Alexander Zuzenko, the Communist International and the Workers’ Republic of Australia
Seminar
Abstract TBA about a week prior to the seminar.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – The experience of Australia, Latin America and beyond
Lecture
In 2000 the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. To mark this day the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS) invites you to join the Embassies of Ecuador and El Salvador, and the Global…
Interpretive International Relations: Narrative and Explanation (Ian Hall, Griffith University)
Seminar
Interpretivists hold that the social world is a world of meaning. They maintain that social behaviour is best explained in terms of the meanings that actions have for the people who perform them. Interpretivists try to access those meanings – and thereby explain behaviour – by examining agents’…
Reckoning with the past: Soviet communism in postcolonial Australian perspective
Workshop
Reckoning with the past: Soviet communism in postcolonial Australian perspective Academic workshop 24 November 2023, 9am-5pm, The Australian National University Expatriate East European writers like Kapka Kassabova and Lea Ypi have portrayed their countries of birth (Bulgaria, Albania) as…
Justifying Thresholds
Seminar
Speaker: Caleb Perl You shouldn’t scapegoat someone innocent to prevent five killings. But maybe you should scapegoat someone innocent when the numbers get large enough – if, say, scapegoating would save a million, or a billion. That is, there might be thresholds where the numbers start to…
2nd ANU African Studies Network Conference
Conference
2nd ANU African Studies Network Conference In the ever-evolving landscape of academic and professional gatherings, one event stands out on the horizon—the 2nd ANU African Studies Network Conference. Scheduled to take place on November 23-24, 2023, this conference promises to be an enlightening…
IALS Annual Symposium: Property Law, Climate Change, Tech Disruption
Symposium
Climate change and technological developments are presenting challenges to settled principles of property law both personal/moveable and real/immoveable. This year’s symposium draws together speakers from across the globe to discuss recent property law developments and responses in relation to…