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The Microfoundations of Global Public Opinion about Great Powers
Lecture/seminar
International opinion about the world’s great powers is increasingly framed as a central arena of soft-power competition. But we know relatively little about the global distribution and microfoundations of people’s attitudes towards great powers. In this paper, Professor Ben Goldsmith develops and…
Counterfactual Skepticism Reloaded (and Refuted?)
Seminar
According to Counterfactual Skepticism, we know next to none of the counterfactuals we assert in ordinary life. The most influential argument for this conclusion rests on premises that are now widely disputed. This talk outlines a new argument for Counterfactual Skepticism that does not depend on…
Eliciting Plasma Illumination as a Responsive and Relational Medium within Blown Glass | Harriet Schwarzrock
Gallery
Drawing on the dual etymology of plasma as both a luminous state of matter and a vascular component of blood, I create blown-glass objects that explore the boundaries between object and observer through intimate, luminous interactions within shared electromagnetic fields. Rather than the distant…
Art & Design Forum | Brianne Cohen
Art forum
The Empathic Lens: Art, Animism, and Ecology in Contemporary Southeast AsiaThis talk will introduce my forthcoming book, The Empathic Lens: Art, Animism, and Ecology in Contemporary Southeast Asia (University of Minnesota Press, fall 2026). Examining a range of photography and video work, The…
What is happening to Canberra? Crumbling Services, Mounting Debt and Declining Governance
Lecture/seminar
Canberra as a city is undergoing big changes, not all of them positive. This seminar, featuring Khalid Ahmed, former Executive Director of the ACT Treasury, analyses key challenges for Canberra services and infrastructure and explores why they have arisen. Ahmed reviews the recent history of…
The Metaphysics of Biological Essentialism
Seminar
The consensus against species having intrinsic essences has recently been challenged. The challengers have taken some account of criticisms of this essentialism, but they have not fully engaged with a range of criticisms, particularly those of Dupré, stemming from views of the metaphysics of…
Griffyn Ensemble Special Event - Session 1
Performance
A Griffyn Ensemble performance exploring life, connection to land and the stars, shaped by Michael Sollis’ ongoing cancer journey and PhD research.The program features pieces that reflect Griffyn Ensemble director Michael Sollis’ ongoing journey through cancer, performed by members of the Griffyn…