Christine Milne: Reflecting on ‘An Activist Life’
Workshop
Over the years I have written hundreds of press releases and speeches, yet writing a political autobiography was a challenging task. How does a private person allergic to celebrity and identity politics go about it? Why would you do it? Having been a critic of many political autobiographies as self…
Human Journeys in the Global Era
Other
The ANU Centre for European Studies presented this roundtable discussion on human journeys as part of the Jean Monnet Migration Network activities, co-funded by Edith Cowan University (ECU), the C-Global Edith Cowan Centre for Global Issues, the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the…
Workshop on Social Cognition
Workshop
Social cognition is the general ability to accept, process, and apply information about social situtations and contexts, and has been studied from from many different scientific and philosophical perspectives. The evolution of advanced forms social cognition was crucial in the history of our Human…
How to get published: Journals, books and blogs
Workshop
How to get published is one of the greatest challenges facing early career academics. Which thesis chapters would make for the best articles? Is it better to go for lots of articles or is there a value in publishing a book? Which journals and presses are most feasible, and which have the best…
Group pleasures: collaborative commitments, shared narrative, and the social life of fun
Lecture
Professor Gary FineDepartment of Sociology, Northwestern University, USAAs a consequence of their size and fragility, small groups depend on cohesion. Central to group continuation are occasions of collective pleasure that encourage attachment. These times are popularly labelled “fun.” While…
Fighting Words
Workshop
Can a book change the world? If books were integral to the creation of the imperial global order, what role have they played in resisting that order throughout the twentieth century? To what extent have theories and movements of anti-imperial and anticolonial resistance across the planet been…
RSSS Public Lecture Series: Adverse Events - On bad affects and the antidepressant wars
Lecture
In this lecture Professor Wilson will address the issue of psychopharmaceuticals, harm and adverse effects. The lecture will begin by considering the arguments against anti-depressant medications developed by a loose alliance of critics (feminists, anti-psychiatry activists, clinicians) who…