Confirmation of Candidature - Outcasts and Patrons
Lecture/seminar
Join us for the Confirmation of Candidature for Otabek Akromov whose thesis is entitled "Outcasts and Patrons: Stigmatization, Ideological Shelter, and Foreign Policy Change in Small States." Abstract: Under what conditions do small states change their foreign policy orientation? Existing…
Roundtable on Nationalism, Democracy, & the International Politics of Asia
Panel discussion
A Roundtable on Nationalism, Democracy, and the International Politics of AsiaYou are warmly invited to the upcoming Roundtable, co-sponsored by the Australian National University's Centre on China in the World and the School of Politics and International Relations.Friday 31 July, 2pm -…
Jack Smart Lecture: Taking Risks for Others
Lecture
We sometimes make choices on behalf of others. If we knew how the options would turn out, making these decisions would require only knowing what’s best for the affected person. But in cases of risk, decisions are more complicated—particularly if we assume that there is a wide range of rational…
Biography as Justice: Recasting Cultural Legacies of Harm
Seminar
Content warning: This talk will reference experiences of childhood sexual abuse, framed by the voices and stories of survivors.This paper considers questions from a forthcoming biography of Dorothy Hewett that explore not just how her legacy can be reconsidered in the light of revelations about…
Unboxing the Historian: Sources and Surprises in the Neil Gunson Archive
Seminar
What remains of the scholar when the man is gone? A great mass of paper is one answer: paper with major potential for future researchers. To realise that potential, by turning an inchoate heap of material into a coherent historical resource, is the job of the archivist.The mandate of the ANU…
Bodies as Living Laboratories: Towards A Sociology of Experimentation
Seminar
Experimentation has become one of the most dominant forms of knowledge production in use today, invoked by scientists, artists, activists, policy makers, and critical theorists alike to describe practices that generate new knowledge, enable new modes of expression, or transform existing conditions.…
2026 John Passmore Lecture
Lecture
Smaller Chance of Mistake, More Innocents Dead: A Different Problem with Using AI Systems in War (and Elsewhere) AbstractUsing AI systems in identifying targets may very well increase accuracy, in the following sense: For each person suspected to be a legitimate target, the chance of a false…