Past events
Make your impact with the Master of Globalisation
Other
Want to understand the rapid pace of the world and the nature and challenges of global affairs? The Master of Globalisation at ANU is the only degree of its type in Australia that allows you to focus your studies on globalisation. Hear from the Convenor: “The idea behind our master’s…
“Valuing” the social sciences: An agenda for hard times
Lecture
It is clear that current policy settings in the tertiary and science policy sector - including research funding - favour the STEM subjects (that is, science (including medicine), technology, engineering and mathematics). This is not unique to New Zealand. This seminar will outline various…
A Celebration of Professor Jill Julius Matthews’ Career
Symposium
12:30 Welcome: Dr Fiona Jenkins (Convenor, Gender Institute, ANU) 12:35 p.m. to 3:30, Professor Matthews’ Activism, Scholarship, Teaching and Legacy Hedley Bull 2 12:35-2.00: Jill Matthews: activist and scholar Chair: Prof. Desley Deacon (Emeritus Professor of History, ANU) Speakers:…
We want them alive: Violence and the "Mexican Moment"
Seminar
For most of the last decade, Mexico has been mired in chronic violence due to the toxic relationships between the state and organized crime. The government’s war on drug cartels has caused the death of over 80,000 and the disappearance of over 25,000. Today, the country is in the midst of an…
The importance of being Paul Virilio
Lecture
James Der Derian, is probably the most expert person in Australia on the subject of the great contemporary French thinker Paul Virilio. He edited the first anthology of Virilio’s writing to appear in English translation. Recently he was appointed Director of the Centre of International Security…
Stephen Harper, Open Federalism, and the Future of Canadian Social Policy
Lecture
Speaker: Professor Daniel Béland, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School in Public Policy, Canada Venue: Common Room, University House, ANU Abstract: Since becoming Prime Minister of Canada in early 2006, Stephen Harper has articulated what is known as “open federalism,” a vague creed that tends to…
Art Forum: Paola Di Trocchio
Seminar
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, currently on show at the National Gallery of Victoria, features more than 140 superbly crafted garments in addition to photographs, sketches, stage costumes, excerpts from runway shows, film, television, concerts and…