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Protesting police brutality, mass incarceration and racial disparities in all areas of American life

The United States, like Australia and other countries with modern economies, gets played by multinat

One of the best kept secrets about mathematicians is that we are often at the tip of the spear in th

The 2017 Michael Hintze lecture presented by the Centre for International Security Studies At sixte

Professor of European Integration at the University of Athens, Loukas Tsoukalis looks into the reaso

The forum brings together expert First Nations Community and University speakers to discuss the impo

December 2017 marks 45 years since Australia and the People's Republic of China established formal d

Globalisation

2017/10/25

There is no word with more purchase in present political discourse than Globalisation. But what does

Democracy depends on sound public opinion about the major issues of the day. Today these issues are

The study of food choice is at the forefront of research in economics today due to its repercussion

How do we understand, imagine, visualise and create narratives for 50,000 years of Australian histor

The 2017 ASAL Patron's Lecture (with special thanks to the Cultural Fund of the Copyright Agency) M

Professor of Middle Eastern History at University of California, Irvine, Mark LeVine asks us to enga

Professor Colin Mackerras surveys how the West has viewed China over time. He notes distinct worseni

Are you addicted to social media? Is this such a big deal? Or can you improve your mental health wi

Authoritarianism

2017/10/11

Historians these days probably get less sleep than anyone else – kept up by the echoes of the past i

Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission has investigated and prosecuted many big-fish corruption case

A Sydney Ideas talk by Dr Mark Stafford Smith, Chief Coordinating Scientist – Adaptation, CSIRO. Co-

In 2001, Stanford mathematician Dr Keith Devlin, also known as ‘The Math Guy’ on NPR’s Weekend Editi

There are many accounts of consumer directed care (CDC )in England. Some focus on its ambitions, som