Europa Policy Lab: Fuel and Food: Global Commodities Price Transmission Perspective
Seminar
This Europa Policy Lab is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union European Union and United States policies have created a new price transmission channel connecting fuel and food commodity markets. Professor Janda will present the results of econometric time series analysis of…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary
Arts & entertainment
On 10 December 1948, the UN General Assembly, presided by Australia’s HV ‘Doc’ Evatt, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Born out of ‘barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind’, the UDHR promised to usher in a new era founded on the ‘equal and inalienable…
Understanding Geographical Indications: Sifting the Latest Evidence
Seminar
Geographical Indications (GIs) are a ‘make or break’ issue for the European Union (EU) in its trade negotiations. As Australia has recently commenced trade negotiations with the EU, understanding EU perspectives on GIs is essential. The ANU Centre for European Studies (ANUCES) has recently…
Some Patterns of Shia Muslim Tithe (Khums) in Iran and Australia
Seminar
Money has a privileged place in analyses of modernity. In both the Weberian and Marxist traditions of social theory, money’s increasingly abstract and free-floating character, and calculative behaviours associated with its use, are symbolic of modernity’s own hyper-rationalistic structures and…
Integrating Art Production and Economic Development in Remote Australia: A National Survey of Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists.
Seminar
Arts and cultural production has significant potential to contribute to the economic sustainability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in remote areas of Australia. However, little is known as to how the cultural assets in Indigenous communities can be mobilised as a source of…
Harry Rigby Seminar Series - China’s Rise and Regional Security: A View from Moscow
Lecture
Listen to the audio recording of this event on ANU Soundcloud This Harry Rigby Seminar is jointly hosted by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the ANU Centre for European Studies. Presented by Professor Alexei D. Voskressenski, this seminar will briefly explain the evolution of Russian…
Konrad Adenauer Lecture - Uncertain Times. Germany, Europe and the World Order
Lecture
About the lecture The current epoch, which as yet has no name, began well with the peaceful re-emergence of a united German state in the centre of Europe. What went wrong? This lecture will reflect on the distinctive features of the era that began in 1989/90, the reemergence of authentic global…