Rod Quantock, Comedian, Writer and Climate Change Activist
Rod Quantock says, "If climate change doesn't scare you, then you don't get the science." Fortunately Quantock does, and when he gives you his take on the physics, chemistry, biology, geology, palaeontology,…
Professor Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology & Director, Unit for Biocultural Variation & Obesity, University of Oxford
Obesity has increased dramatically across the world, and there is currently no solution to its control. While obesity is easily understood as the positive imbalance of energy intake and…
Connie Chong, Andaleeb Akhand, Arjuna Dibley, Brendan Moloney, Chelsea Mullavey, Melanie Poole, Harriet Riley & Jennifer Zhu, Master of Ceremonies and Contestants in the 2009 Lions Oratory Competition
In this year's Fifteenth Annual Lions Oratory Competition, student representatives from the ANU Colleges competed for the perpetual Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The objective…
Emeritus Professor Paik Nak-chung , Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
The partition of the Korean peninsula has since the end of the Korean War solidified into a ‘division system' encompassing two otherwise contrastive societies. This notion enables an important…
Professor Hugh White, Adjunct Professor Peter Bailey, Dr Jane Golley and Professor Geremie Barmé, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and ANU College of Law
The arrest of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, and more recently China's cancellation of a ministerial visit over Canberra's decision to grant a visa to Uighur figurehead Rebiya Kadeer has put Australia-China…
Virginia Haussegger, Julie Posetti and Dr Shakira Hussein
A public debate hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times.
Muslim women's dress codes have come into the political spotlight in both Muslim-majority…
H.E. Dr Seyed Mohammad Khatami, Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Our interdependent world creates both new opportunities and new challenges. The gravest danger today is insecurity, which has taken on global proportions. In order to deal with the threat…
Emily Maguire, Novelist, Essayist and Commentator
Many of us born after the success of the 1970s women's liberation movement were raised to think of ourselves as 'people not genders'. We grew up believing that being female would not affect our opportunities…
Dr Maggie Brady and Professor Robin Room, The Australian National university and The University of Melbourne
This public lecture challenges some of the common beliefs that surround Indigenous Australians and the history of 'grog', by discussing the findings of the newly released publication First Taste:…
Andaleeb Akhand, Amanda Alford, Hae-Young (Connie) Chong, Kirill Talanine, Tamie Balaga, Thomas Conyers, Contestants in the 2008 Lions Oratory Competition
The 14th Annual Lions Oratory Competition saw selected ANU students from across the University present eight minute orations to convince the judges and the audience that they deserved to win the ANU…
Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment and Director of the Society for Environmental Communications
"Why Environmentalism Needs Equity: Learning from the environmentalism of the poor to build our common future". Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment; Director…
Professor Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo, University of Chicago and, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica, Mexico City
Mexico furnished the era of social and cultural change that started ‘right around 1910’ with its first popular revolution. By 1919 Mexico City had become a refuge for the world’s radicals.…
Hosted by Professor Ian Chubb AC
In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel…
Hugh MacKay
Fifteen years ago social researcher Hugh Mackay wrote the bestseller Reinventing Australia , which analysed with forensic skill what was happening within Australian society. In this public…
Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC, Special Advisor on Indigenous Affairs to the Government of Western Australia
In this lecture, Lieutenant General John Sanderson argues that the national approach to Indigenous issues can broadly be described as ‘assimilationist’ – the belief that the only hope…
Professor Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Having informed citizens is important to the health of any democracy. Scholars and journalists frequently suppose that affluent countries have systems of public knowledge on which their citizens can…
Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, Director-General, The Energy and Resources Institute
2007 K R Narayanan Oration Recent high rates of economic growth in India and other parts of the developing world, while reducing poverty and raising global…
Professor Michael Coper
On Tuesday 12 June 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict. Rabbi Jonathan…
Venerable Alex Bruce, Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse, Professor Abdullah Saeed
On Tuesday 12 June 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict. Rabbi Jonathan…
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Guest Speakers
On Tuesday 12 June 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and representatives of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths met in a symposium exploring the role of religion in war and conflict. Rabbi Jonathan…
Vanessa Woods, Writer, researcher, freelance journalist
Taking off to mend a broken heart, Vanessa Woods left safe, suburban Canberra and headed for the remote, wild and distinctly unsafe jungles of Costa Rica. She was stung so often by killer bees she developed…
Dr Sarah Maddison, University of New South Wales
To what extent have Australian feminist struggles achieved a substantive and lasting gender equality? The gender report for the Democratic Audit of Australia considered this question, investigating…
Professor Francis Fukuyama, Professor of International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University
While Professor Francis Fukuyama’s changing evaluation of the arguments of his one-time Neocon colleagues has illuminated major issues about American policy and the war in Iraq, his general thinking…
Steve Larkin, Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
Steve Larkin, Principal, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), explores the unique role of AIATSIS in promoting scholarship that has been relevant and…
Phil Fontaine, National Chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations
Like Australia, Canada faces challenges in resolving the grievances of First Nation peoples harmed by past policies. Phil Fontaine, the National Chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations, has been…
Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, Prime Minister, Timor-Leste
In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political…
Professor Peter Glasner
Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned, there has been much debate in the media and public spheres about the ethics and morality of genetic…
Emeritus Professor Ken Inglis
As controversy continues to swirl around Australia’s national broadcaster, a long-awaited history of its last 20 years provides much-needed…
Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Milan
Dr Valerio Massimo Manfredi traces out the interlinked lineage of 'story' and 'history', arguing that the latter became important when societies needed to reinforce collective identities through an…
Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Research School of Social Sciences and ANU College of Law
Pamela Denoon Lecture 2006 in association with International Women's Day Issues of sex and gender are rarely considered relevant to invasions, conflict or state-building. …
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