Past events
Imagining Asian Australia: Constructions of ‘Asian Religion’ and Australian Federation
Seminar
Australia’s conscious ‘engagement with Asia’ is usually traced to Prime Minister Paul Keating’s (1991-1996) reorientation of Australian diplomacy, defence and trade policy. This belated recognition of Australia’s geographical place in the world was, among other things, a repudiation of the Anglo-…
We're coming to Indonesia
Student advisory session
The Australian National University is visiting Indonesia ANU is again #1 in Australia and #33 in the world for studying arts and humanities in the Times Higher Education rankings for 2020! So why wait? Come and speak to us at the IDP Expos in Jakarta and Bandung from 18-21 October. Meet with…
The cost of fertility: maternal mortality and morbidity during ancient demographic transitions
Seminar
Bioarchaeological accounts of the relationship between fertility, maternal and infant mortality have been limited by the inability to measure the prevalence of maternal deaths and the number of infants born, and thus the proportion of infants that did not survive their early years. Even our…
How does Modern China Remember its Past? The Remote and the Recent
Seminar
China’s emerging status as a global power cannot be understood without a deep comprehension of how its past shapes Chinese visions of national identity. In addition to its rich cultural heritage in the Imperial period, the major historical events that have influenced the country through the last…
Data and policy in the age of Google, Facebook and MyHealth
Lecture/seminar
Join us for the next talk in our Move with the Current lecture series - topical talks by leading academics in the College of Arts & Social Sciences presented by Associate Professor Nick Biddle.
So much more than a Prime Minister: Andrew Fisher (1862-1928)
Lecture
The remarkable contribution to Australian political life made by Andrew Fisher, Australia’s fifth Prime Minister, has only just begun to receive a measure of the recognition it deserves. Employed as a pit boy in the Scottish coal mines as a nine-year old, Fisher eventually migrated to…
The Moon and the Stars in First Nations Science and in Aboriginal Lore
Seminar
Join Professor Tony Dreise for the next talk in our Works That Shaped The World series. Long before Apollo 11, long before Galileo or Aristotle, long before the artists, poets and writers we typically know looked up at the stars and tried to explain and interpret the shimmering heavens above, the…