Past events
October 2023 - Visiting Fellows Dinner
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The ANU Australian Studies Institute (AuSI) invites you to join us for the October Visiting Fellows Dinner. The dinner is an opportunity to welcome Visiting Fellows across campus and encourage opportunities for further engagement with the ANU academic community. The dinner is also attended by…
First Eight Lecture Series with Dr David Headon - Prime Minister Cook
Lecture
Parliamentary Library Lecture: Joseph Cook — The Eternal Outsider As part of the First Eight Project About the Lecture At the State funeral in 1947 for Sir Joseph Cook, he was described as ‘an Australian Lincoln’, and his extraordinary journey from the coal mines of England as a child to become…
Elizabeth Reid | Whitlam Legacy Paper Launch
Book launch
Presented in partnership with the National Archives of Australia. Introduced by the Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service,Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher,and moderated by Virginia Haussegger AM, the discussion will feature Dr Elizabeth Reid, the ANU's Professor…
Listening to the archives: research towards an audio documentary
Seminar
In this seminar, Dr Alice Garner, a 2022-23 Australian Studies Institute Fellow and current National Library of Australia Research Fellow, will discuss her research into the life and times of Mavis Robertson AO (1930-2015), a political and social activist who became a pioneer in Australian industry…
EOI: Winter Institute - 'The Universal in Crisis'
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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: WINTER INSTITUTE‘THE UNIVERSAL IN CRISIS’7-9 NOVEMBER 2023The New Institute, Hamburg, GermanyAbout:The Winter Institute is an annual collaboration between ANU, New York University, the University of Tokyo and the University of Bonn. The Institute involves a 3-day…
Canberra Writers Festival: What’s Next? The Changing Face of Journalism
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Moderator: Tracey Kirkland • Michelle Grattan, Mark Kenny and David Speers Truth is one of the most valuable commodities in a successful democracy. It underpins everything from human engagement to sustaining a robust media. And, in an era of diminishing public trust, truth has become more elusive…
AuSI’s Mark Kenny in conversation with Megan Davis and George Williams
Book launch
Megan Davis and George Williams will be in conversation with Professor Mark Kenny on their new book Everything You Need to Know about the Voice. Australians will soon be faced with an important choice. Will they vote Yes to change our nation’s Constitution to introduce an Aboriginal and Torres…