztán. Less than 24 hours…

25
Aug
2015

Mozart in three cities: final concert

Entertainment

Join us for the final instalment of the popular University House series co-presented by the ANU School of Music. Dr. Erin Helyard and Skye McIntosh showcase the beautiful and rare instruments of the ANU's Historical Keyboard Collection through featuring violin and fortepiano music centred around…