Upcoming events
2025 CASS ASA Webinars for Future Students - Session 1
International Agents Online Trainings (Mandarin)
International Agents Online Training (Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and onshore ANZ)
Webinar/Online
International Online Agents Training (Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and onshore ANZ)Join us for an exclusive online webinar tailored for international agents in Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and onshore ANZ. This session will provide in-depth insights into the ANU College of Arts and Social…
International Online Agents Training (South Asia & Middle East)
Webinar/Online
International Online Agents Training (South Asia & Middle East)Join us for an exclusive online webinar tailored for international agents in South Asia & Middle East. This session will provide in-depth insights into the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, empowering agents to…
An Everyday Militarisms Anzac Day Walk & Picnic
Workshop
What exactly do we eat when we eat a biscuit? Join us on Anzac Day for a potluck picnic and taste workshop. We will walk along the new 3km trail commencing at Gubbuh Gubbuh (Middle Head) on unceded Borogegal land (Sydney), NSW. Ship biscuits and Anzac biscuits will be supplied for…
How Cases Speak to One Another: Using Translation to Rethink Generalization in Political Science Research (Nicholas Rush Smith, CUNY)
Seminar
Regardless of method, political scientists often seek to develop arguments that can be generalized to a population of cases. But is this the only way to think about how cases speak to one another? We advocate for a new way to think about how qualitative research produces broadly applicable…
Out of Harm’s Way: How Australian Music Venues and DIY Events Make Safe Spaces (Emma Crocker, ANU)
Seminar
Australian music venues, bars, and DIY (do-it-yourself) music events post ‘safe space’ policies to walls, Instagram pages, and bathroom doors. These policies invite event attendees to think of themselves as being within a distinct safe space. What differentiates these spaces from other venues is…
'The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online'
Book launch
About the bookInspired by leaders such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, the online manosphere has exploded in recent years. Dedicated to anti-feminism, these communities have orchestrated online campaigns of misogynistic harassment, with some individuals going as far as committing violent…
Historical ethnography and the study of elites (Rod Rhodes, Southampton)
Seminar
In principle, it is possible to observe British elites in action, but such access is rare. Therefore, Rhodes’s study of court politics is not ethnographic in the conventional sense as it does not rely on participant observation or deep immersion. However, it still seeks to understand the webs of…