Book Launch: History in a Post-Truth World
Book launch
History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxis Edited By: Marius Gudonis (Collegium Civitas) & Benjamin T. Jones (CQ University & AuSI Foundation Fellow) History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxis explores one of the most significant paradigm shifts in public…
‘This changes everything!’? Australia and the post-pandemic world
Symposium
Australian Studies Institute: Interdisciplinary Virtual Symposium Thursday 22 October 2020 9.00am - 5.00pm AEDT Covid-19 has upended daily life with nations struggling to stop the spread of this deadly virus. The closure of factories, offices, cafes, schools, theatres, sportsgrounds and…
Hypothetical: A tale of terrorism
Webinar/Online
The 11 September 2001 attacks hurled terrorism into the global mainstream media. Since then, Australia’s counter-terrorism narrative has developed, carving out a new national security landscape. Today, Australia’s domestic terrorist threat level is set as PROBABLE. How has the Australian…
Henry Parkes Oration 2020 - Professor Mark Kenny
Lecture
Why looking back is the only way forward: COVID-19, the Federation, and the chance of genuine reconciliation You are invited to hear Professor Mark Kenny, Australian Studies Institute, ANU give the Henry Parkes Oration 2020 - Why looking back is the only way forward: COVID-19, the…
Creating a future without poverty: AuSI's Mark Kenny in conversation with Philip Alston, Sabine Alkire and Sharon Bessell
Webinar/Online
Join Mark Kenny as he talks to three of the world’s leading voices on poverty measurement, research, and eradication about creating a post-COVID future without poverty. Is such a future possible? Why is it important to understand and measure multidimensional poverty? What steps must the world take…
'Australia and the World' 2020 Annual Lecture: Pat Turner AM
Lecture
The Long Cry of Indigenous Peoples to be heard – a defining moment in Australia Pat Turner AM CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Lead Convenor of the Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Peak Organisations This…
Books that Changed Humanity: The Quiet American
Webinar/Online
With Professor Mark Kenny The world may yearn for a ‘quiet’ American in 2020, but 65 years ago, the English novelist, Graham Greene presaged its dangers in The Quiet American. In an age where US leadership has all but flamed out, its remnant pyre illuminating mostly failure, Greene’s perfectly…