‘A Shock Through the System’: Histories of Crisis in Australian Child Refugee Policy
Seminar
This paper will explore how ‘crises’ around refugee and asylum-seeking children have been repeatedly produced and mobilised as an art and technique of government in Australia since 2001. Described by policy makers as ‘shocks,’ ‘jolts’ and ‘circuit breakers’, these moments and discourses of crisis…
Australia, Turkey, and the US, c. 1975-2018: Testing the Wobbly Cross
Seminar
This MPhil compares two significant middle powers’ relations with a great power since the c.1975. Since the end of the Second World War, Turkey and Australia have been prominent allies of the US. Each alliance, Turkey-US and Australia-US, is conceived as the arm of a cross, because they followed…
The Myth and Reality of Nelson Mandela
Lecture
The lecture seeks to debate Nelson Mandela’s place in public memory. It will deal with several questions about the myths surrounding Mandela. These include, for instance, was Mandela a towering symbol of hope or was he a sell-out? Mandela, the ‘reluctant’ prince from the Tembu…
'Progressive New World': Prof Marilyn Lake in conversation with Prof Frank Bongiorno
Book launch
AuSI is proud to host this event in association with the ANU / The Canberra Times Meet the Author series. Professor Marilyn Lake will be in conversation with Professor Frank Bongiorno to discuss Marilyn's latest book, Progressive New World published by Harvard University Press. The…
First Nations' First Person | Contributor #1 Destiny Deacon
Artist talk
First Nations' First PersonContributor #1 Destiny Deacon To register for the workshop (limited places!), please send an email to Sanne Carroll u6053348@anu.edu.au> First Nations' First Person is a series of talks and workshops hosted by the Sculpture and Spatial Practice Workshop…
Exhibition Three | 2019 Higher Degree Research Season One
Gallery
Join us for the opening reception of the third exhibition of the 2019 Higher Degree Research Season One in the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery. Claudia ChaselingDoctor of Philosophy Candidate Bryan HarrisDoctor of Philosophy Candidate Caroline HufMaster of Philosophy Candidate…
Books that Changed Humanity | The History of the Peloponnesian War
Lecture
Books that Changed Humanity is an initiative of the Humanities Research Centre, based at the Australian National University. The HRC invites experts to introduce and lead discussion of major texts from a variety of cultural traditions, all of which have informed the way we understand…