Exhibiting Slavery
Webinar/Online
Representations — and silences — relating to slavery in exhibition spaces have changed significantly over time. One of the earliest examples was the 1851 Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace. Three ‘fugitive’ enslaved African people fled the United States to London and displayed their formerly…
National Biographies and Transnational Lives
Webinar/Online
National Biographies and Transnational Lives: legacies of British slavery across the empire Britain’s involvement in the slave trade and slavery affected the lives and fortunes of many nineteenth-century immigrants to the Australian colonies. Some transferred capital directly from plantation…
School Transition Estimation and Projection (STEP) model: Update on model development and activities
Seminar
In this presentation, we introduce and describe our research collaboration with the Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT) Education Directorate to develop an analysis and projection tool for school enrolments. The School Transition Estimation and Projection (STEP) model simultaneously projects 130…
Ten Years after the Arab Spring: Results and Prospects
Webinar/Online
Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon, researched and taught in Beirut, Paris and Berlin, and has been since 2007 Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS, University of London. His many books, published in over 15 languages, include: The Clash of Barbarisms: The Making of…
Echoes of slavery in the colonisation of Western Australia’s north
Webinar/Online
As Western Australia agitated for self-government in the 1880s, its colonists were caught in a dilemma. They needed to show the Colonial Office, which had threatened to retain management of the north, that the colony effectively controlled the furthest reaches of its vast land mass and that it was…
Advancing research on healthy longevity in Australia and the Asia-Pacific
Seminar
In this presentation, I will discuss my ongoing work exploring healthy longevity, funded ARC DECRA and ANU Futures Scheme grants. I’ll discuss the overall goals for these interconnected projects, and describe why research exploring healthy ageing, and social inequalities in the aging process, is…
James Stirling, first governor of Western Australia and imperial investor
Webinar/Online
Admiral James Stirling arrived on Noongar land in 1829 to proclaim it the British colony of Western Australia. Officially, he represented the British government. Unofficially, he represented the commercial interests of his family, a collection of British naval officers, East India Company…