‘A Continent That Australians Must be Proud to Advertise’: Nature, Tourism, and the National Image, 1905-1988
Lecture/seminar
Since Federation, national tourism advertising campaigns have carried messages about Australia, its scenery and its people around the world. Tourism advertising has also served an important function as a bellwether for how the world perceives the nation from the outside. A unifying…
A-lieving that ChatGPT loves you
Seminar
We increasingly form enduring and emotionally salient bonds with AI-powered technologies. Yet, arguably, most of the users don’t actually believe that these technologies harbour genuine affective (and more generally mental) states towards them. Why, then, do users bond with technologies? What…
The 3 missteps we make when trying to achieve gender equality
Seminar
In this talk, Michelle will present research looking at three common missteps that are made when designing and implementing gender equality initiatives: (1) when we don’t go beyond describing the numbers; (2) when we try to ‘fix’ women rather than fix systems; and (3) when we are overly…
The Sovereign Individual reloaded: surfacing Thiel’s alt-canon
Lecture/seminar
Peter Thiel’s ideological commitments, financial networks and political interventions reveal a deliberate effort to dismantle democratic governance in favour of elite-controlled sovereignties. Drawing on Girard, Spengler, Strauss and especially The Sovereign Individual (Davidson and Rees-Mogg…
Reimagining Public Institutions: From the National to the Global
Lecture/seminar
Public institutions worldwide face a crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness, yet they remain critical for addressing 21st-century challenges from energy transitions to AI governance. While most government structures have remained unchanged for decades, emerging innovations—from India's billion-…
Gender Inequities in the Home and Lower Sexual Desire among Women Partnered with Men
Seminar
Low desire is one of the most common sexual problems, or ‘dysfunctions’ and it is most common in women. In this talk, Emily Harris first addresses common misconceptions about sexual desire before presenting findings from two studies of desire among women partnered with men, sampled cross-nationally…
Australia & Ireland: the closest of neighbours - Reflections on a shared political & legal ancestry
Lecture
The ANU Centre for European Studies (ANUCES) is delighted to invite you to a public lecture by Mr Rossa Fanning SC, Attorney-General of Ireland. The lecture will explore the similarities and differences between the systems of two countries that share strong ties and a common history.Mr Rossa…