22 events Coming up
09 May 2012
Moving Forward in the Climate Negotiations: Multilateralism or Minilateralism?
This lecture is part of the Global Law Students Association's, Global Thinking Lecture Series sponsored by King & Wood Mallesons and scheduled throughout 2012. The series of guest lectures will feature eminent individuals from diverse professional...
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Free Public Lecture27 Jun 2012
The fifth generation: China's next leaders
The first event in the Asialink Next Generation Series, this seminar will focus attention on the forthcoming leadership transition within China's Communist Party, which is scheduled to take place at the 18th Party Congress in late 2012. Drawn fro...
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Seminar/Forum02 Aug 2012
The Hon. John Brumby on The World in Transition
The Faculty of Business and Economics invites you to attend a special instalment of the Creating Future Leaders Series, featuring The Honourable John Brumby, who will share his insights into the major challenges and opportunities for businesses to...
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Free Public Lecture
Celebrity Diplomat: Henry Kissinger, Realism, and the Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy
Henry Kissinger was arguably the most famous and controversial American diplomat of the 20th century. His ideas about American foreign policy, and his approach to international relations, remain influential. This presentation examines Kissinger's ...
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Free Public Lecture06 Aug 2012
6:30–7:30PM
International Law and Global Policymaking: Life at the Coalface
In this lecture, Professor Evans will focus on his experiences working on issues like genocide and other crimes against humanity; the peace versus justice dilemma; the use of military force; and the control and elimination of weapons of mass destr...
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Free Public Lecture13 Aug 2012
The unlikely embrace of human rights in South Africa
The embrace of human rights discourse by South Africans in the post1990 era is surprising, not only given the history of institutionalised oppression under apartheid, but also because the African National Congress has an ambivalent record towards ...
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Free Public Lecture28 Aug 2012
A Modern View of Liberalism
The 2012 Hamer Oration is presented by the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne and the Hamer Family Fund.
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Free Public Lecture18 Sep 2012
When China Rules the World: Martin Jacques
As part of a public lecture series questioning Australia's Role in the World, Asialink is proud to present bestselling author and leading China expert Martin Jacques, for the launch of an updated version of his criticallyacclaimed book When China ...
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Free Public Lecture25 Sep 2012
Malcolm Fraser on Australia - US Relations in the Asian Century
As part of a public lecture series questioning Australia's Role in the World, Asialink is proud to present former Prime Minister of Australia The Right Honorable Malcolm Fraser for an exploration of AustraliaUS ties in the context of a rising Asia...
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Free Public Lecture02 Oct 2012
Gender Equity in Indonesia: Unfinished Business
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana is a prominent Indonesian lawyer and human rights activist. She will be speaking on her experiences and the current situation with the ongoing political and social struggles for gender equality in Indonesia. The seminar w...
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Seminar/Forum15 Oct 2012
Terrorism and Government: Between History and Criminology
The decade since 9/11 has been the preeminent age of terrorism. Or has it? This lecture considers the history of terrorism as an object of government and asks whether contemporary criminology has been able to describe or analyse adequately the att...
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Free Public Lecture18 Oct 2012
After the Big Reforms – What’s Left and What’s Next?
From the float of the dollar to the pricing of carbon, Australia has now experienced almost three decades of major economic and social reform. Justly proud of our performance during the Global Financial Crisis, Australians can look to the future w...
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Free Public Lecture31 Oct 2012
Australia India Institute Annual Oration: Reasoning Beyond the Past
Professor Glyn Davis, Vice Chancellor of The University of Melbourne will deliver the Australia India Institute’s Annual Oration on the topic: Reasoning Beyond the Past. The Oration is part of the Institute’s conference 'The Argumentative Indian:...
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Free Public Lecture
The Argumentative Indian, Critical Debates in the World’s Largest Democracy & Perspectives from Australia
Registration is now open for the Australia India Institute's conference: The Argumentative Indian, Critical Debates in the World's Largest Democracy & Perspectives from Australia. The Australia India Institute will hold its third conference in Me...
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Conference14 Mar 2013
12:30–1:30PM
Junk: Art and Politics of Trash
Dr. Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition. This fi...
19 Mar 2013
12:30–2:00PM
Gillian Whiteley Forum: Material/Materialist Culture
Dr Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition This seco...
26 Mar 2013
12:00–2:00PM
Gillian Whiteley Forum: The Sustainability Conundrum of the Prosumer Artist
Dr Gillian Whiteley, visiting UK artist, curator and author of ‘Junk: Art and politics of Trash’ (based at Loughborough University School of the Arts), will introduce a series of talks in conjunction with the Regimes of Value exhibition. In this ...
23 Apr 2013
Stalemate in American Politics: Sorting Out the Culprits
The American political system was not designed to produce speedy or highly responsive policymaking. Given the U.S.’s separationofpowers structure, a grossly malapportioned Senate, and a powerful Supreme Court, American presidents have often found...
22 May 2013
The Apogee of Internationalism
When Australia recently earned a longanticipated seat on the UN Security Council, there was some discussion of its relevance, but little recognition of its historical significance, despite the fact for more than a century Australians have been dee...
27 May 2013
Obama's Foreign Policy: Second Term Success or Failure?
Public Debate Obama’s Foreign Policy: 2nd Term Success or Failure? An American presidential electionstyle debate over the future of US foreign policy. Two distinguished scholars with opposing views will face questions from each other and the au...
04 Jun 2013
Governing Financial Crisis in East Asia
East Asia’s burgeoning importance within the global political economy requires greater understanding of the peculiarities of capitalist systems and their governance within the region. This discussion brings together some of the world’s leading exp...
19 Jun 2013
Wednesday Lecture hosted by Raimond Gaita - What kind of human will live in the Anthropocene?
Deepening political instability in many regions of the earth, compounded by the effects of climate change, will almost certainly cause even more people to be uprooted than were uprooted last century. We must therefore think in new ways about how ...