Past events
Making al-Qa’ida legible: Interpretive methods, secrets, and mess (Sarah Phillips, Sydney)
Seminar
This seminar will explore two broad, but ultimately unreconcilable, understandings of what al-Qa’ida in Yemen ‘really is’: one legible, organisationally rational and thus governable; and one not entirely so. I’ll argue that the divergence between these two ontologies matters—and is even part of the…
Interpretive Political Science as a Tool for Understanding Policy Making in Practice (Sarah Ball, Melbourne)
Seminar
Policy-making is an ongoing process of negotiation and mediation of meaning but this side of policy often goes unnoticed, made up of ‘hundreds of practical judgments, the everyday, taken-for-granted-routines and practices’ (Wagenaar). This research draws on key concepts from Bevir and Rhodes’s…
ANU Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences programs – Ask us anything! (Apr 2024)
Webinar/Online
Are you thinking about studying Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences with ANU in 2024/25? Are you currently holding an offer from ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, and have outstanding questions? Is your application to ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences currently being processed,…
Memory in the City: Wellspring
Performance
Cities are not only brick and mortar. In cities, cultures converge, interact, flourish, and sometimes clash violently. Cities hold the key to restoring and making whole the fractures and silences of our collective memory and identity, shaping how we see ourselves and, with it, our home and the…
Studying Arts and Social Sciences at ANU
Webinar/Online
Interested in the humanities, social sciences or fine arts? Hear from staff and students from the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences about our undergraduate programs. You'll get more information about our different degrees on offer, hear from students about their experiences, and get your…
ANU Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences programs – Ask us anything! (Mar 2024)
Webinar/Online
Are you thinking about studying Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences with ANU in 2024/25? Are you currently holding an offer from ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences, and have outstanding questions? Is your application to ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences currently being processed,…
March 2024 - Visiting Fellows Dinner
Other
The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) will be holding its next ANU Visiting Fellows Dinner on 6 March 2024.The dinner is an opportunity to welcome Visiting Fellows across campus and encourage opportunities for further engagement with the ANU academic community. The dinner is also attended by…