Decolonisation and the Law: The Necessity of History?
Seminar
Abstract TBC. Join Zoom Meeting: https://anu.zoom.us/j/89926642734?pwd=b2k1ZzcrVzFLZlo2VGNhekxBM2FZQT09&from=addon Meeting ID: 899 2664 2734 Password: 182168
Jack Smart Lecture 2023
Lecture
What kinds of factors can make a line of inquiry a better or worse one to pursue? This question can be addressed at different scales: the personal ("Did I turn off the stove?), the interpersonal (as in a conversation), and public (as in news stories). Professor Siegel focuses on two…
We Need to Talk: Peacebuilders Rami and Bassam in conversation at ANU
Lecture
Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin are from ‘enemy’ sides but are self-proclaimed ‘brothers’. Rami is a Jewish Israeli from Jerusalem who lost his daughter Smadar in a Palestinian suicide bombing in 1997, the same year Bassam’s daughter Abir was born. Bassam, who grew up in Hebron, was a former…
Philosophy of Journalism Workshop
Workshop
What is journalism? What is it for? What roles does it play in political life, and what roles should it play? Which of these roles are specific to democracy? What should count as news? How should it be determined what’s important for the public in a given place to know about? What challenges and…
Book Launch: The State (Philip Pettit)
Book launch
Join us for a presentation and discussion, followed by canapes and drinks in the RSSS Foyer as we launch The State by Philip Pettit, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the ANU and one of the foremost political philosophers in the world. The future of our species depends on the state. Can…
Do Gender Quotas Erode Democratic Legitimacy? Women's Political Representation in Comparative Perspective
Seminar
Women's political representation confers legitimacy to decision-making processes and outcomes, but does this outcome hold when gender quotas are in place? Using survey experiments conducted across the Americas and Europe, we show that "quota penalties" exist, but are small. The legitimacy-…
Murlawarni: A Deep History of the Pilbara Told Using Myth as Primary Data
Seminar
Australia, like Europe, has a well-developed mythography; however, except for a “universal” comparison between Australian and Greek myth in early twentieth century “stadial” histories, no comparative mythology exists in Australia equivalent to that developed for the Indo-European culture zone.…