What next for Afghanistan?
Seminar
The Near East Policy Forum and the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies present "What next for Afghanistan?" The resurgence of Taliban after the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan has plunged the country into another deep crisis. Afghans are facing the …
Means of Production and Male Offspring in the Chinese Post-Socialist Transition
Webinar/Online
Previous research has documented that gender equality in many dimensions has deteriorated in former socialist countries. In this study, we focus on the effect of controlling means of production on having male offspring in the context of post-socialist economic transition in China. As…
Symposium on Survivor-Initiated Restorative Justice Across the Community. Pathways to Justice for Sexual Assault?
Symposium
The ANU convened a Symposium on Survivor Initiated-Restorative Justice as a Pathway to Justice for Sexual Assault on 27 August, 2021. The aim of the Symposium was to highlight the role that restorative justice can play in addressing the needs of survivors of sexual assault in the ACT…
Terry Irving: Writing the Biography of Vere Gordon Childe
Webinar/Online
I think of Marxist biography as an example of Ray Monk’s assertion that biography produces not truth but a way of seeing connections. But how does the biographer articulate the relationship between individual consciousness and social being? How does a Marxist biography differ from a ‘life and times…
Place and Learning on Country
Seminar
ABSTRACT In this seminar Dr Bill Fogarty will be examining the role of Place-Based pedagogic approaches in Indigenous education. The seminar will examine the theoretical history of place-based education and present a detailed case study of one such approach, Learning on Country. This seminar…
Bivariate Outcome Small Area Estimation with Spatial-temporal Effects: The Case of Smoking Prevalence in Australia
Webinar/Online
It is common that target variables distribute diversely and sparsely in geographical space. This results in noisy estimates, make it difficult to interpret results. In such situations, small area estimation techniques could help reduce the standard error to an acceptable rate, through borrowing…
Bogans, larrikins, surfers and swagmen: Critical examinations of masculinity, whiteness, class, and identity in Australia
Seminar
Join Andrea Waling for 'Bogans, larrikins, surfers and swagmen: Critical examinations of masculinity, whiteness, class, and identity in Australia' This talk offers a historical and contemporary exploration of masculine tropes in Australian culture. While attention has been paid to Australian…