What is History in a Settler Colonial Society? Mapping the limits and possibilities of ethical historiography
Lecture
In his 1995 study of history, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History, Michel-Rolph Trouillot insisted on the need to recognise the discipline’s power to curate and control. Critical, structural analysis of history-making would expose not only the past under examination, he…
Representing Identity in Online Networks
Seminar
Researchers often know very little about social media users other than their public actions on a platform (for example, posting, sharing, liking) and when these actions occurred. In this sense, big data has been described as “thin” in that it lacks information on social context and the motivations…
Toxic parliaments and what can be done about them
Book launch
In recent years, Australia has been rocked by serious allegations of sexual assault and harassment within parliaments. Widespread reports of misconduct, nationwide protests and the #MeToo movement led to a reckoning that could not be ignored. In their new open-access book,…
End of an era? The UK General Election of 2024
Panel discussion
On 4 July, the UK is due to go to the polls. Barring a polling miss of historic proportions, this election is likely to put an end to fourteen years of Conservative Government, fourteen years in which the UK and its relations with the outside world have been altered in profound ways.Join this…
Behavioural modernity: Reframing the idea, or Past its Use-By Date?
Workshop
Join us for a groundbreaking exploration of the concept of behavioural modernity. Behavioral Modernity is a concept that has been used principally by cognitive archaeologists to answer the question “When and why did we start to act the way we do now?” In short, behavioral modernity answers this…
‘The name of the product I tested is Life’: The Life and Poetry of Peter Porter - ‘Duelling with diffidence’
Seminar
In a time of debased international politics and media manipulation of truth, the spin-and-cant-skewering precision of poetry is more important than ever. This talk argues for a new look at Peter Porter (1929-2010), lauded Australian poet whose broad international span (poems on subjects as diverse…
Brazil Update 2024: A conversation with experts on Brazilian Politics and Democracy
Panel discussion
Please join the Australian Centre for Federalism for the 2024 Brazil Update, an engaging 60-minute live conversation with experts on Brazilian politics, governance, and democracy.Dr José Antonio Cheibub (University of Pittsburgh), Dr Thiago Nascimento da Silva (ANU) and Dr Tracy B. Fenwick (ANU)…