Writing Liberalism in Russia's Obituary?
Seminar
It is frequently assumed that liberalism had a short-lived springtime in nineteenth-century Russia as an integral aspect of the thought of a remarkable generation of the country’s intelligentsia. So the argument goes, since that time its fate has been as an ineffectual voice on the margins of…
Book Launch of Novel Politics by Professor John Uhr & Dr Shaun Crowe
Book launch
Please join Professor John Uhr and Dr Shaun Crowe for the book launch of Novel Politics : Studies in Australian Political Fiction. To be launched by Professor Frank Bongiorno. About this Event Percy Bysshe Shelley once described poets as the '…
100 years of Australian English: From Builders to Millennials
Lecture
About this Event Arrival 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start. Wine and cheese available after the lecture. 100 years of Australian English: From Builders to Millennials Australian English has changed substantially over time. The way Australians pronounce their vowels used to differ more depending on…
2020 Winter Institute - ANU-NYU-PKU-UTokyo
Symposium
Beyond Identity Politics: Global Challenges and Humanistic Responses The Winter Institute is an annual collaboration between ANU, New York University / Peking University, and the University of Tokyo. 2020 will mark the fifth annual Winter Institute with New York University the host. Call…
What next for North Korea and its Nuclear Weapons
Panel discussion
What next for North Korea and its Nuclear Weapons: Following the trump visits, the tests and the tension what next for the Korean Peninsula? Panel discussion with Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London & Dr Michael Cohen, Senior Lecturer,…
In conversation with Peter Hartcher
Book launch
ANU/CANBERRA TIMES MEET THE AUTHOR Peter Hartcher will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on Peter's new Quarterly Essay, Red Flag. Waking Up to China's Challenge. China has become a key nation for Australia's future - for our security, economy and identity. But what are China's…
Why Politics? Ambition and Ideals in Alfred Deakin's shifting political vocation
Lecture
Presented by Emeritus Professor Judith Brett, La Trobe University. About the Lecture The core challenge of political biography is to answer the question, why politics? What inner needs did it fulfil, and what emotional and psychological resources were mustered for its accomplishment? These…