Post-Soviet Russia: Perceptions and Prejudices
Seminar
Hosted by Manning Clark House. About the Event Vilifying the governance of post-Soviet Russia is deeply embedded in many Western analyses of the country’s domestic and foreign policies. The prevailing assumption is that, under President Putin’s leadership, the Kremlin has reverted to a…
In search of the real Edmund Barton: our first prime minister
Lecture
Historian Dr David Headon reveals the compelling story of Australia’s first prime minister, Sir Edmund ‘Toby’ Barton. Most of us know that Barton was our first prime minister, that he was an early advocate for the federation of Australian colonies and that he played a key role in drafting the…
Ceremonial Lives of the Nation
Webinar/Online
Co-hosted by the National Centre of Biography, ANU, ANU College of Law, and Menzies Australia Institute, King’s College London, in partnership with the ANU Australian Studies Institute 7pm AEST / 10am BST About the webinar: Ceremony is an important and public aspect of our social and political…
In conversation with Peter van Onselen
Other
ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR Peter van Onselen will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on Peter's new book, How Good is Scott Morrison?, which he co-authored with Wayne Errington. The hour brought forth the man but is the man up to the job? A compelling examination of Morrison's leadership,…
In conversation with Stan Grant
Book launch
ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR Stan Grant will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on Stan's new book With the Falling of the Dusk, a deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world. In only a few short decades, we have come a long way from Francis Fukuyama'…
European Association for Studies of Australia (EASA) International Conference 2021
Conference
Australia as a Risk Society: Hope and Fears of the Past, the Present and the Future 29 March - 1 April 2021, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy Online Conference Hosted by the European Association for Studies of Australia (EASA) Australia may be defined as a society increasingly…
InASA 2020 Biennial Conference: Reinventing Australia
Conference
The School of Arts of the Australian Catholic University is delighted to host the International Australian Studies Association (InASA) biennial conference this year. Reinventing Australia 8 - 10 February 2021, Online What does it mean to ‘be Australian’? In his 1981 book, Inventing…