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05
Nov
2020

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…

22
Oct
2020

‘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…

21
Oct
2020

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…

19
Oct
2020

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…

01
Oct
2020

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…

30
Sep
2020

'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…

25
Sep
2020

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…