What's On @ ANU

	SEMINAR
	Cape to Cairo in a Colonial Cocoon Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Seminar Room A - Coombs Bldg 9 Rm 1002 The paper will focus on the aspect of the recently transcribed and analysed diary and letters written by Historian Jessie Webb during the journey of two Melbourne women from Cape Town to Cairo. more»

SEMINAR

Real animals and ocean processes - Krill, whales and ecosystem productivity
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Evolution, Ecology & Genetics Seminar Rm, Building 116, Daley Rd

Has the role of larger animals in ocean processes been underestimated? Animals have been shown to significantly affect turbulent mixing, carbonate chemistry and nutrient transfer. Additionally, there are suggestions that animals such as whales and krill can be key players in the cycling of limiting nutrients, particularly iron, in the surface layer.

SEMINAR

Governing Educational Desire: Culture, Politics and Schooling in China
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
PSC Reading Room, Level 4, Hedley Bull Centre

This talk, based on a forthcoming book, examines educational desire in China in the broadest possible political and cultural framework. The consequences of this desire are vast-influencing household and national economic priorities, birth rates, ethnic relations, aesthetic judgments and patterns of governance-and its causes complex.

PUBLIC LECTURE

The Protection of Human Rights in Australia - A Way Forward, The Alice Tay Lecture on Law & Human Rights 2009
Tuesday, 24 November 2009 at 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The Finkel Theatre, The John Curtain School of Medical Research, Building 131, Garran Road

In this lecture Ms Kostakidis will discuss the themes that emerged from the 40,000 responses that were received during this consultation and outline the suite of measures which the committee saw as the way forward to better protect and promote human rights and responsibilities.

PUBLIC LECTURE

Freilich Foundation Eminent Lecturer Series: Women and War - Lecture 4 - Professor Penelope Andrews
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hedley Bull Lecture Theatre HB1

Professor Hilary Charlesworth and other eminent scholars will deliver a series of lectures on the theme of Women and War. This lecture series will consider women's complex relationship to war and conflict. It will investigate the images of womanhood that are used in decisions about the use of force as well as the effect of conflict on women.

OTHER

Too Hot To Talk About: Why Is Australia Still Debating Climate Change?
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 at 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
ANU Peter Baume Building (ANU Map 42a) Videoconference Room

Some international commentators have expressed dismay that Australia is still debating climate change. Is Australia out of step with the rest of the world? Who's telling fibs and who's providing facts about climate change in Australia? Have the Australian people switched off?

PUBLIC LECTURE

From the United Nations Universal Periodic Review to an Asia Pacific Human Rights Institution
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, College of Law

The Asia-Pacific region combines states with widely varying human rights records and institutions. There are both democratic states with strong human rights records and undemocratic states which violate the rights of their citizens in a gross and flagrant manner. Is it possible, with such a stark contrast, to construct a human rights institution which functions effectively across the region?

	CONFERENCE
	The 2009 Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference Thursday, 26 November 2009 - Saturday, 28 November 2009 Coombs Building and the Hedley Bull Centre This year's conference will involve collaboration with a wide range of national institutions. The aim of the conference is to be inclusive and the sessions will address diverse topics. more»

	OTHER
	Book launch: Research Integration Using Dialogue Methods Thursday, 26 November 2009 at 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM The Co-op Bookshop, Bldg 17, Union Court Invitation to the launch of David McDonald, Gabriele Bammer & Peter Deane's book 'Research Integration Using Dialogue Methods', published by ANU E Press. more»

	OTHER
	Annual Glass Sale - School of Art Friday, 27 November 2009 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Outside the School of Art Library, Childers Street, ANU 2009 ANNUAL GLASS SALE. Unique hand-made glass by students, staff and graduates. Friday 27 November 2009, 12pm - 1pm. Outside the School of Art Library, Childers Street ANU. more»

SEMINAR

China's Policy Response to the Global Financial Crisis
Friday, 27 November 2009 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Centre, Building 130, Garran Road

Yu Yongding will be in Australia to deliver the Productivity Commission's Richard Snape Lecture for 2009. Professor Yu currently is at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and formerly Director-General of Institute of World Economics and Politics and the academic member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China

	OTHER
	Graduate Student Cheese Tasting Social Friday, 27 November 2009 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Graduate Lounge, University House Bring a friend or come along and make new friends while sampling some Australian cheese! more»