Past events
Perth Advisory Day 2019
Advisory session
Have you received a conditional offer to study in 2020 or are you interested in studying at The Australian National University? At the Perth advisory day, you will have one-on-one access to advisors, as well as representatives from the College of Arts and Social Sciences. We will be there to…
Townsville Advisory Day 2019
Advisory session
Have you received a conditional offer to study in 2020 or are you interested in studying at The Australian National University? At the Townsville advisory day, you will have one-on-one access to advisors, as well as representatives from the College of Arts and Social Sciences. We will be…
Behind Closed Doors: Complaints and Institutional Violence
Lecture
Professor Sara Ahmed will deliver the Humanities Research Centre's Inaugural Distinguished Lecture. This lecture draws on interviews conducted with staff and students who have made complaints within universities that relate to unfair, unjust or unequal working conditions and to abuses of power…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Crisis: Social, Environmental, Institutional
Conference
“Crisis” is a recurring topic of fascination. Our era is characterized by a perpetual state of crisis: violent social unrest, natural and anthropogenic disasters, and systematic failures of the institutions that influence our individual and collective lives. Despite the growing currency of crisis…
Brisbane Advisory Day 2019
Advisory session
Have you received a conditional offer to study in 2020 or are you interested in studying at The Australian National University? At the Brisbane advisory day, you will have one-on-one access to advisors, as well as representatives from the College of Arts and Social Sciences. We will be…
“Now I am Dead”: Anthropological Encounters with the Other
Seminar
EVENT DATE CHANGED TO 4 DECEMBER Coinciding with the annual conference of the Australian Anthropological Association, the Freilich Project is pleased to host the screening of the unique short film, "Now I Am Dead," and a discussion on the perennial challenges of ethical encounters between…
Recollections of the Future: The Uncomfortable Cosmopolitanism of Migrant Histories
Lecture
When we contemplate migrant histories, the emphasis most recently has been to root such histories in ‘everyday multiculturalism’, exclusively based on interviews as the only terrain of supposed authenticity. However, in this public lecture, Professor Gunew will argue that the (multilingual)…