Jean Monnet Public Lecture - Pat Cox: The EU after Brexit
Lecture
Join the ANU Centre for European Studies and the Embassy of Ireland for a public lecture with Pat Cox, former European Parliament President. Mr Cox will share his views on Brexit and what the future holds for the EU and Ireland in particular. The address will provide interesting perspectives on the…
Changing education, changing fertility: A decomposition of completed fertility in Australia
Seminar
The expansion in education in Australia, particularly for women, is one of the most significant social changes of the last five decades. The relationship between education and fertility has been widely studied, and increases in higher education for women are consistently associated with lower…
School of Demography Seminar Tuesday 19 November
Seminar
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Europe in a Year of Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
Conference
Call for Abstracts The Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia (CESAA), the EU Centre at RMIT University, and Swinburne University of Technology are calling for papers for the conference 'Europe in a Year of Transition: Challenges and Opportunities'. This conference offers scholars…
Christopher Chevalier: Connected Histories – Recovering Oral History and Social History in Solomon Islands
Other
Pre-PHD Submission Presentation "My research explored different approaches to oral history to recover individual and social history in Solomon Islands since the end of the Pacific War in 1945. I gathered archival materials, life histories, and oral testimonies of older islanders and expatriates…
Dr Jathan Sadowski- Biopolitical Platforms: The Perverse Virtues of Digital Labour
Seminar
By mediating everyday activities, social interactions, and economic transactions, digital platforms play an increasingly dominant role in contemporary capitalism. These platforms have excelled at extracting value from assets and labour that have been deemed un(der)productive. While the burgeoning…
Lawrence Goldman: Robert Peel
Workshop
Peel: One British Prime Minister and Four Personalities Robert Peel was Conservative prime minister briefly in the 1830s and then again between 1841 and 1846 during which period he is famous for the repeal of the Corn Laws, the tariffs imposed on imported foodstuffs. His character and motivation…