http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en martyn.pearce@anu.edu.au Copyright 2012 2012-01-29T22:24:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/why_did_we_get_the_collapse_of_the_ussr_so_wrong/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/why_did_we_get_the_collapse_of_the_ussr_so_wrong/#When:22:24:03Z It is now 20 years since the sudden and catastrophic collapse of the former Soviet Union. A huge amount of analytical effort in the West, both in academia and in the intelligence community, went into scrutinising every detail of the political, economic, military, technological, demographic and cultural progress of the USSR. And yet, when the end came it was surprisingly quick and ranks as one of the great intellectual and intelligence failures of the 20th century.This lecture examines the reasons why we failed to see the end of the military superpower that was the former USSR. It looks at such issues as preconceived views of Soviet Communism’s strengths, the tendency not to see the intellectual wood for the trees, and the enormous pressures to conform with the conventional wisdom about Soviet strengths. It concludes by asking the question: can there be a recurrence of simplistic, straight-line extrapolations about another rising power, such as China? Public Lecture, Economics, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2012-01-29T22:24:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_judith_ajani_native_forests_for_bioenergy_or_biodiversity/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dr_judith_ajani_native_forests_for_bioenergy_or_biodiversity/#When:00:27:33Z Australia’s forestry industry and foresters argue that, from a climate change perspective, we should substitute fossil fuels and emission-intensive products with native forest wood, highlighting the fact that trees re-grow. Ecological and other scientists oppose this view, highlighting the carbon stocks in native forests and the potential for previously logged native forests to draw down substantial amounts of carbon if allowed to regenerate undisturbed by further logging. They also emphasise the biodiversity values of native forests.This seminar brings both arguments face to face.The historical context of both views and their core concepts will be made explicit. Then, through scenario analysis grounded in today’s Australian native forest industry reality, the climate change implications of the two opposing views will be quantified. Public Lecture, Economics, Environment, Society & Culture 2011-11-16T00:27:33+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/assessing_counter_insurgency_and_state_building_efforts_in_afghanistan/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/assessing_counter_insurgency_and_state_building_efforts_in_afghanistan/#When:05:44:16Z Ambassador Karl Eikenberry discusses current counter-insurgency and state-building efforts in Afghanistan. He examines the challenges posed over time by discontinuities in strategies, something he experienced first hand during his three tours of duty in Afghanistan beginning in 2002. He also addresses problems that international civilian and military actors have encountered establishing realistic and sustainable institutional goals. Lastly, Ambassador Eikenberry speaks about the prospects of achieving transition to Afghan security by the objective date of 2014. Public Lecture, Society & Culture 2011-10-25T05:44:16+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/non_proliferation_disarmament_and_australian_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/non_proliferation_disarmament_and_australian_security/#When:05:13:31Z In recent years Australia has taken a leading role in national, regional and international non-proliferation and disarmament, in particular through the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in May 2010 and the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). This seminar addresses three key themes in the relationship between national security and non-proliferation: the state of international non-proliferation regimes, Australia’s non-proliferation commitments, and consequent regional security issues. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-24T05:13:31+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep2/#When:00:47:17Z Three of the pillars of Thai society are under the spotlight in a new vodcast and podcast series titled ‘Chat, Sasana, Phramahakasat: Nation, Religion, King’. This three part series brings together some of the world’s leading experts on Thailand. The series is presented by ANU Southeast Asia specialist Dr Nicholas Farrelly from the College of Asia and the Pacific, and is produced in cooperation with the annual Thailand Update and the National Thai Studies Centre. Economics, Humanities, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-06T00:47:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nation_religion_king_ep1/#When:07:28:27Z Three of the pillars of Thai society are in the spotlight in this new vodcast series titled ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์: Nation, Religion, King. This is episode one of three. Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-10-03T07:28:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proud_past_bright_future_john_faulkner/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/proud_past_bright_future_john_faulkner/#When:06:26:17Z Senator John Faulkner presents the annual Archives lecture reflecting on the history of the labour movement in Australia. His talk also opens the ‘labour history and its people’ conference hosted by the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History in association with the National Centre for Biography.Senator John Faulkner has been a Senator for New South Wales since 1989 and served as a minister in the Keating and Rudd Labor governments and as Minister for Defence in the Gillard government till September last year. He was the parliamentary representative on the National Archives Advisory Council from 1996 to 2008 and was reappointed in September 2010. Senator Faulkner is an advocate for government accountability through Freedom of Information and Archives legislation and has authored publications on representative government and the history of the Australian Labor Party. Public Lecture, Humanities, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture 2011-09-20T06:26:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/child_soldiers_and_child_protection_in_african_conflicts/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/child_soldiers_and_child_protection_in_african_conflicts/#When:05:25:15Z The global number of child soldiers has grown significantly in the course of the last two decades, despite a series of protocols designed to curb their numbers. Used by both governments and rebel groups, child soldiers epitomize many of the problems associated with states at risk: intergenerational violence, poverty and the failure of efforts to instill the rule of law. Explanations for the sustained number of child soldiers have proliferated amongst both members of the scholarly and humanitarian community. But these arguments have often not relied on good data, nor have the policy implications derived from available evidence been analyzed in great depth. Using extensive data drawn from nineteen African conflicts, I will present and evaluate contrasting arguments about the causes of child soldiering Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-08-24T05:25:15+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/how_much_is_enough_making_decisions_that_help_us_to_thrive/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/how_much_is_enough_making_decisions_that_help_us_to_thrive/#When:06:47:12Z Why do happy people make better investors and better entrepreneurs? Why do most investors achieve less than half the returns they should? Why are lottery winners no happier than the rest of us? What makes mature women better investors than young men? How do we develop emotional resilience and financial responsibility in our children? And how can we have more money and more happiness?We are what we think. But what causes us to think in the way that we do? And why does this lead us to make choices that do not make us either happy or wealthy? Public Lecture, Economics, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics 2011-08-18T06:47:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/five_months_after_311_japans_triple_disaster_and_the_challenges_of_japanese/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/five_months_after_311_japans_triple_disaster_and_the_challenges_of_japanese/#When:06:35:34Z On 11 March, Japan was hit by unprecedented triple disasters, a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0, 30-meter-high tsunami and the explosion of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Damages have been tremendous. As of 26 July, 20,444 people are confirmed dead or missing, and more than 100,000 people are still in evacuation. It seems Japan cannot return to the days before 11 March in many senses. What impact have the triple disasters had on the Japanese society, and how has the Japanese civil society dealt with the challenges it has faced? What lessons can be learnt from these disasters? This lecture will explore these questions from the perspectives of the Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) and Japan Platform, two of the best-known humanitarian NGOs in Japan which have been actively involved in the disaster relief. Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2011-08-18T06:35:34+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/predators_reapers_and_post_heroic_war_professor_christian_enemark/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/predators_reapers_and_post_heroic_war_professor_christian_enemark/#When:03:58:10Z Are air strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or ‘drones’) changing the character of war? The United States has recently carried out drone strikes against targets inside Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya. The use of hunter-killer drones like the Predator and the Reaper is a means of engaging distant foes in a post-heroic, risk-free manner. As such, this mode of killing challenges traditional notions of what it means to be a combatant and the status of war as something morally distinguishable from other forms of violence. Arguably, the peculiar characteristic of war is that it is a potentially lethal contest in which one combatant using force against another does so in a relationship of mutual self-defence. Unlike the pilots of in-theatre aircraft, ground-based drone operators on the other side of the world experience no physical danger and are thus not required to exercise courage when using lethal force. Although the military profession is supposedly one whose defining and much-admired characteristic is risk-taking, drone operators manifest paradoxically as disembodied warriors. Is this an aberration or a transformation in military affairs? Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Society & Culture, Statistics, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-08-15T03:58:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_arab_spring_implications_for_australias_national_security/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_arab_spring_implications_for_australias_national_security/#When:03:49:10Z Recent months have seen the people of the Arab world from Yemen to Egypt, and most recently in Libya, seeking to shake off decades of repression and political dictatorships to embrace rapid transformation. From the less violent transitions which have occurred in Jordan and Bahrain, to the brutal civil war prevailing in Libya, the international community has become involved in the moves toward security as well as individual and collective rights for the Arab people. This National Security College public seminar brings together leading experts on the region to discuss the events, key drivers of change, the military action, the Responsibility to Protect, and energy politics. The panel will also consider the national security implications for Australia. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, Journalism, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-05-20T03:49:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2011_allan_martin_lecture_slavery_at_thomas_jeffersons_monticello/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2011_allan_martin_lecture_slavery_at_thomas_jeffersons_monticello/#When:05:58:11Z Thomas Jefferson enslaved over 700 people over the course of his adult life.  Most lived and worked at his famous home, Monticello.  This paper examines Jefferson's complicated relationship to slavery - what he wrote about it and how he lived it at the plantation that occupies an iconic place in the American imagination. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2011-05-18T05:58:11+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_in_a_globalised_world/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_in_a_globalised_world/#When:01:02:28Z NATO was formed in April 1949 in response to the rapidly emerging Soviet threat to the nations of Western Europe and North America. Its founding treaty declared that an attack against one of its member states would be considered an attack against them all.Sixty two years later, the threats facing NATO's members have changed considerably. Direct attack by an outside state seems unlikely and instead the alliance currently confronts a diverse array of challenges, ranging from terrorism and nuclear proliferation to piracy, cyber attacks, and the disruption of energy supplies. It maintains a training mission in Iraq, a peacekeeping force in Kosovo, and leads the complex international effort in Afghanistan.Some argue that the end of the Cold War left NATO without a role and it has spent the past decade trying, unsuccessfully, to find a new one. Others advocate that NATO is critical to the maintenance of global peace and security in the 21st century.In his only public lecture in Australia, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero will address the current and future role of NATO in a globalised world. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2011-02-08T01:02:28+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode/#When:00:55:06Z Amnesty International Southeast Asia researcher Benjamin Zawacki and Dr Aung Si - the grandson of former Prime Minister of the Union of Burma U Nu - are the guests in the fourth and final Burma votes 2010 vodcast from The Australian National University.Dr Aung Si, grandson of former Prime Minister U Nu, discusses his experience of campaigning with his parents who were candidates in the 2010 election. Later, Benjamin Zawacki discusses the human rights situation in Burma.Burma votes 2010 is a series of vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. It is presented by ANU researcher Nicholas Farrelly.For more on Burma and Southeast Asia politics: asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Workshop, Demography, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-12-03T00:55:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_2/#When:23:27:49Z The Menzies Centre for Health Policy, together with The Nous Group, has recently completed a survey of 1,200 Australians to gain insight into their attitudes towards the health and aged care system, including: *How satisfied are Australians with the system? *Do Australians support reforms? *What is the impact of financial stress? This seminar gives an overview of the initial findings of this survey. The results focused on accessibility, affordability and satisfaction. Seminar, Demography, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-11-28T23:27:49+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/attitudes_toward_health_and_ageing_part_1/#When:22:55:22Z The Menzies Centre for Health Policy, together with The Nous Group, has recently completed a survey of 1,200 Australians to gain insight into their attitudes towards the health and aged care system, including: *How satisfied are Australians with the system? *Do Australians support reforms? *What is the impact of financial stress? This seminar gives an overview of the initial findings of this survey. The results focused on accessibility, affordability and satisfaction.   Seminar, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-11-28T22:55:22+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_3/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_3/#When:22:20:09Z Former Australian Ambassador to Burma Trevor Wilson is the guest while Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim gives his reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi in the third Burma votes 2010 vodcast from The Australian National University.Trevor Wilson, now a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, was in Burma as the polls were taking place. He discusses the atmosphere in the country, the reaction to the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and international pressure on the Burmese generals.The episode also includes an interview with Malaysian opposition leader Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim recorded at The Australian National University. He gives his reaction to the release.Burma votes 2010 is a series of vod and podcasts from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. It is presented by researcher Nicholas Farrelly Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-11-21T22:20:09+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/art_that_is_not_language_anthony_forge_and_kamasan_painting/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/art_that_is_not_language_anthony_forge_and_kamasan_painting/#When:04:51:51Z This lecture discusses the work of Professor Anthony Forge in the field of Balinese Kamasan painting. Anthony Forge argued that art has a visual quality, summed up by a quoted line from dancer Isadore Duncan who said ‘If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it'. His interest in art as non-verbal communication led him to Bali and Kamasan Painting. His work in Bali allowed him to explore the ways in which his Balinese collaborators experienced the world, and to develop new aspects of the understanding of the social meaning of art. By exploring these problems of meaning and communication in Balinese art, this lecture examines the relationship between Anthropology and Art History, with a particular focus on the responses of contemporary Kamasan artists to Forge's fieldwork project. Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2010-11-18T04:51:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_1/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_votes_2010_episode_1/#When:01:37:34Z Des Ball and Morten Pedersen are the guests in the first ‘Burma votes 2010' vodcast.  This video was recorded on 2 November 2010 and is hosted by Nicholas Farrelly. It is the first in a series about the 2010 elections in Burma. ‘Burma votes 2010' brings together experts to discuss and analyse the poll and the political landscape ahead of and after the election day. If you have questions or comments for the team you can leave them here or join in the conversation at asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University 2010-11-03T01:37:34+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/afgahnistan_on_the_brink/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/afgahnistan_on_the_brink/#When:00:49:19Z 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 current US-led population-centric counter-insurgency strategy in dealing with this crisis. Based on the available evidence, the situation continues to favour the Taliban and their supporters, most importantly Pakistan, or more specifically its powerful military intelligence agency, the Intra-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI). The US is now locked in what is shaping up as a quagmire, with an Afghan syndrome in the making parallel to the Vietnam War. Public Lecture, Demography, History & Archeology, Humanities, Language & Linguistics, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-10-13T00:49:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/abandon_the_alliance/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/abandon_the_alliance/#When:01:55:22Z Professor Hugh White's recent Quarterly Essay, Power Shift: Australia's future between Washington and Beijing looks at Australia's strategic choices in the Asian Century. In this lecture professor white explores the implications for Australia's US alliance. He argues that we can all see how China's rise will transform Australia's economy, but we find it harder to recognize the implications for Australia's political and strategic future. We take for granted the protection that America provides, and the role it plays in keeping Asia stable. But as China's power grows, Asia is being transformed, and America's role in Asia will have to change too. As that happens, the benefits to Australia of our alliance with the US will also change, and the costs and risks of the alliance will change too. The old cost/benefit analysis which has underpinned our support for the alliance will need to be recalculated, and some of the answers might be surprising. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics 2010-09-23T01:55:22+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/smiths_in_stasiland_archival_reminders_of_an_uncomfortable_australian_past/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/smiths_in_stasiland_archival_reminders_of_an_uncomfortable_australian_past/#When:06:34:17Z Dr Peter Stanley is currently researching Australia's Great War through the experience of people with the family name Smith, and German-Australians called Schmidt. Through diaries, letters, memoirs, family histories and official records, a different history of the Great War emerges that contrasts to the interpretation usually offered. It is a history of an officious ‘Military Intelligence' bureaucracy which insinuated its way into many aspects of wartime life. It's also a history of paranoia and persecution reaching into every part of Australian society. In this lecture, Dr Stanley will talk about his research and what it suggests about the Australia of 1914-18 and also about our values today, as we approach the centenary of the Great War. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Librarianship & Curatorship, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-09-16T06:34:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_future_of_thinking_in_an_information_age/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_future_of_thinking_in_an_information_age/#When:02:56:12Z Does the Internet really make us dumber, as some pundits argue? And dumber than what? This lecture talked about what it means to think through and with new information technologies, placing both these technologies and ‘thinking' in a historical context. Professor Cathy Davidson argues that many of the ways we teach, work, and evaluate attention, achievement, intelligence, and learning abilities or disabilities were developed for the industrial technologies of the early twentieth century. How can we develop new learning institutions and new forms of measurement suitable for a digital age? Public Lecture, Information, Computing & Communication Sciences, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences 2010-08-25T02:56:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/youth_mental_health_is_anybody_listening/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/youth_mental_health_is_anybody_listening/#When:03:50:41Z ANU presents a roundtable series that will contribute significantly to the health reform agenda in Australia. The fourth event in the series is ‘Youth mental health: is anybody listening?' - Australian of Year and mental health advocate Professor Patrick McGorry will be part of the expert panel. Recent media reports have indicated concerns about the adequacy of the national health reform processes in relation to mental health, especially youth mental health. What can be done to address the key challenges and the key opportunities we face in Australia over the next three years? ANU decided to conduct the National Health Reform Series of policy briefings related to the health reform reports recently released to further strengthen the linkages between research and policy. Topics will include the health workforce, access to primary health care services, governance and funding arrangements. Each event will examine options for implementing reform based on available evidence, including the findings of the Government's reviews. The emphasis will be on reforms that can be driven through the primary health care sector. Public Lecture, Humanities, Medical & Health Science, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-08-05T03:50:41+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_new_strategic_concept/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/nato_new_strategic_concept/#When:00:53:10Z The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is a politico-military alliance of countries from Europe and North America. It provides a unique link between these two continents for consultation and cooperation in the field of defence and security, and the conduct of multilateral crisis management operations. In his only public lecture in Australia, NATO's senior military commander, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, will speak on NATO's new Strategic Concept, its relationships with allies, and operations in Afghanistan. Public Lecture, Seminar, Demography, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2010-08-05T00:53:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/public_goods_some_inter_temporal_considerations/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/public_goods_some_inter_temporal_considerations/#When:04:46:17Z This lecture reviews the literature on the voluntary contributions to public goods by repeatedly-interacting contributors and discusses how the economic theory of choice of sequences of actions sheds light on the outcomes of voluntarism. Professor Long will draw attention to abstract public goods, such as the stock of mutual trust in a community, and the building up of a spirit of cooperation. Game-strategic aspects of voluntary contributions are also discussed, including the role of behavioural norms, the selection of contribution strategies, and coordination problems. Applications of line of research range from foreign aid to memberships in international environmental agreements. Public Lecture, Economics, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Business and Economics 2010-07-30T04:46:17+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_elections/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/burma_elections/#When:03:57:16Z This forum considers scenarios for and beyond Burma's anticipated 2010 elections. While the elections are part of the military regime's "7-point Road Map", many aspects of how they will play out, their prospects and limitations, remain unclear. What will be their aftermath? How will the domestic, regional and international communities respond to the post-ballot constitutional order and new government? Burma scholars from ANU, a representative from the Australian Electoral Commission, and other speakers will combine to explore and debate the possibilities. Public Lecture, Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-07-27T03:57:16+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_6/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_6/#When:04:34:02Z In the final Thailand in Crisis vodcast, ANU PhD students Nattakant Akarapongpisak, Pongphisoot Busbarat and Preedee Hongsaton join host Nicholas Farrelly for a panel discussion about Thailand's political present and future. Farrelly is also joined by regular Andrew Walker who discusses the upcoming by-election in Bangkok.Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. The series draws upon the university's expertise in historical and contemporary Thailand and forms a companion to the New Mandala website which can be found at http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-07-02T04:34:02+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/climate_change_and_the_australian_reform_agenda/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/climate_change_and_the_australian_reform_agenda/#When:04:57:07Z This lecture is the ninth annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture presented by the Australian National University. The introduction of an emissions trading scheme in Australia constitutes a significant economic reform. Unlike other key reforms with such a broad impact across the economy, there has not been a broad consensus within the economics profession on the merits of this reform or the general approach to how it should be implemented. In part this is due to the complex and multidimensional nature of the climate change problem - it spans economic, environmental and science disciplines and requires a co-ordinated international response given the "global commons" nature of the problem. This contrasts to previous reforms where the case for action and key policy choices have been largely internal to economics as a discipline, and national implementation has provided material benefits regardless of the actions of other nations.Dr Martin Parkinson will discuss the challenge of bringing an economic perspective to this issue and reflect on the success of the economics profession's engagement with the climate change debate in Australia in recent years. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-06-29T04:57:07+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_5/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_5/#When:00:57:27Z Professor Peter Warr discusses how economics has impacted Thailand and on perceptions of the Thai government while Professor Andrew Leigh talks about development economics in the fifth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. Host Nicholas Farrelly is also joined by regular Dr Andrew Walker to talk about financial lending to Thailand's agricultural sector. Seminar, Demography, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-25T00:57:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_4/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_4/#When:05:14:12Z Professor Thongchai Winichakul is the special guest for the fourth Thailand in Crisis vodcast. With host NIcholas Farrelly, he discusses the 1976 protests, his time in detention, his reaction to the recent crackdown on the Red Shirt protests and his hopes for the future of Thailand. Farrelly is also joined by Andrew Walker to discuss Thai government investment into agriculture. Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific. They are released each Friday.The team welcome your comments and thoughts here, or you can join in the ongoing conversation at the New Mandala website: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala Seminar, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, The University, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-21T05:14:12+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rehabilitating_the_unloved_dollar_standard/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/rehabilitating_the_unloved_dollar_standard/#When:06:02:37Z The international dollar standard is an accident of history that greatly facilitates international trade and exchange. But erratic U.S. monetary and financial policies, have upset the U.S. and a world economy thus makes foreigners unhappy. Paradoxically, the asymmetrical nature of the dollar standard also makes many Americans unhappy because they cannot control their own exchange rate. Although nobody loves the dollar standard, it is a remarkably robust institution that is too valuable to lose and too difficult to replace. Rehabilitating the unloved dollar standard by "internationalising" American monetary and financial policies to better stabilise the U.S. (and world) economies is the only way out of the current impasse. Public Lecture, Economics, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics 2010-06-08T06:02:37+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_2/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thailand_in_crisis_episode_2/#When:01:29:39Z   Thailand in Crisis is a series of six vod and podcasts from The College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. They are released each Friday, beginning 28 May 2010. In the second episode of the series, host Nicholas Farrelly discusses military and security matters with Professor Des Ball from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at ANU and Dr Marcus Mietzner from the School of Culture, History and Language.  Among the topics they discuss are who killed the rebel General, Seh Daeng, what the roll of the Tahan Phran was in the protests and why Thailand has found the transition to a peaceful democracy so much harder than Indonesia. Seminar, Humanities, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-06-07T01:29:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/chinas_development_and_managing_its_environmental_responsibilities/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/chinas_development_and_managing_its_environmental_responsibilities/#When:00:54:06Z In this panel discussion, members will explore the interaction between China's economic development and it'd environmental responsibilities, from a range of social, political, environmental and economic perspectives. Seminar, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-05-31T00:54:06+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/housing_affordability_making_ends_meet_in_the_act/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/housing_affordability_making_ends_meet_in_the_act/#When:05:55:39Z The national crisis in affordable accommodation has hit low income earners hard in Canberra. Even where new public service graduates, students, young families and the unemployed have been able to find accommodation they often can't afford the rents on offer. Demand for public housing and student accommodation in the ACT far outstrips supply.What is being done by government about rental affordability, and what can we do better? Where is new investment needed?The Federal Minister for Housing, The Hon Tanya Plibersek addressed these questions at a special lunchtime lecture and Q&A hosted by the Australian Fabians and the ANU Students' Association Public Lecture, Seminar, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, Student Life, Campus Life 2010-05-27T05:55:39+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/six_months_after_copenhagen/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/six_months_after_copenhagen/#When:05:00:26Z This symposium brought together key experts to discuss the future of Climate Change action in Australia, 6 months after the Copenhagen Climate Change summit. Symposium, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Resource Management, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment 2010-05-24T05:00:26+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/in_conversation_with_julian_burnside/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/in_conversation_with_julian_burnside/#When:01:05:46Z 'In conversation with ...' is a series of events presented by the Law Reform and Social Justice Program at the ANU College of Law, to profile people in Australia who are active in addressing issues of law reform and social justice. Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law 2010-05-24T01:05:46+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_role_in_refugee_protection/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australias_role_in_refugee_protection/#When:03:32:21Z Australia's handling of the asylum-seekers on board the Oceanic Viking and recent 'freeze' on Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum applications has sparked vigorous and ongoing debate. In her inaugural lecture as the Freilich Foundation Professor, Penelope Mathew looked at Australia's past and present policies against the backdrop of global refugee movements. She assessed these policies for compliance with accepted international human rights standards, and evaluated their capacity to deal with the problem of forced migration. Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Philosophy & Religion, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law 2010-05-20T03:32:21+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australia_and_china_in_the_world/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/australia_and_china_in_the_world/#When:05:54:57Z 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 announced Commonwealth funding for a new national centre for research and education on China to be based at ANU. Public Lecture, Administration, International Law, Language & Linguistics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 2010-05-14T05:54:57+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/launch_of_the_national_security_college/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/launch_of_the_national_security_college/#When:02:59:51Z Australias first National Security College will begin activities in May after its official launch by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at The Australian National University on Saturday 24 April 2010.In a major address on national security, the Prime Minister said the National Security College at ANU will enhance collaborative leadership in the national security community and build trusted networks within and outside government.For more about the National Security College: http://nsc.anu.edu.au/ Public Lecture, News & Media, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, University 2010-05-14T02:59:51+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/india_and_the_nuclear_non_proliferation_treaty/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/india_and_the_nuclear_non_proliferation_treaty/#When:03:56:30Z How does a nuclear power & non-signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty engage in international debate on the issue? Following the US-led campaign for global nuclear disarmament and a nuclear weapons free world, the international community eagerly await the review conference of the parties to the treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), to be held in New York between 3-28 May 2010. But what of India? Or Pakistan, Israel and North Korea? Four states with nuclear weapons but all non-signatories to the treaty. Professor Swaran Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) explains the delicate balance of India's position as a "partner" in nuclear non-proliferation, their non-signatory status to the only international nuclear treaty, and the serious challenges this presents to policy makers in New Delhi. Public Lecture, Humanities, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law 2010-05-04T03:56:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/footballers_behaving_badly/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/footballers_behaving_badly/#When:23:54:19Z Allegations of sexual misconduct by sportsmen seem to appear in the Australian news media on a disturbingly regular basis. Why is it that male athletes of major sports like football and rugby are often linked to incidents of bad behaviour toward women? Do men's sports breed a negative attitude toward women? And what can be done to change how players relate to women in off-field situations? How can feminist thinking and action play a role in changing sportsmen's attitudes toward women? The Pamela Denoon Lecture Committee holds the annual Pamela Denoon Lecture to mark International Women's Day, and to commemorate Pamela Denoon's life. Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2010-03-11T23:54:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thirsty_work/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/thirsty_work/#When:03:40:32Z 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, cosmology and meteorology of climate science you'll get it too. And then... you'll be scared. It's win-win. Sounds like great fun doesn't? It's an edgy mix of panic and hysteria. But that's what you'd expect from someone whose comedy has been described as ‘medicinal'. In his irreverent style and clever humour has proven to be a great avenue to deliver powerful messages about the reality of climate change, water issues and possible outcomes.  This lecture was introduced by Jon Ward, Manager, Environmental Policy, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU College of Physical Sciences, Medicine and Life Science, Physical Science 2009-11-05T03:40:32+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/does_china_play_by_our_rules_and_how_much_does_it_matter/#When:02:42:30Z 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 relations sharply in focus. Relations between these key trading partners appears rocky at a time many would have envisioned ties to be getting warmer. China's behaviour has prompted many to look at China's internal politics and rule of law, as well as the price paid for dealing with China and the implications of China's seemingly inevitable rise. Is Stern Hu a pawn in an as yet unclear larger political game? What rules are a giant like China playing by? How will these affect an inextricably linked Australia? Public Lecture, International Business, International Law, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Law, Asia and the Pacific 2009-11-05T02:42:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/15th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2009/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/15th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2009/#When:01:50:42Z 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 of the competition is to give an opportunity to students to master and excel in the art of oratory by reading widely on subjects dealing with human values. To create interest in the study of the lives of great women and men who, often at enormous personal sacrifice, realise outstanding achievements which generations to come will emulate. These are people, including saints and sages from the whole world, who through their outstanding contributions enhanced the quality of life of all humanity. To cultivate in students the need for the great human values of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core of all major religions. Podcast timings: 00:00:00          Welcome by master of ceremonies Connie Chong Winner of the 2008 Lions Oratory Contest 00:05:21          Introduction of Andaleeb Akhand, ANU College of Business and Economics  00:06:29          The Power of Truth, Andaleeb Akhand 00:14:21          Introduction of Arjuna Dibley, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific 00:15:52          Confronting the costs of the ideal: Munir's story and truth as a great human value, Arjuna Dibley 00:24:22          Introduction of Brendan Moloney, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science 00:25:29          Great Human Values in Suburbia , Brendan Moloney 00:33:27          Introduction of Chelsea Mullavey, ANU College of Law 00:34:42          ‘Did you hear that?' Chelsea Mullavey 00:43:07          Introduction of Melanie Poole, ANU College of Arts and Social Science 00:44:11          Why Swamps Breed Bunyips (or: Why the Great Human Values Grow from Pain), Melanie Poole 00:52:45          Introduction of Harriet Riley, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment 00:54:09          Reasons to Love Climate Change, Harriet Riley 01:02:58          Introduction of Jennifer Zhu, ANU College of Physical Sciences 01:04:27          Does every solution have a problem? Jennifer Zhu 01:12:02          Conclusion of event,   Connie Chong     Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, The University, University, Campus Life 2009-09-30T01:50:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/obesity_complex_problem/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/obesity_complex_problem/#When:00:47:42Z 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 expenditure, this does not explain why it is easy to overeat and underexercise. Explanatory models that feed into energy balance include those of obesogenic environments, thrifty genotype, obesogenic behaviour, obesogenic culture, nutrition transition, political economic structures and biocultural interactions of genetics, environment, behaviour and culture. The last of these models has obesity as an outcome of the complex systems which constitute modern life, and in which biology, environment, sociality, economics, infrastructure, culture and behaviour interact. An attempt to understand obesity as complex system has come with an initiative of the British government, in which a qualitative systems map of obesity for the British population has been generated. In this presentation, various models of population obesity are considered in relation to the idea of obesity as complex system. Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Humanities, Medical & Health Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine and Life Science 2009-09-29T00:47:42+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/koreas_division_system_regional_implications/#When:23:26:27Z 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 shift from a state- or ideology-oriented approach to a people-oriented one, focusing on the oppression of the preponderant majority of population on both sides. It also implies a shift to a global, rather than a nationalistic perspective since the division system is conceived as a sub-unit of the world-system. The lecture argues that the notion of a 'division-system' is useful in addressing many current issues, for example, the ongoing nuclear crisis in the peninsula and the question of human rights in North Korea. It will discuss various regional arrangements in which South Korea participates, noting the crucial absence of North Korea in most of them and the presence of Australia in a few. This lecture was the  Korea Institute Distinguished Lecture, presented by the ANU Korea Institute. Public Lecture, International Law, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2009-08-31T23:26:27+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/should_we_ban_the_burka/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/should_we_ban_the_burka/#When:03:14:13Z 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 and non-Muslim societies. At one end of the spectrum the state has sought to enforce Islamic dress codes while at the opposite end the state has sought to ban certain items of women's religious dress.Under the Taliban, Afghan women were forbidden to appear in public unless they were wearing the all-enveloping burka. Now, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proclaimed that the burka and other forms of face-covering are not welcome in France.In Australia, too, Muslim women's dress has been at the centre of a heated political and social debate.This public debate brought together three leading figures to discuss questions such as whether we should ban the burka or respect the right to wear it, if the burka is a form of male oppression, what would be the effect of banning a piece of women's clothing and does the state have a place in a woman's wardrobe? Moderated by Professor Hilary Charlesworth. Public Lecture, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2009-07-16T03:14:13+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_feminist/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/accidental_feminist/#When:02:29:29Z 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 or choices. We rejected the idea that women were oppressed and if we thought about feminism at all it was as an historical movement with no relevance to our futures. Genuinely believing that sexism was dead we moved into the worlds of work, marriage and motherhood and got a hell of a shock. We realised that personal declarations of gender blindness are no defence against a world that insists on defining women by their sex. We realised that the ‘limitless' choices women have today are oddly less limitless than the choices of men. We realised that political, economic, sexual, professional, social and domestic equality is far from achieved and that post-feminism is a media myth. We realised that, quite accidentally, we had become feminists. This lecture was filmed and broadcast by Slow TV and A-PAC Public Lecture, Society & Culture, University 2009-04-02T02:29:29+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dialogue_justice_peace/#When:01:27:04Z 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 of this insecurity, it is imperative for the world community to engage in constructive dialogue, but this must be based on two foundations:  a deep comprehension of civilisations, religions and cultures; and justice. Indeed, in our insecure world, full of extremism and conflict, only serious dialogue, mutual understanding and justice can generate peace and prosperity. This lecture was hosted by Professor Lawrence Cram, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President of The Australian National University and Professor Amin Saikal, Director of ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. The lecture was followed by Former Prime Minister of Australia, The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser AC CH, giving the vote of thanks and launching Professor Amin Saikal's book The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule. The book has a new introduction and preface by Professor Saikal, in which he reflects on what has happened in Iran since the fall of the Shah and relates Iran's past to its political present and future. The lecture was presented by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.  Public Lecture, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2009-04-01T01:27:04+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/first_taste_history_culture_in_indigenous_alcohol_use/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/first_taste_history_culture_in_indigenous_alcohol_use/#When:02:26:03Z 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: How Indigenous Australians Learned About Grog by Maggie Brady (published by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation). This publication was released the morning before the lecture and is a series of six books. The series is designed to educate and empower Indigenous people on alcohol issues, to illuminate the influence of history and social learning on drinking behaviour, and to contribute to greater understanding and reconciliation between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians. Public Lecture, Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences, Indigenous Studies, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-09-24T02:26:03+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_14th_annual_lions_oratory_competition_2008/#When:02:06:30Z 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 Lions Oratory Trophy and prizes totaling $3,000 in cash. The event was hoseted by Esther Sainsbury, last years winner of the 2007 Lions Oratory Competition and judged by an esteemed panel of public-speaking experts. The oratory saw speakers addressing a range of subjects incorporating the Lions' messages of truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence - the core values of all major religions.Prizes included: First prize - The ManikKam Reddy Award: $1,500Second prize: $800Third prize: $500Donated by the Lions Club of Canberra Woden People's Choice Award: $400Donated by the Australian National University and the Lions Club of Canberra Woden Public Lecture, Humanities, Society & Culture, Student Life, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, ANU College of Science, University, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Campus Life, Law, Medicine and Life Science 2008-09-24T02:06:30+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_k_r_narayanan_oration_why_environmentalism_needs_equity/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/2008_k_r_narayanan_oration_why_environmentalism_needs_equity/#When:01:57:53Z "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 of the Society for Environmental Communications; and publisher of the fortnightly magazine 'Down to Earth', has been with the Centre from 1982 and has worked hard at analysing and studying the relationship between environment and development, and at creating public consciousness about the need for sustainable development. Her research interests are wide-ranging - from global democracy, with a special focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy, within which she has worked both on forest-related resource management and water-related issues. Ms Narain began her career by writing and researching for the State of India's Environment reports and then went on to study issues related to forest management. For this project she travelled across the country to understand people's management of natural resources, and in 1989 co-authored the publication Towards Green Villages advocating local participatory democracy as the key to sustainable development. In the early 1990s she became involved with global environmental issues and continues to work on these as researcher and advocate. Ms Narain remains an active participant, both nationally and internationally, in civil society. She serves on the boards of various organisations and on governmental committees and has spoken at many fora across the world on issues of her concern and expertise. Public Lecture, Environment, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2008-09-24T01:57:53+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1919_mexico/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/1919_mexico/#When:04:15:55Z 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. To a despairing world, it offered a unique site to safely experiment with all sorts of enchantments. In this culturally promiscuous capital not only the meaning of Mexico was at stake, but also the meanings of major modernist concepts –revolution, the popular, avant-garde, authenticity, race and desire. In Arabian Nights of 1919, Mexico City Professor Tenorio, tells a series of interconnected tales of an urban world that included Mexican poets and artists; radical foreigners plotting revolution; love and betrayal; experimentation in art, poetry, sexuality and politics; well-known luminaries such as Frida Kahlo and Ramón del Valle Inclán; less well-known Anita Brenner and José Vasconcelos; a Bengal Braham who founded the Mexican Communist Party and a Colombian bohemian who broke all literary and moral canons. Allan Martin (1926-2002) was an intellectual, institutional, and social pioneer whose career as a historian spanned the second half of the 20th Century. When most Australians went to England for their postgraduate work, he chose ANU, where he was the first doctoral student in History in the Research School of Social Sciences. He accepted the Foundation chair in History at LaTrobe University in 1966 and returned to RSSS as a senior fellow in 1973. This was the 2008 Allan Martin Memorial Lecture.   Public Lecture, History & Archeology, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2008-05-26T04:15:55+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/socratic_forum/#When:23:25:00Z 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 10's Political Commentator, Paul Bongiorno; Karen Middleton, SBS; and Charles Sampford from the Institute of Ethics Governance and Law. Speakers contest a vigorous debate on issues surrounding Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia. The Socratic Forum is part of a national discussion series aimed at encouraging frank, non-partisan and open debate on issues of importance to the Australian community. Public Lecture, Economics, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Law 2008-03-13T23:25:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/advance_australia_where/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/advance_australia_where/#When:03:10:00Z 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 lecture he takes another long, hard look at us to see how far we’ve come. What will the next generation of Australian children be like? Why have we lost interest in politics? Why are our houses getting bigger while our households are shrinking? Can the decline of the public education system be reversed? Are we spending too much public money on the arts? Mackay maintains that while we enjoy unprecedented levels of prosperity and the promise of more to come, we are still battling an epidemic of depression, taking on record levels of debt, and yearning for a deeper sense of meaning in our lives. While many Australians complain about feeling powerless and isolated, Mackay sees some encouraging signs that we are learning how to absorb the impact of the revolutionary changes that have reshaped us. Public Lecture, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-09-28T03:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coping_climate_change_india/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/coping_climate_change_india/#When:00:09:00Z 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 economic growth, have put considerable stress on the environment even as it is already saddled with high emissions from the developed world. The 2007 K R Narayanan Oration  by Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri questions whether such growth patterns can be sustained into the future and what options are available for ensuring that the adverse impact of economic growth on the environment is manageable. Public Lecture, Architecture, Urban Environment & Building, Economics, Environment, Humanities, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific 2007-09-17T00:09:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/indigenous_affairs/#When:05:31:00Z 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 for Indigenous people is to become like mainstream Australia, taking on the trappings of a rationalist northern hemisphere culture that is increasingly at odds with the environment in which it finds itself. Recent initiatives are merely a market forces derived version of this paternalistic approach that has its origins almost from the time of the First Fleet. The cultural disempowerment associated with this approach has left Indigenous people in a state of trauma that is reflected in the appalling physical and mental health statistics and the increasing engagement with the justice and prison systems. The alienation of Indigenous people from the mainstream in Australia is paralleled by the alienation of Australians from the continent itself and portrays a latent danger to the young country as the world power balance shifts towards Asia. Reconciliation is not simply about overcoming Indigenous disadvantage – it is about national unity and the redemption of the entire nation. A commentary will be provided by Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at ANU. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-24T05:31:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/knowledge_democracy/#When:06:10:00Z 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 draw. In this lecture, Professor Phillip Kitcher suggests that the functioning of these systems is more problematic that assumed and that there are serious issues about the direction of inquiry, about the certification of knowledge, and about the dissemination of information that arise from our commitments to democracy. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-08-21T06:10:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama/#When:02:03:01Z 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 Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse and Professor Abdullah Saeed joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue that addressed the pervasive view that religion is necessarily a cause of violent dissention and conflict. This dialogue encompassed the fundamental messages of peace, compassion and wisdom at the heart of each of the world's great religious traditions. The podcasts for this event are in three parts Welcome by Professor Michael Coper Guest Speakers (Venerable Alex Bruce, Rabbi Jonathat Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse, Professor Abdullah Saeed) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moderated Dialogue and Concluding Remarks (this page) Symposium, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-06-13T02:03:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_guest_speakers/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_guest_speakers/#When:01:53:00Z 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 Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse and Professor Abdullah Saeed joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue that addressed the pervasive view that religion is necessarily a cause of violent dissention and conflict. This dialogue encompassed the fundamental messages of peace, compassion and wisdom at the heart of each of the world's great religious traditions. The podcasts for this event are in three parts Welcome by Professor Michael Coper Guest Speakers (this page) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moderated Dialogue and Concluding Remarks Symposium, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-06-13T01:53:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_welcome/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/dalai_lama_welcome/#When:01:45:01Z 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 Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse and Professor Abdullah Saeed joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a dialogue that addressed the pervasive view that religion is necessarily a cause of violent dissention and conflict. This dialogue encompassed the fundamental messages of peace, compassion and wisdom at the heart of each of the world's great religious traditions. The podcasts for this event are in three parts Welcome by Professor Michael Coper (this page) Guest Speakers (Venerable Alex Bruce, Rabbi Jonathat Keren-Black, Most Reverend Bishop Christopher Prowse, Professor Abdullah Saeed) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moderated Dialogue and Concluding Remarks Symposium, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, ANU College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-06-13T01:45:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/monkey/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/monkey/#When:04:23:00Z 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 a lethal allergy, and the monkeys she was to study were evasive, mean and aggressive. The only difference between them and her housemates was that at least she could tell her housemates apart. In this talk, science writer Vanessa Woods will explain how to survive a year in the jungle: a world of love, loss, bitter rivalry and vicious battles – and that’s just the monkeys. Public Lecture, Behavioural & Cognitive Sciences, Biological Sciences, Botany & Zoology, Environment, Society & Culture, ANU College of Science, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-03-14T04:23:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/all_for_nothing/#When:04:18:00Z 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 legislation, representation, policy machinery and the women’s non-government sector. The picture that emerges from this assessment is deeply worrying. Whereas Australia was once a world leader in the global struggle for gender equality, it is now clear that in recent decades the nation has resiled from this commitment and undone many earlier achievements. Was it all for nothing? Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2007-03-14T04:18:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_dimension_stateness/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_dimension_stateness/#When:05:13:01Z 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 about weak states and foreign intervention has received less attention in Australia. In this lecture he continues his review of policies and practices on international aid and the rebuilding of weak, failing and failed states. As Professor Fukuyama has argued, “state-building is one of the most important issues for the world community”, but the history of the last 30 years has shown that the ‘conventional wisdom’ and much expenditure have not resulted in the building of efficient, just and economically vigorous states. Professor Fukuyama does not concede that because foreign aid has had slight (and sometimes a negative) impact it should be abandoned. He has put the case for long-term commitment, pragmatic assessment of what works, stimulation of demand in recipient states and sensitivity to local cultural forces. Now, he returns to the broad issues of aid and state formation, and draws on observations resulting from his research and travel in Melanesia and elsewhere. The organisers, State Society and Governance in Melanesia at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, are grateful to the Australian Government through AusAID for its support of this event. Public Lecture, Economics, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-12-18T05:13:01+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/aiatsis_and_the_support_of_indigenous_studies/#When:05:33:00Z 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 responsive to its national Indigenous constituency. The interaction between the Institute and ANU has resulted in many new initiatives and collaborations that have promoted the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. In recognition of this the two institutions are about to formalise a Memorandum of Understanding. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-11-23T05:33:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/reconciliation_canadian_style/#When:02:08:00Z 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 at the heart of negotiations which have resulted in the Canadian government offering C$2 billion in compensation to former students of Residential Schools. Phil was visiting Australia with Charlene Belleau, Director of the Residential Schools Unit of the Assembly of First Nations, and Professor Kathleen Mahoney, chief negotiator for the residential schools settlement. Public Lecture, Indigenous Studies, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-25T02:08:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/east_timor/#When:03:29:00Z In his first visit to Australia as Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the current political situation in his country. Dr Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and accomplished diplomat, was handed one of the biggest challenges of his life on 10 July 2006, he became Timor-Leste’s second Prime Minister. He came to the position amid high expectations that he restore political stability, reconstitute the security forces, promote development, eradicate corruption and revive public faith in the country’s fledgling democracy. Although conditions remain bleak, he is widely viewed as the best person for promoting reconciliation and restoring hope. In accepting the difficult task of Prime Minister, he put aside personal ambition by withdrawing from the shortlist of candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General. This lecture was presented by the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Public Lecture, Biological Sciences, Law, Justice & Law Enforcement, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific 2006-10-13T03:29:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/whose_abc/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/whose_abc/#When:03:53:00Z As controversy continues to swirl around Australia’s national broadcaster, a long-awaited history of its last 20 years provides much-needed insight and background to the current debates. Distinguished historian Ken Inglis first chronicled the ABC in his 1983 book This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932–1983. In his new volume Whose ABC?, he covers intricate details of the reigns of David Hill and Jonathan Shier and the stormy politics of the broadcaster’s relations with the government over the last two decades. Public Lecture, Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-12T03:53:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/cowboy_cloners_the_ethics_morality_of_scientific_communities/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/cowboy_cloners_the_ethics_morality_of_scientific_communities/#When:03:44:00Z 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 research. But little attention has been paid to how scientific communities accomplish this important area of 21st century research. In this lecture, Professor Peter Glasner considers some of the organisational and ethical issues that arise from debates about the selection, modification and engineering of human and other species, and their implications for improving health and extending human life. Examples range from the applications of stem cell technology in India and the UK, enabling the emergence of ‘cowboy cloners’, to analysis of proteomics and systems biology, and the issues surrounding the creation of ‘virtual’ life. Public Lecture, Medical & Health Science, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-10-12T03:44:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/storytelling_history_writing_which_came_first/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/storytelling_history_writing_which_came_first/#When:04:01:00Z 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 authorised version of the past. Once upon a time people began telling stories. These early tales stuck to the truth, narrating actual events. Soon, storytellers became aware that to hold the attention of their audience they needed to jazz things up with liberal dashes of adventure and wonder. If reality didn’t conform, the truth could be bent to more attractive designs. Dr Manfredi proposes that despite the need for history, the continuation of the storytelling tradition is a testament to the human imagination. This lecture was presented by the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and the Italian Embassy. Public Lecture, Creative Arts, History & Archeology, Humanities, Society & Culture, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-09-04T04:01:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/missing_voices/#When:06:09:01Z 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. In this, the Pamela Dunoon Lecture for 2006, Professor Hilary Charlesworth argued that the roles of women and the values assigned to these roles shape our understanding of violence at the international level. She focused on the invasion of Iraq, its aftermath, and the ongoing attempts to rebuild that country. She also examined the way that ideas about femininity and masculinity have influenced the international community’s actions. Public Lecture, Policy & Political Science, Society & Culture, University, Arts and Social Sciences 2006-03-17T06:09:01+10:00