Dr Rick Gekoski
, One of the world’s leading bookmen, writer, rare-book dealer, broadcaster and academic
Dr Gekoski, one of the most entertaining speakers in the book world, discusses the Man Booker International Prize, the future of the book and his life and times in antiquarian book selling. …
Hosted by Nicholas Farrelly
'Burma votes 2010' presenter Nicholas Farrelly gives a special post-poll update to the vod and podcast series. This episode was recorded on 9 November 2010 and in the second in the series. 'Burma…
Professor Amin Saikal AM
, Head, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU
Professor Amin Saikal AM fom the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies ANU gives a public lecture on 'Afghanistan on the brink'.
Afghanistan is in a state of crisis. The same applies to the…
Professor Shirley Brice Heath
, Professor at Large, Stanford and Brown Universities
Anthropologists who study socialisation tend to do so in order to compare modes and values of child-rearing or to examine the role of language in child-rearing. Rarely have anthropologists attended…
Professor Ian Chubb AC, Dr Henry Reece and Dr Bruce Moore
Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English was launched at ANU on 9 October 2008. The book is the first of its kind to trace the development of the Australian accent and the Australian…
Professor Ken Inglis
Allan Martin's two principal subjects as a historian, Sir Henry Parkes and Sir Robert Menzies, were both great orators. Among questions asked in this lecture (the Allan Martin Memorial Lecture…
The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP
, Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the 70th annual George E Morrison Lecture in the Hall at University House at ANU. Speaking on the theme Australia and China in the world, the Prime Minister also…
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