Webinar on indigenous governance in Australia and Latin America
Webinar/Online
In common with Australia the diversity of indigenous communities in Latin America is reflected also in a diversity of models of indigenous governance. Join us for a webinar to discuss and exchange ideas on governance structures and practices in Australia, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala. Speakers…
The Australian Social Policy Association launch of the Australian Journal of Social Issues special issue on Big Data and Social Policy in Australia
Book launch
Agenda 1. Announcement of the Peter Saunders' prize winners for the Australian Journal of Social Issues in 2019 and 2020 To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Australian Journal of Social Issues, the Australian Social Policy Association established the Peter Saunders Prize. It is named in…
The Indigenous service market: conflicting ontological ways of seeing urban First Nations organisations in the era of NPM
Seminar
ABSTRACT The presentation will analyse the quantitative findings of a three-year mixed-method research project developed in partnership with six urban First Nations organisations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The research is designed to provide urban First Nations organisations…
Remote rituals in virtual courts
Seminar
This seminar presentation examines the ritual dynamics of virtual court hearings. While audio-visual links for select court participants have been available for decades, in a virtual hearing all parties participate using a videoconferencing platform. Such hearings have proliferated during the…
Fraternal Enemies No More? Israel and the Gulf Monarchies: Beyond the Abraham Accords
Lecture
Professor Clive Jones will offer a nuanced appraisal of Israel-Gulf monarchies relations as they have developed historically and where they stand today beyond the recent Abraham Accords. He will explain how these relations have shaped a new regional order in the Middle East and its future prospects…
A Conversation Around Reciprocal Methodologies in Iranian Studies
Seminar
This joint talk is a review of eighteen months of ethnographical research and reciprocal collaboration between an Iranian socio-cultural anthropologist and one of the only ex-internee survivors of the Australian WWII internment camps who has written a autobiography about her experiences. She was…
Crown Princes, Oil, & Politics in the Persian Gulf: Introducing the Master of Middle East & Central Asian Studies
Webinar/Online
Do you want to understand the latest politics in the Persian Gulf region, home to almost 50% of global oil reserves? How are these oil-rich countries adapting to a renewable energy future? How are aging monarchs and powerful crown princes reshaping politics for a new generation, in a region where…