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27 May 2013 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM



 Hosted by the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

An American presidential election-style debate over the future of US foreign policy.
 Two distinguished scholars with opposing views will face questions from each other and the audience as they grapple with the difficult politics and policy choices confronting Barack Obama at the beginning of his  new term in the White House.
 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
28 May 2013 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM



 Hosted by the School of Culture and Communication

Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Australian Centre. The Australian Centre was founded in 1989 with the assistance of a grant from the Hugh Williamson Foundation.

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
28 May 2013 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM



 Hosted by the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation

The act of ‘making’ artefacts and then conserving them has consequences. The ZEITGEIST lecture program has been developed to explore this proposition through the contemporary eye of the ‘maker’. The fourth speaker for Zeitgeist I is Mr Kevin O’Brien.


 Cost: $15 - $25

Open to: alumni and general public.



 
4 June 2013 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM



 Hosted by the School of Social and Political Sciences

East Asia’s burgeoning importance within the global political economy requires greater understanding of the peculiarities of capitalist systems and their governance within the region.

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
4 June 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM



 Hosted by the Faculty of Business and Economics 

"Demystifying the Chinese Economy" presented by Professor Justin Lin
Will China’s growth be maintained? Can it be replicated? What effect does rising inequality within China have on its economic prospects? The chance to hear from this highly influential speaker is not to be missed.

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
5 June 2013 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM



 Hosted by the Faculty of Arts

Dean's Lecture
In 2011 the German artist Thomas Demand made a two-minute stop-motion film called "Pacific Sun." Michael Fried will show this film and analyse it in detail, with a view to explaining what he regards as its particular significance in and for the present situation in the visual arts.

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
6 June 2013 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM



 Hosted by the the School of Culture and Communication

An assessment of the latest twists in affect theory today. Among the questions to be posed are: If the 20th-century was the Freudian century, the century of libido, will the 21st century - as has been suggested -  be the century of the 'post-traumatic' subject, whose affective indifference and profound emotional disengagement from the world mark him or her as a victim of brain damage?


Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
6 June 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM



 Hosted by the Australian Centre

In the last decade liberal arts colleges have sprung up across Asia. What accounts for this sudden interest in the liberal arts? What aspirations do they serve? What models are being drawn upon?

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


 
19 June 2013 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM



 Hosted by the School of Social and Political Sciences

This panel discussion draws on experts in the areas of mining, alcohol and gambling policy to explore how communities grant a “social licence” to those industries that, through their products, inevitably cause the community harm.

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.



 
26 June 2013 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM



 Hosted by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Melbourne

Despite its illegality, most of the Australian population is exposed to cannabis use at some stage of our lives. There is so much media hype about this drug that it is difficult to tell accuracy from allegory, exactitude from exaggeration.

Professor Jenny Williams will present empirical findings about cannabis use, allowing the audience to gain evidence based insights into this topical subject.

 Cost: Free

Open to: the general public


 
1 August 2013 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM



 Hosted by the Faculty of Business and Economics

In this lecture, Professor Daniel Hamermesh will elucidate how people use time off the job. He will share his findings on the different ways in which people use time - across countries, by income and by gender - and delve into how time use has changed over the years.  Professor Hamermesh will provide the audience with empirical evidence to assist in self-evaluation; to answer the questions: “Are the activities you choose really worth the time you spend on them?” and “How could your spare time be better used?”

 Cost: Free

Open to: alumni and general public.


  
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