Iraq at the Crossroads: Reflections and Prospects
Webinar/Online
Hafsa Halawa is an independent consultant working on political, social and economic affairs, and development goals across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Horn of Africa regions. She is also concurrently a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute, and a Nonresident Fellow at…
Life expectancy among disease-diagnosed (Life Left) AND Mapping the prevalence of smoking with increased precision in sparsely sampled regions of Australia
Webinar/Online
Mental or physical disorders shorten people’s life spans. Yet, previous attempts at assessing life expectancy of people with disorders have failed at addressing the fact that diseases occur at different ages. This project resolves this methodological shortcoming and develops precision metrics,…
World Portuguese Language Day
Lecture
The ANU Centre for European Studies, the Embassies of Portugal, Brazil and Timor-Leste cordially invite you to a celebration of World Portuguese Language Day. The speakers include: Anne McNaughton, Director, ANU Centre for European Studies; Dr Caroline Schuster, Director…
Estimating subnational adult populations in data-sparse contexts
Webinar/Online
Accurate estimates of subnational populations are important for policy formulation and monitoring population health indicators. However, in many countries, data on population counts are limited and are of poor quality, and so levels and trends subnationally are unclear. We present a Bayesian…
How is China and its Belt and Road Initiative playing out in Kazakhstan? Findings from a university survey
Webinar/Online
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been a polarizing issue throughout the world, as some (usually international relations realists) view it as China’s desire to remake the world according to its plans. Others (usually international relations liberals) view it as having the potential…
Deep Time Dreaming: A Biographical Reflection
Webinar/Online
In 2018 I published a book on the lives and times of a handful of Australian archaeologists, including John Mulvaney, Isabel McBryde, Rhys Jones and Sylvia Hallam. The book, Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia, attempted to capture the dramatic transformations in Australian history and…
Ceremonial Lives of the Nation
Webinar/Online
Ceremony is an important and public aspect of our social and political lives. This panel discussion will explore the history and contemporary significance of ceremony in three distinct arenas of Australia’s national life: citizenship, the honours system, and the swearing-in of new judges.…