Past events
Post-war Sri Lanka at the Crossroads
Abstract Over a decade after the end of the war in Sri Lanka, political changes nationally and in the war-torn region have been dramatic. The consolidation of the Rajapaksa Government after the...
The Cunning of Legal Pluralism: On Unity and Multiplicity in Buddhist Law
This seminar is co-hosted by the Centre for Law, Arts and the Humanities, ANU College of Law, and the South Asia Research Institute, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Abstract...
2020 Des Ball Chair Public Lecture — Professor Bruce Jentleson
SDSC Des Ball Chair Public Lecture Wednesday 11 March 2020, 5.30 – 7.00PM
“American Foreign Policy and the 2020 Presidential Election”
Professor Bruce W. Jentleson Duke University
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Jihad for National Liberation: The Armed Resistance of Patani Malays in Southern Thailand
Abstract This seminar examines how Islam has shaped the struggle of Malay Muslim separatist movements in Thailand’s southernmost region. For the past 16 years, this region has been wracked by...
The Politics of Media in Myanmar Now - Visitor Lecture by Swe Win
Before Myanmar’s political transition away from military dictatorship a decade ago, the press was under state control. Pre-publication censorship was the norm. With the closure of the press...
An Imported Ideology? The Neglected Endogenous Origins of Chinese and East Asian Developmentalism
Research Roundtable
East Asian developmentalism is often depicted as an ideology imported from the West. According to the most common story, the ideas of Friedrich List were imported to...
Decolonising Humanitarian Protection? Survival vs. Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Asia
Organisers: Bina D’Costa, Ruji Auethavornpipat, and Jennifer Canfield
RSVP: Please email Ruji Auethavornpipat at ruji.auethavornpipat@anu.edu.au
Program10:00 - 12:00 Roundtable...
China Governs Borderless Threats: Chinese Counter-Narcotics and Riverine Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia
China Governs Borderless Threats: Chinese Counter-Narcotics and Riverine Law Enforcement in Southeast Asia
China is often seen as clinging resolutely to sovereignty and non-interference....
After the Fires? Climate Change and Security in Australia
Abstract
The devastating bushfires of late 2019/ early 2020 in Australia placed the country firmly in the international spotlight. At the time of writing millions of hectares of forest had been...
Legitimacy Work’ and Transnational Policing: What does the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Island’s strategic narrative tell us about how interventions build legitimacy?
This research uses the concept of ‘legitimacy work’ to examine the construction of legitimacy through discourses, narratives and practices of transnational policing. An interpretivist approach is...
